Monster House (2006)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.8/10   

Director:

Gil Kenan

Escritores:

Dan Harmon (screenplay) &
Rob Schrab (screenplay) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

21 julio 2006 (USA)

Género:

Animación | Familia | Fantasía | Misterio

Frase comercial:

There Goes The Neighborhood.

Plot:

Three teens discover that their neighbor's house is really a living, breathing, scary monster.

Plot Keywords:

House | Halloween | Kid | Neighbor | Babysitter

Premios:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 15 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A Nutshell Review: Monster House

US TV Schedule:

Fri. July 10

7:00 PM

TOON

Reparto

Ryan Newman	...	Little Girl (voice)
Steve Buscemi	...	Nebbercracker (voice)
Mitchel Musso	...	DJ (voice)
Catherine O'Hara	...	Mom (voice)
Fred Willard	...	Dad (voice)
Sam Lerner	...	Chowder (voice)
Woody Schultz	...	Paramedic #1 (voice)
Ian McConnel	...	Paramedic #2 (voice)
Maggie Gyllenhaal	...	Zee (voice)
Jason Lee	...	Bones (voice)
Spencer Locke	...	Jenny (voice)
Kevin James	...	Officer Landers (voice)
Nick Cannon	...	Officer Lister (voice)
Jon Heder	...	Reginald 'Skull' Skulinski (voice)
Kathleen Turner	...	Constance (voice)

También conocida como:

Neighbourhood Crimes & Peepers (Philippines: English title) (review title)
Zemeckis/Spielberg Motion Capture Project (USA) (working title)
Monster house - La casa de los sustos (Argentina) (Peru) (Venezuela) [es]
Monster House (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG for scary images and sequences, thematic elements, some crude humor and brief language.

Duración:

91 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Clasificación:

UK:PG | Singapore:PG | Ireland:PG | Norway:11 | Sweden:11 | Germany:6 | Netherlands:MG6 | USA:PG (certificate #41005) | Australia:PG | USA:PG | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Hong Kong:IIA | Malaysia:U | Hungary:14 | France:U | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Philippines:G | Iceland:7 | Finland:K-11 | South Korea:12 (DVD rating) | South Korea:Todo | Brazil:Livre | Malta:PG

Locaciones de Filmación:

Culver Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Compañía:

Columbia Pictures

Trivialidades:

The wallpaper in DJ's room is the same design as Woody's shirt in "Toy Story".

Errores:

Boquete en la Historia: Jenny says they have one hour, probably implying she has one hour until her Mom picks her up. She arrives at DJ's house early in the morning, and it is dark when her mother arrives, meaning she was there for far more than one hour. We also see her make or receive no calls to/from her mother.

Citas:

[first lines]
Little Girl: Hello, fence!

Conexiones de Película:

References "Tales from the Crypt" (1989)

Banda de Sonido:

Halloween

A Nutshell Review: Monster House

In almost any neighbourhood, there is always that one house, or that unit of apartment, which has spiritual connotations attached to it. It could be because of tragedy, or rumours, or just for the simple reason that it's unoccupied, or has some elderly, probably unkindly, strange looking old folk living in it, that gives the creeps to anyone under the age of 10.

In Monster House, it uses a familiar urban legend, and plays up the nastiness associated with such a location. DJ (Mitchel Musso) stays opposite a creepy looking house, and bears witness, through his telescope, of the things that go bump in the night, and the horrible things that it does. Natually, because he's a kid, nobody believes him, save for good friend cum resident fat-kid loser Chowder (Sam Lerner).

The story's kept tight by having set a day before Halloween, and despite the children being stereotyped, Chowder actually stole the show from DJ with his at time innocent, at time crafty and sly antics, and there's a nice tango for attention between the two boys and their crush of the moment - Jenny (Spenser Locke). So while the three of them get set to unravel the mystery of the Monster House, it doesn't disappoint, with the bickering, laughs and budding romance, chemistry like that between Potter, Ron and Hermione. Hmm.. now that I mentioned, it looked more like a Harry Potter clone.

The graphics require some getting used to, given that it's deliberately not done in a cutesy manner, thereby coming across at times as quite stiff. Come to think of it, there isn't an artificially created "cute" character in the movie, as it adapts "real life" as best as it could, in an animated form. And for a horror movie, it put its real life counterparts to shame, especially in its anticipatory build up in mood and atmosphere.

Anyway, the trailer doesn't give much away except to whet your appetites, so I'll keep it at that rather than to inadvertently reveal any surprises. And if you're undecided between the two animated flicks on offering this week at the local cinemas, then my advice would be to pick Monster House over Barnyard. Here, the story is clearer superior. And that's what matters, really.