Excellent, Without a doubt!!

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

I was pretty disappointed to find out that this film has a rating of 6.1 as it happens to be Doug Walker's pick for the third worst movie he reviewed as the Nostalgia Critic. I really am on his side as I find this to be a terrible movie. The worst part is probably how it's for kids. This isn't meant to be kid's entertainment. This is a movie that actually has a scene where a monster rips a kid's head off. Okay, there isn't blood, but it's still pretty unpleasant! I just hate the overall negative tone of this movie. It features the main character (Fred Savage) with this dad (Daniel Stern) who is really mean to him.Bad stuff starts happening around their house and he blames it on his son. I was appalled by all the bad language in this movie. This was a PG film that seriously used the words "piss" and "shit" a lot. There's this monster played by Howie Mandel, who is so obnoxious. He pulls pranks with the main character, but most of these pranks are just plain mean. He actually replaces a kid's apple juice with his own urine and we see the kid drinking it! It's just a very gross film inappropriate for kids. There's this main villain that appears at the end with no explanation on who it is.When he's defeated, we actually see his face getting ripped off. Hard to imagine what parent would allow their kid to watch this. Some people claim that "Monsters Inc." ripped off this movie about monsters in the closet, but it doesn't really matter as "Aaaah! Real Monsters!" (released between them) also has the plot. On top of that, the sets are very ugly looking. They're building up this magic world when it's just a bunch of stairs and boxes with random sparkles thrown around. I guess if the film was rated PG-13, it wouldn't be as bad, but for me, it's an awful film. Your kids deserve better. *

A boy (Fred Savage) discovers an incredible and gruesome world of monsters under his bed.Everyone wants to talk about Fred Savage and Howie Mandel (and both are great), but I think the real gem of this film was Daniel Stern. Stern just gets overlooked and people do not realize the breadth, width and depth of his career. Most people probably forgot he was in this movie, and even more people probably forgot he does the narration on "Wonder Years".When I was younger, this movie frustrated me because I thought the monsters were really big jerks, getting kids in trouble for things they did not do. Now as an old man (32), I really see the overall message I missed as a kid: the monsters were a metaphor for immaturity. Who knew this was so deep?

Fred Savage, Howie Mandel, Ben Savage, Rick Ducommun, Daniel Stern, Margaret Whitton and Frank Whaley star in this 1989 fantasy. Brian Stevenson (F. Savage) is an unhappy boy who has just moved to a new town with his family. One night, Brian hears his little brother, Eric (B. Savage) screaming after seeing a monster in his room. Soon, Brian meets and befriends mischievous monster, Maurice (Mandel) who comes from a bizarre world under their beds. Maurice gives Brian the tour and run into Snick (Ducommun) who works for head monster, Boy (Whaley). Boy and Snick decide to punish Maurice for revealing their world by kidnapping Eric and Brian attempts to rescue him with Maurice's help. Stern (Home Alone) and Whitton (The Secret of My Success) play Brian and Eric's parents, Glen and Holly. This is one of my childhood favorites that has some humorous, creepy & dramatic moments. Savage and Mandel are good together, Robert Short's make-up is great as well as David Newman's score. I recommend this good 80's Kid flick.

I saw..and loved..this film as a child. Now, that I have children, I got the pleasure of watching it once again through the eyes of an adult. I was disappointed in what I saw. Like most childhood films it didn't hold up to the charm and magic I felt as a small one.Though, my children love it! I felt like the story line it self was fine, but many times the story would tail off or become choppy. Howie Mandell was pretty good in the film but sometimes became annoying. There were also some crude scenes I didn;t remember seeing. I forgot how much stuff was allowed in kids films back in the day.I would suggest this movie for children over the age of 8 or so. Anything under that would probably be a little scared or you might have problems with the language or some of the gags. Like making a bully drink pee.