A meteor transforms a woman into a giant, joining a whimsical team of monsters to save Earth.
Feel-good and crowd-pleasing, with big broad humor. A family watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Paramount+ and Peacock.
No surprises for a PG: mild language and a few tense moments.
Our estimate: fine from about 7. Rated PG.
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When Susan Murphy is unwittingly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches. The military jumps into action and captures Susan, secreting her away to a covert government compound. She is renamed Ginormica and placed in confinement with a ragtag group of Monsters...
Yes. It lands on a happy note.
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