Monster House

Seriously? This movie was made? People were paid to produce this? I spent the whole movie wondering why this was created. The storyline isn't compelling, the animation wasn't particularly appealing, and the characters were irritating. The twisted justification for the "monster house" is weird... a little too weird for me to find it even interesting or creative.
I found the kids to be rather bland and the adults were all idiots or just plain mean (with one exception). I don't usually mind kids' movies where the adults belittle children and miss obvious things because they're so convinced of their own authority and control... that's the point in many children's stories. The stupid and cruel adults get some kind of comeuppance and are either brought around to the kids' reality or they continue on their way but the kids exercise a certain amount of control over their own lives as a means of saving themselves. This happens... kind of. A few adults are momentarily inconvenienced (eaten by the house, but it looks like they survive) but even so, the one adult who turns out alright (whose twisted past holds the key to the mystery of the monster house... and should be the one beacon of creativity... which crumbles when you delve into the story and house) isn't much of a consolation for what these kids could model themselves on as they grow up. Not like kids would be looking for any role models in here. They're trying to escape a man-eating house, after all. Meanwhile, you may want to eat your own arm as a means of keeping yourself occupied while you watch Monster House, so I'd recommend taking a pass on this one.