Monsters Fighting for Team Human

Rating: 8/10 (31 October 2019)

Monsters v. Aliens. Round 1. FIGHT!
This wasn't quite Aliens v. Predators and that's OK. The aliens in this movie were a lot more delightful and these monsters--in lieu of Predators--were funnier, more loveable, and clearly on our side.
One monster had no business being labeled a monster, just a 50 foot woman. When Susan (Reese Witherspoon) was hit by a meteor on her wedding day in the rural city of Modesto, CA she found herself 50 feet tall with white hair. What she didn't know is that she was hit by a meteor of Quantonium, the most powerful substance in the universe. In any case, she was instantly branded a monster by the government and locked away. That is until Earth was invaded by an alien robot and required monsters to fight it.
I enjoyed this Dreamworks animation. It was funny and didn't drag with any slow violin moments. There was the brief sad/disheartening moment but they moved past it fairly fast. There were a few references to some older movies (Close Encounters of the Third Kind and The Fly to be exact) which is always a treat for the adults in the room. It was just an overall good movie.