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Monsters vs. Aliens

Will Arnett, Paul Rudd, Seth Rogen, Hugh Laurie, Reese Witherspoon

Directed by Rob Letterman, Conrad Vernon
Rolling Stone: star rating
5 2.5
Community: star rating
5 2.5 0
March 26, 2009

An animated funhouse that delivers on its title and ups its scary-comic impact if you see it in 3-D. Alien dust turns Susan (voiced by Reese Witherspoon) into 50-foot Ginormica on her wedding day. She joins other monsters — Seth Rogen's one-eyed blob is my fave — to fight an alien army led by Gallaxhar (Rainn Wilson). WALL-E had more charm, more soul, more everything. But there's enough merry mischief here to satisfy, even if you're way past puberty.

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