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Monsters vs Aliens is the latest in Dreamworks’ fantasy in which they hire all of Hollywood to voice one movie. I’m not kidding, look at this cast: Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen, Hugh Laurie, Will Arnett, Kiefer Sutherland, Rainn Wilson, Stephen Colbert, Paul Rudd, Julie White, Jeffrey Tambor, Amy Poehler, Ed Helms, Renée Zellweger, and John Krasinski. Yeah, you read right – Julie White.

It’s a fair film, with its share of inside jokes and visual treatsies. One thing that struck me about the film is that the main character (Reese Witherspoon) deals with some heavy stuff, and has a bit of an existential crisis. Also, there are some real-deal gay issues somewhat subtly presented by John Krasinski. It’s pretty deep for a cartoon. Other than that, though, it’s mostly just quick and witty dialogue, punctuated by Rainn Wilson and Stephen Colbert (who plays an excellent POTUS).

Chances are you know what you’re up against with a film like this, and it didn’t disappoint. Much better than the game demo I played, which was so bad I didn’t do a writeup about it.