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15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75New York PostSara StewartNew York PostSara StewartIf you’re willing to overlook some monstrously big plot holes and logic gaps, this half-animated Chinese blockbuster is an agreeably bonkers, occasionally disturbing cinematic ride.
- 75Boston GlobePeter KeoughBoston GlobePeter KeoughHe (Hui) does not achieve the surreal grandeur of Hayao Miyazaki’s animated films, but he has enough imagination and talent to engage his audience on its own level.
- 63RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsRogerEbert.comSimon AbramsChinese blockbuster Monster Hunt is a sappy, crowd-pleasing, tonally wonky fantasy-adventure/comedy that pits dorky-looking monsters against over-acting cornball comedians/monster-hunters.
- 60Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternThe film is far from perfect, but it’s certainly ambitious, often entertaining and, compared to the feeble competition from new American films of the moment, a singing, dancing, stomping and chomping “Citizen Kane.”
- 50Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreTake it as a transitional comedy for kids about to outgrow “Kung Fu Panda” and keep your expectations low — very low — and you won’t mind it.
- 50The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayMonster Hunt combines a lot of qualities from the other items on the all-timer’s list: epic action, elaborate special effects, broad comedy, and a style that could best be described as “exhausting.”
- 50The New York TimesNicolas RapoldThe New York TimesNicolas RapoldSome of this recalls Stephen Chow’s “Journey to the West,” minus the brilliance.
- 40Village VoiceSherilyn ConnellyVillage VoiceSherilyn ConnellyThere are some scary moments among the slapstick, and the picture surprisingly doesn't pull its punches during its Harry and the Hendersons–style denouement, but Monster Hunt is hindered by its overlong running time and often mawkish sentimentality.
- 40Los Angeles TimesCharles SolomonLos Angeles TimesCharles SolomonWhile individual sequences are genuinely entertaining, Monster Hunt remains considerably less than the sum of its many parts.
- 37Washington PostStephanie MerryWashington PostStephanie MerryMonster Hunt has visual appeal to spare, but the allure ends there.