A woman transformed into a giant after she is struck by a meteorite on her wedding day becomes part of a team of monsters sent in by the U.S. government to defeat an alien mastermind trying to take over Earth.
When a meteorite from outer space hits a young California woman named Susan Murphy (Reese Witherspoon) and turns her into a giant monster, she is taken to a secret government compound where she meets a ragtag group of monsters also rounded up over the years. As a last resort, under the guidance of General W.R. Monger (Kiefer Sutherland), on a desperate order from President Hathaway (Stephen Colbert), the motley crew of Monsters is called into action to combat the aliens and save the world from imminent destruction.Written by
Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}
B.O.B. was captured in 1958. This is a reference to the year his inspiration, The Blob (1958), was released. See more »
Goofs
When one of the agents is running towards the entrance of the room, you can see only one keypad, but after he completes his sign in, you see multiple keypads on the left of the screen as he is entering the room. See more »
Quotes
[first lines]
Technician Ben:
Hey, Jerry, you might wanna check this one out. Palomar just picked it up. Looks like some type of UFO, and it's heading this way.
Technician Jerry:
How many times do I have to tell you this? UFOs don't exist. And we're never gonna see...
[sees computer, heads to monitors]
Technician Ben:
Wow, it's energy signature is massive.
Technician Jerry:
[panicking]
Holy Cheez-its! What do we do? No one ever told us what to do! The only reason I took the job is 'cause you never have to do anything!
Technician Ben:
Jerry, stop it! We calculate its impact point. ...
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Crazy Credits
During the closing credits, there is an additional scene in the War Room where the President prepares a latte for General Monger and pushes the wrong big red button. After hastily saying something about a contingency plan, he sticks his head seemingly out of the screen to address the audience: "Who wants to freeze my head?" See more »
Alternate Versions
The film has a localized version in Australia where the News Reporter is not voiced by Ed Helms but instead by David Koch, a co-presenter of the morning show Sunrise seen on Channel 7 Australia-wide. See more »
I honestly don't know what some of these people who've reviewed this film were expecting.
Sure, it's called "Monsters Vs. Aliens." No, that DOES NOT mean that it HAS to be about five thousand monsters fighting five thousand aliens. You people watch too much Predator vs. Aliens.
What this was was a story about one girl, what happens to her and the challenges she faces.
And it's funny. Very funny, in an adult, dry and quirky way. It's not trying to be generic, which seems to be what some reviewers want. It's not trying to be a spectacle, like other reviewers expected it to be.
It's a well told comedy about this girl Susan.
My three year old has seen this movie somewhere in the range of 40 times. I've had to sit through it at least half of that and, quite honestly, it doesn't grow old for me like A Bug's Life or something in that vein might.
Too many people with too specific expectations - and no concept of what's good. Must be why Transformers made so much money.
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I honestly don't know what some of these people who've reviewed this film were expecting.
Sure, it's called "Monsters Vs. Aliens." No, that DOES NOT mean that it HAS to be about five thousand monsters fighting five thousand aliens. You people watch too much Predator vs. Aliens.
What this was was a story about one girl, what happens to her and the challenges she faces.
And it's funny. Very funny, in an adult, dry and quirky way. It's not trying to be generic, which seems to be what some reviewers want. It's not trying to be a spectacle, like other reviewers expected it to be.
It's a well told comedy about this girl Susan.
My three year old has seen this movie somewhere in the range of 40 times. I've had to sit through it at least half of that and, quite honestly, it doesn't grow old for me like A Bug's Life or something in that vein might.
Too many people with too specific expectations - and no concept of what's good. Must be why Transformers made so much money.