Thursday 16 August 2007

Monster House - Dir: Gil Kenan

Was really looking forward to this, but it ended up being a different movie to the one I had expected. I had expected it to be a kids get trapped in a haunted house type scenario, but here the house literally is a monster! I did find the art style a bit hard to enjoy, it's CGI that has a sort of plasticine touch to it. Voices from Steve Buscemi, Jon Heder and Maggie Gyllenhall fit well, but the one big surprise was the lack of 'fun' in the script, as there were very few belly laughs. If you go in to expecting a traditional kids adventure movie and not a comedy you will get more out of it it. Watchable, but not as good as expected, this is a JM SUCK IT AND SEE.