Cute and imaginative

Rating: Null/10 (5 June 2020)

This film has an interesting twist on the usual monster genre, as it features all the classic movie monsters but colliding with the modern day. The characters were all very imaginative and cute. I like all the references and jokes throughout the film. However, it is somewhat predictable as Mavis is the typical teenage girl character longing for "a whole new world" but stuck under an overprotective father, along the lines of earlier animated films like The Little Mermaid (1989) or Aladdin (1992). The other character Johnny was sometimes endearing and sometimes annoying and forced - his character was quite inconsistent. Overall, there are plenty of fun scenes but the story as a whole is not so substantial or fresh.