At times, Monster Trucks faintly echoes E.T., but it has all the grace of a jacked-up Ford F-150 with a four-link suspension and tractor tires crushing a row of cars by steamrolling atop them.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Jan 19, 2017

Audiences could do (and have done) a lot worse than this genial throwback to a time when Kurt Russell was Disney's #1 living, breathing attraction.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 16, 2017

These elements are all well and good, but if you're above the age of 12, it becomes considerably harder to reconcile the sporadic tone-deafness.

| Jan 14, 2017

Think "Pokemon" with wheels, "Fast and Furious" for kids, "Speed Racer" with a plot you can follow, and "Free Willy" for gearheads with a touch of "Scooby-Doo."

| Original Score: B | Jan 13, 2017

Monster Trucks is a wreck, fueled by the crazy belief that noise and repetition can disguise the lack of credible writing, directing, acting and FX.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Jan 13, 2017

The secret to this movie is to accept it's all nonsense and enjoy the ride.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 13, 2017

The story and characters are so bland and color-by-numbers that it's hard to care about this juvenile adventure romp

| Jan 13, 2017

Monster Trucks is dumb, that goes without saying, but it isn't terrible, and as January victories go that's hardly insignificant.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 13, 2017

A film that makes good on its laughable, low-concept premise, one that relies on an out-of-fashion moral clarity that may actually benefit its presumed child viewer.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 13, 2017

Unrepentantly absurd and unstoppably fun, Monster Trucks is exactly the kind of kids' movie I want to see from studios.

| Jan 12, 2017

An eco-fable devoid of didactic overkill, delivered with energy, winking mischief, unobtrusive effects and a skilled cast.

| Jan 12, 2017

Wants to be "Transformers" but feels more like made-for-video kiddie fare. Tough going if you're older than 9.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Jan 12, 2017

Would have made a serviceable Saturday morning 온라인카지노추천 hour but can't get out of first gear as a feature flick.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jan 12, 2017

Long after the novelty of the premise runs out of gas, it's sheer moviemaking craft that fuels this effects-driven action-family hybrid.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 12, 2017

This is a film that pushes its female characters to the sidelines as if they had cooties.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Jan 12, 2017

"Monster Trucks" feels less like an ordeal than a well-intentioned misfire made by intelligent people.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Jan 12, 2017

It never made me want to sink ever deeper in my seat with despair at every plot turn as some flat-out lemons do.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 12, 2017

Stuffing your digital star under a vehicle's hood and around its undercarriage is a tricky visual sell, and Wedge's team struggles to make it work, save for fleeting bits such as Creech scaling an alley.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jan 12, 2017

Whatever else can be said about Monster Trucks, it offers a strikingly peculiar version of hokey Americana.

| Original Score: C | Jan 12, 2017

After a long gestation period, Monster Trucks has finally hatched. And the final result is... rather unspectacular.

| Original Score: C+ | Jan 11, 2017