Review of Monster House (2006) by Kylie P — 26 Jan 2010

From January 21, 2007:

The animation in Monster House was top notch, and the concept somewhat original in the sense that the house comes alive in a most frightening way. Yet, this movie was ultimately a harmless fright fest for children with lots of explosions and interesting things to look at that really will not hold an adult's attention, on average. Facial features, movements, the details of the house when it took on its alive persona: all were simply amazing. Yet, there wasn't much to the plot or to the character development, and it catered mostly to its target audience: children. Not young kids, mind, because the house can be quite scary. The movie was perfectly contained within an exactly 90 minute running time, and there was lots of slapstick and silly humor that kids would find funny but not much in the way of intelligent humor to keep adults' attention.