Review of Monster Trucks (2016) by Donald R — 16 Jan 2017

Um, did you expect a masterpiece? An academy award contender? A science fiction epic? You did expect a Nickelodeon style children's movie, right??

Okay, go into to movie expecting it to be what it was intended to be.

This is a pretty good children's movie, albeit a little bit misguided in its message but that is commonplace. It's fun, the effects are quite good, it has good humor, and a sweet message about family. It's certainly being misrepresented by some critics and moviegoers. I overheard a fellow claim that it only made $3 million on opening weekend.... but it did well over 3 times that figure. I hope that it does better than most are expecting. If you missed it because you thought it would be awful, especially if your children are interested by the commercials, I recommend that you give it a shot. And I'm not a big custom truck type of guy. ;).

Have fun.

Oh! I forgot to mention this: Monster Trucks has perhaps the best usage of the Wilhelm Scream that I have ever experienced!! Watch the movie just for that!