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Metascore®56 out of 100 | Mixed or average reviews

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 80
    Village Voice | Robert Wilonsky

    The grandeur of the effects--the honest-to-God spectacle of the thing--elevates Monsters vs. Aliens to something approaching art. It's not a masterpiece, but it's most certainly a milestone. Read full review

  • 75
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    Dazzling colors, winning characters and energetic visual effects all work in concert, with the 3-D animation serving to intensify the experience. Read full review

  • 70
    Variety | Todd McCarthy

    A film of chuckles, smiles and light amusement rather than big laughs, galvanizing excitement and original invention. Read full review

  • 70
    Los Angeles Times | Betsy Sharkey

    In fact "nice" is the adjective that seems to surface most in trying to pin down the film's most salient quality, which means that while the film is enjoyable enough, it is unlikely to become a classic for us, or a "Shrek" sort of franchise for DreamWorks. Read full review

  • 70
    Time | Richard Corliss

    Another crowd-pleasing, expert-babysitting vaudeville turn. Read full review

  • 67
    The Onion (A.V. Club) | Tasha Robinson

    On some level, the latest DreamWorks CGI project isn't a movie so much as a gag-delivery system wrapped in special effects. The story is crammed with incident, yet completely trifling; there are a ton of personalities, but no real characters. Read full review

  • 63
    ReelViews | James Berardinelli

    Monsters vs. Aliens suffers from the common 3D problems: dim lighting, poor focus in fast-paced action sequences, and too many distractions for the movie to grab the viewer. Read full review

  • 63
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    3-D is a distraction and an annoyance. Read full review

  • 58
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    The movie works hard -- desperately hard -- to be all things to all audience segments. And the visible effort erodes the sense of gaiety, of unfettered fun. Read full review

  • 50
    The New York Times | A.O. Scott

    The movie is curiously unmemorable, partly because nearly all of its humor depends on your having seen something like it before, even if you haven't. Read full review