Monsters Vs. Aliens: Level Light Saber

Synopsis: When Susan is hit by a meteorite carrying quantonium and mutates into a giant, she's whisked away to a top-secret prison where the country holds all its monsters prisoner... until aliens attack earth and the army calls on the monsters to deliver them. Susan is thrilled to be released, but is heartbroken to see how her friends and family respond to her and her new monster friends.

Highlights: Susan comes to realize that true friendship is about helping others rather than merely feeling good about yourself, and she selflessly risks her life to save her monster friends, even after losing her own monster powers.

Snags: Several exclamations of "Oh my God!" and some crude humor. Some parts were a little intense for our boys, two of whom needed laps to sit on in order to make it through.

Conclusion: Although the main message is decent and there were a couple laugh-out-loud points, I wasn't hugely impressed with the story or humor overall and won't be watching this one again soon. On the other hand (or cushion), this was Wade's second time watching and he found the message, story and characters to be entertaining and would give it a light saber up, so we average a level light saber for this movie.