Review: Monsters vs. Aliens may just be the best 3-D movie ever made

As often as family-friendly movies are released, they're almost always as excruciating for their parents as they are exciting for kids. Thankfully, that's not the case with Monsters vs. Aliens , Dreamworks' latest animated adventure. An effort that ranks among the top tier of the studio's remarkably inconsistent output, this tale of a plus-plus-plus-sized lady taking on extraterrestrial enemies with the help of some equally oddball friends is an entertaining, funny and emotionally resonant adventure for audiences of all ages. In the film, Reese Witherspoon ( Four Christmases ) plays Susan Murphy, a bride who is transformed into a 50-foot behemoth when she's truck by a meteor on her wedding day. Renamed Ginormica by the government, she's detained in a military facility run by General W. R. Monger (Kiefer Sutherland) until an extraterrestrial threat demands that Ginormica intervene on humanity's behalf. Working with her fellow monsters B.O.B. (Seth Rogen), Dr. Cockroach (Hugh Laurie), and The ... (link)