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 ... Read allA 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.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.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 10 nominations
- Susan Murphy
- (voice)
- …
- Gallaxhar
- (voice)
- B.O.B.
- (voice)
- The Missing Link
- (voice)
- Derek Dietl
- (voice)
- Wendy Murphy
- (voice)
- Carl Murphy
- (voice)
- Computer
- (voice)
- News Reporter
- (voice)
- Katie
- (voice)
- Cuthbert
- (voice)
- Private Bullhorn
- (voice)
- …
- Commander
- (voice)
- (as Rich B. Dietl)
- …
- Technician Ben
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe monsters shown in the movie are all references to original monsters in movies. Ginormica is a reference to Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958), B.O.B. is a reference to The Blob (1958), The Missing Link is a reference to Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. is a reference to The Fly (1958), and Insectosaurus is a reference to Mothra from Mosura (1961).
- GoofsWhen 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.
- Quotes
Dr. Cockroach Ph.D.: Might we ask for your name, madam?
Susan Murphy: Susan.
B.O.B.: No, we mean like your monster name. You know, what do people scream when they see you coming? Like "Look out! Here comes...?"
Susan Murphy: Susan.
Dr. Cockroach Ph.D.: Really?
B.O.B.: [spookily] SUUUUSSAAANN! Ooh, I just scared myself! That is scary!
- Crazy creditsThe DreamWorks logo appears in black and white, and the boy on the moon is abducted by a tractor beam from a flying saucer hovering over. Afterwards, it burns up like an old film, segueing into the opening scene. The saucer is from the movie "Earth vs. the Flying Saucers."
- Alternate versionsThe 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 (2000) seen on Channel 7 Australia-wide.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Troldspejlet: Episode #39.13 (2008)
- SoundtracksWhen You See Those Flying Saucers
Written by Cy Coben and Charles Randolph Grean (as Charlie Grean)
Performed by The Buchanan Brothers
Courtesy of The RCA Records Label
By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment
Basically it's a 'monsters taking on aliens' not 'humans vs aliens' slowed by a very long 30 minute introduction made almost similar to Pixar's "The Incredibles" except these characters are almost to the point of uninteresting. The plot has Susan (voice of Reese Witherspoon) whose just about to embark on marrying to a self absorbed duffous who conveniently gets struck by a flying meteor empowering her to become extremely large in size before being labelled as a "monster". She gets put away to some secret gov't facility with other uninteresting 'monsters' (voiced by Seth Rogen and Hugh Laurie of the popular show "House") but consist of super abilities and they eventually coincide against the attackers of earth. Mature viewers don't know if it could've happened to anybody else or does it just happen to Susan- we'll never know nor does it address Susan's bathroom/ hygiene issues since she's still a human but just a giant in size. Aforementioned, if viewers can get past the long introduction, this film may work as a female as the heroine which doesn't happen too often in films and in animation.
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- Also known as
- Creature Feature
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $175,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $198,351,526
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $59,321,095
- Mar 29, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $381,509,870
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1