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Monsters vs. Aliens

Year:

2009

Duration:

94 min

Genres:

IMDB rate:

6.6

Director:

Rob Letterman

Awards:

3 wins & 8 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2009-03-27

Earnings

Budget: $175,000,000

Opening Weekend: $59,321,095 (USA) (29 March 2009)

Gross: $198,351,526 (USA) (27 August 2009)

Cast

Actor

Character

Renée Zellweger

Monsters vs. Aliens

Amy Poehler

Monsters vs. Aliens

Reese Witherspoon

Susan Murphy

Seth Rogen

B.O.B.

Hugh Laurie

Dr. Cockroach Ph.D.

Will Arnett

The Missing Link

Kiefer Sutherland

General W.R. Monger

Rainn Wilson

Gallaxhar

Stephen Colbert

President Hathaway

Paul Rudd

Derek Dietl

Julie White

Wendy Murphy

Jeffrey Tambor

Carl Murphy

Ed Helms

News Reporter

John Krasinski

Cuthbert

Sean Bishop

Private Bullhorn

Rich Dietl

Commander

Stephen Kearin

Technician Ben

Rob Letterman

Secret Service Man #1

Tom McGrath

Wilson

Chris Miller

Advisor Cole

Mike Mitchell

Advisor Wedgie

Kent Osborne

Technician Jerry

Latifa Ouaou

Advisor Ouaou / Mrs. Ronson /

Geoffrey Pomeroy

Soldier #4 / Pilot / Soldier #3 / News Technician (voice)

David P. Smith

Soldier #1 / Advisor Jackson (voice)

Lisa Stewart

Bridesmaid Candy (voice)

Conrad Vernon

Advisor Hawk /

David Koch

Reporter (voice) (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

When Gallaxhar says "UUUH! Fire phasoid cannon!" you can see the contrail left behind by the flying tennis rackets going past his eyes. The filmmakers also confirmed that.

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The President's code name is "Papa Bear" which is what Stephen Colbert calls Bill O'Reilly on The Colbert Report.

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The first computer animated movie to be directly produced in a stereoscopic 3-D format, instead of being converted into 3-D after completion.

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Goofs

Ginormica's prison uniform is numbered 00005. But since she clearly arrived after Dr. Cockroach, BOB, Link, Insectosaurus, and the Invisible Man (R.I.P.), she should wear number 00006.

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When Ginormica goes to the TV station to see Derek the call letters on the building begin with a W. All broadcast stations east of the MS river start with a W. West of the MS river they all begin with K.

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While Dr. Cockroach is experimenting on Ginormica, Link mentions that they've been doing this for over a month. Later, however, Ginormica mentions being in prison for only three weeks.

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Quotes

B.O.B.: What happened to the " there isn't a jar in this world I can't open" stuff? Wait, did you really find a jar you couldn't open? What was in it? Were there pickles in it? Where's the giant jar of pickles?

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Susan Murphy: Oh, please, God, please tell me none of this is real. Please tell me I had a nervous breakdown at my wedding and I'm in a mental hospital and I'm on medication that's giving me hallucinations.

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Wendy Murphy: Oh, Susan, ever since you were a little baby, I knew... you know, that you would save the world from an invasion from outer space.

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Faq

What is this movie about?

Monsters vs Aliens is a Dreamworks animated movie about a girl named Susan Murphy who is changed into a giantess when she is hit by a meteor containing a substance called quantonium. She is sent by the government to live with a group of monsters, all of whom are shunned on Earth. However, when the Earth is attacked by an alien, the President of the United States sends the monsters on a mission to fight the alien and save the Earth. A photo of Susan and some of her monster friends can be viewed here.

Any recommendations for other films produced by Dreamworks?

If you enjoyed Monsters vs Aliens, you may wish to take a look at some of Dreamworks' previous animated films. These include: The Prince of Egypt (1998); Chicken Run (2000); Shrek (2001) and its two sequels, Shrek 2 (2004) and Shrek the Third (2007); Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002);Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003); Shark Tale (2004); The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005); Madagascar (2005) and the sequel, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008); Over the Hedge (2006); Bee Movie (2007); and Kung Fu Panda (2008).

A Note Regarding Spoilers

The following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. Spoiler tags have been used sparingly in order to make the page more readable.

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