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Monster House (Blu-Ray)

Steve Buscemi (voice), Maggie Gyllenhaal (voice) and Gil Kenan (director)


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Review

Total Film, 09/01/2006, p.38, 3 stars out of 5 -- "[With] star lung-power...and state-of-the-art technique....A fun ride."

New York Times, 07/21/2006, p.E22, "MONSTER HOUSE is unpretentious, smartly written and a lot of fun."

Entertainment Weekly, 07/28/2006, p.45, "[The movie] shimmers and shakes in all its motion-capture animated beauty with the slyly deep sensibilities of executive producer Robert Zemeckis....How freaky, and how fun." -- Grade: A-

Rolling Stone, 11/30/2006, p.104, "An animated horrorfest -- too good for just the kiddies -- that marks a striking debut for director Gil Kenan..."

Premiere, 12/01/2006, p.134, 3 stars out of 4 -- [W]ondrous....Filmed with a vibrant motion-capture technique akin to executive producer Robert Zemeckis's THE POLAR EXPRESS..."

Sight and Sound, 09/01/2006, p.62, "This is an assured, entertaining debut....MONSTER HOUSE teases us by plugging into age-old fears of being devoured."

Box Office, 08/01/2006, p.38, 4 stars out of 5 -- "The film shines with characters who feel nothing like cartoons, spouting dialogue with more wit and realism than almost anything you'll see in live-action."

Title Note

Theatrical Release: July 1, 2006

Release Note

Blu-ray Disc Features:

Blue BD Case
Widescreen - 2.40
Audio:
Dolby Digital Surround Sound 5.1 - English, French
Subtitles - English, French, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Commentaries - 1. Filmmakers
Featurettes - 1. "Imaginary Monsters"
2. "Beginner's Luck"
3. "The Best Of Friends"
Text/Photo Gallery:
"The Art of MONSTER HOUSE" - Photo Gallery
DVD-Rom:
The Adventure Continues Online DVD-Rom
Downloads
Links

Blu-ray Disc Features:

Keep Case
Package Note: Blue BD Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Widescreen - 2.39
Audio:
Dolby Digital Surround Sound 5.1 - English, French
Subtitles - English, French, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary: Filmmakers
Featurette:
1. "Imaginary Monsters"
2. "Beginner's Luck"
3. "The Best Of Friends"
Text/Photo Galleries:
"The Art of MONSTER HOUSE" - Photo Gallery
DVD-ROM Features:
Downloads
Links
The Adventure Continues Online DVD-Rom

Product Notes

MONSTER HOUSE is a feat of blockbusting filmmaking--a visually stunning, witty tale that is sure to stimulate children and their parents. The film focuses on an anthropomorphic mansion, a haunted house with human characteristics that actively frightens neighborhood folks as it attempts to reign over its inhabitants. One day, a trio of intrepid youngsters, sick of being terrorized, decide to fight back. They are cutely pubescent DJ (Mitchel Musso); his fumbling, chubby friend Chowder (Sam Lerner); and smart-as-a-whip tomboy Jenny (Spencer Locke), who immediately enchants the awkward boys. The local police are no help, so DJ, Chowder, and Jenny are left to their own clever devices, which result in a series of rollicking, hilarious, and sometimes scary adventures. A cast of colorful personalities surrounds the central characters, and they are voiced by luminaries who include Catherine O'Hara, Kevin James, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kathleen Turner, Steve Buscemi, and the brilliant Fred Willard. And teen hipsters will delight in hearing the droll voice of Jon Heder (the title character of cult hit NAPOLEON DYNAMITE) as a deadbeat pizza maker nicknamed "Skull." First-time director Gil Kenan proves spirited and highly adept at mastering such a high-tech production, and followers of animation will want to pay attention to the use of new digital techniques that stray away from straightforward computer drawing. MONSTER HOUSE is executive produced by Robert Zemeckis, who helmed the innovative and sophisticated animated feature WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT? in 1988. He once again proves that family fare need not be alienating to older viewers, but can appeal to on every level from childhood and upward.



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