Monster Family, les origines

Original title: Happy Family

2017
PG
1h 33m

IMDb RATING

4.8/10

5.7K

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Emily Watson, Nick Frost, Paul Stone, Dirk Stollberg, Jan Makino, and Ethan Rouse in Monster Family, les origines (2017)

With a struggling bookshop, an overworked husband and two misunderstood teenagers, Emma (Emily Watson) is at her wit's end trying to be the perfect mom. After dragging her family to a costume party on Halloween night, they are cursed by an evil witch and transformed into a Vampire, Mummy, Werewolf and Frankenstein's monster. Now Emma will fight to keep her Monster Family together and uncover the secret of their curse... eventually leading them to the Prince of Darkness himself, Dracula (Jason Isaacs)!

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Computer Animation Vampire Horror Animation Comedy Family Fantasy Horror

Despite the title, the Wishbone family are far from happy. In an attempt to reconnect as a family, Mum Emma plan a fun night out. However, her plan backfires when an evil witch curses them, ... Read allDespite the title, the Wishbone family are far from happy. In an attempt to reconnect as a family, Mum Emma plan a fun night out. However, her plan backfires when an evil witch curses them, and they're all turned into Monsters.Despite the title, the Wishbone family are far from happy. In an attempt to reconnect as a family, Mum Emma plan a fun night out. However, her plan backfires when an evil witch curses them, and they're all turned into Monsters.

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IMDb RATING

4.8/10

5.7K

YOUR RATING

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1st Battie
(English version)
(voice)

Emily Watson

Emma Wishbone
(English version)
(voice)

Jason Isaacs

Dracula
(English version)
(voice)

Jan Makino

2nd Battie
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(voice)

Nick Frost

Frank Wishbone
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(voice)

Paul Stone

3rd Bat
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(voice)

Jessica Brown Findlay

Fay Wishbone
(English version)
(voice)

Celia Imrie

Cheyenne
(English version)
(voice)

Ethan Rouse

Max Wishbone
(English version)
(voice)

Ewan Bailey

Renfield
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(voice)
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Sidney Dorn

Bull
(English version)
(voice)

Emma Tate

Head Model
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(voice)
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Jessica McDonald

Sheila
(English version)
(voice)

Isaac Rouse

Jaydon
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(voice)

Catherine Tate

Baba Yaga
(English version)
(voice)

Daniel Ben Zenou

Imhotep
(English version)
(voice)

Rainer Fritzsche

3rd Battie
(English version)
(voice)

Bettina Kenney

Additional Voices
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1elinavarro

Sent the kid to sleep

Quite possibly the worst film I've ever had the misfortune of sitting through. Even the vocal talents of Jason Isaacs and Celia Imrie couldn't save it.

Appalling script, cast sound as though they'd be more excited to read the phone book, rehashed storyline, endless fart jokes.

One kid liked the bats, the other fell asleep after 30mins.

If you want a decent monster movie - stick with the likes of Hotel Transylvania and avoid this like the plague.

Suggest Sky stick with their monstrous prices and leave the monster movies to the experts.

2olimatthews

Where to start?

This film is awful. The lip/voice sync is so frustrating it makes it unwatchable. The story line is non existent. The characters are so one dimensional they aren't likeable. The same ones are used over and over again. They weren't funny the first time.

2dobie-39925

What is going on with the voices

I'm watching it right now on Netflix with my kids and I started Googling to see if this was originally in another language, but it doesn't appear so. The animation to match mouth movement and voice acting is sooooo bad. At first I was surprised it wasn't too low-budget looking (I don't think this went to theaters in the US), but they need to tune up this aspect. My kids will watch almost anything so they seem unfazed, but really poor quality.

4mickemaster

Not so good movie as I expected

I didn't ear nothing about this movie until I saw it in the cinemas and for the rating I saw here I really expected a much better movie. Can't deny the excellent quality of the animation, I really enjoyed to see such a good work, but the story wasn't really so good. The movie is funny sometimes, it made me smile a few times and I think my kids liked it, but I've seen much better animated movies with not so good animation but with a much better story. It's good to see other productions not only from Hollywood but please, don't try to make us think that just a well done animation can make a good movie. Maybe next time.

5damiensayshello

Movie worth a watch

This movie is not worth the 1 & 2 star ratings. It is not one of the best animated movies, but I have seen worse.

The animation is really good. There's some interesting character designs and beautiful environments.

There's some funny bits across the movie (not the farting jokes! - it was so overused) & the drama is a little over the top at times, but overall it is just a fun movie.