Monsters vs. Aliens

A bit of delight for all ages.

It was an ordinary day. An ordinary bright sunny, beautiful day. A day every girl would like for her wedding day – then it all came crashing down. Suddenly Susan Murphy isn’t the woman she was and may never be again. Raise to ginormous proportion, Susan is taken from everyone and everything she’s ever known. Housed with others like herself, abnormal, unique, frightening – Monsters. Property of the U.S. Government, hidden away, never to be seen again.

Then, suddenly, an unstoppable extra-terrestrial force has come – Aliens. Bent on acquiring a unique power source secretly held by the U.S. Military, they will destroy the planet. Powerless against the invaders our only hope Nothing can stop them... nothing, perhaps, but those we’ve hidden away.

This is a simply written and directed film, beautifully animated and decently performed.

C / PG

Starring: Reese Witherspoon; Hugh Laurie; Seth Rogen; and, Will Arnett
Featuring: Kiefer Sutherland; Rainn Wilson; Stephen Colbert; and, Paul Rudd
Writers: Conrad Vernon; Rob Letterman; Glenn Berger; Maya Forbes; and, Wallace Wolodarsky
Directors: Conrad Vernon and Rob Letterman

Reel Review by Josef Franklin

28 March 2009