Movies starring Voices
For Pixar, Monsters University stops the bleeding. In the wake of two disappointing films, 2012's lackluster Brave and 2011's misfire Cars 2, the animation company has returned to solid footing with a prequel to their 2001 entry, Monsters Inc. Alth...
U.S. Release Date: 2013-06-21
MPAA Rating: "G"
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Dan Scanlon
Cast: (voices) Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, ...
If this is the brave new world to which 3D is transporting us, stop the merry-go-'round. I want to get off. Monsters vs. Aliens, one of the 2009 big movies designed to highlight where 3D could transport audiences, is an example of technology ru...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-03-27
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Rob Letterman, Conrad Vernon
Cast: (voices) Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogan, Hugh Laurie, ...
Remember when, as a child, you used to fear the monster under the bed or in the closet - how your parents would tell you to go to sleep, that it wasn't real? Monsters, Inc. confirms what every child really knows - the things that go bump in the ni...
U.S. Release Date: 2001-11-02
MPAA Rating: "G"
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Peter Docter, David Silverman
Cast: (voices) Billy Crystal, John Goodman, James Coburn, ...
My concept of a "family film" is a movie that can be enjoyed by viewers of all ages: undiscriminating young children, teenagers with short attention spans, and adults with somewhat more refined standards. Unfortunately, too often Hollywood eq...
U.S. Release Date: 1998-06-19
MPAA Rating: "G" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook
Cast: (voices) Ming-Na Wen, Eddie Murphy, B.D. Wong, ...
Since The Muppets first arrived in our homes during the mid-1970s with their iconic TV series, they've never gone away for more than a few years at a time. There have been some lean periods - the '00s come to mind - but, despite deaths in the fami...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-03-21
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: COMEDY/ADVENTURE
Director: James Bobin
Cast: Ricky Gervais, Tina Fey, Ty Burrell, ...
The Muppets is a rare family film likely to appeal more to parents than to their offspring. Although it's true that most kids today know a thing or two about Jim Henson's creations (the movie's premise - that they have vanished into obscurity since...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-11-23
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: COMEDY/MUSICAL
Director: James Bobin
Cast: Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper, ...
When I was a child, one of the reasons I enjoyed the Christmas season so much was the annual arrival of those endlessly-repeated television specials: Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, The Year Without a Santa Claus. ...
U.S. Release Date: 2003-10-22
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Henry Selick
Cast: (voices) Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, ...
Over the Hedge, a feature-length adaptation of the popular comic strip, offers further proof that the Golden Age of Digital Animation has come and gone. This is arguably the most entertaining animated film since The Incredibles, but it's not much ...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-05-19
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Tim Johnson, Karey Kirkpatrick
Cast: (voices) Bruce Willis, Allison Janney, Avril Levigne, ...
Nostalgia - many movies (especially sequels to long-lasting franchises) trade in it to one degree or another. Few films, however, rely on its impact as strongly as The Peanuts Movie, the first big-screen outing for Charlie Brown & friends since 1...
U.S. Release Date: 2015-11-06
MPAA Rating: "G"
Genre: Animated
Director: Steve Martino
Cast: (voices) Noah Schnapp, Alexander Garfin, Hadley Belle Miller, ...
Any movie emerging from Aardman Animation Studios comes with a set of expectations, the majority of which are satisfied The Pirates! Band of Misfits, an affectionate parody of the pirate genre. Suffused with satire, wit, and the dry, tongue-in-chee...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-04-27
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Peter Lord
Cast: (voices) Hugh Grant, David Tennant, Martin Freeman, ...