At the very least, Ryan Reynolds’s casting perfectly splits the difference between the adorable and the absurd.
The wittier one-liners and more affecting emotional moments are undermined by a frenzy of chaotic excess.
It’s not entirely clear why this movie even exists, except maybe to resuscitate Jack Black’s career.
Monsters vs. Aliens races about in search of the next witty zinger and for-adults-only pop-culture reference.
Shark Tale made me want to immediately start polluting the ocean.