Little Monsters

PG

Released Aug 25, 1989

1h 43m

Kids & Family

Fantasy

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44%

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9 Reviews

62%

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25,000+ Ratings

Brian (Fred Savage) isn't scared of the monster living under the bed. On the contrary, when he gets to know the wild-eyed boogeyman, Maurice (Howie Mandel), the pair become fast friends. During the night, Maurice takes his young charge into the netherworld of monsters, where they have a great time making mischief in the lives of sleeping children. But Brian's opinion of Maurice and his freewheeling lifestyle changes when he discovers that he himself is turning into a monster.

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Chris Willman

Los Angeles Times

Some of it is actually funny, if you still have a little brattiness left in your Bratskeller.

Sep 27, 2019

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Derek Deskins

Edge Media Network

It is 100 minutes of nails on a chalkboard and, in a more just world, would have resulted in the end of Howie Mandel's career.

Sep 23, 2020

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Alan Jones

Radio Times

A dismal disaster.

Rated: 1/5

Sep 27, 2019

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Germain Lussier

io9.com

It pained me to watch such an impressive group of talent (the movie was written by the guys who made Aladdin, for crying out loud) shit the bed so massively, especially when my nostalgia reserves were so primed and ready to go.

Sep 27, 2019

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Joly Herman

Common Sense Media

For a movie about monsters, this flick has a bit of heart.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 27, 2019

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

A definite gateway title for blossoming horror fans.

Oct 7, 2013

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Ed R

Horrible movie with a terrible plot. No nostalgia because it wasn’t popular.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/06/24

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The MovieZilla P

One of the most under-rated movies it's a classic

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/30/24

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Jeremy F

Classic. Yeah it has various styles but beautiful. Everytime this move comes up in conversation it is like complete nostalgia.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/22/24

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hailee M

This one of my favorite movies is probably really underrated but hey it's always in my top 3 for my lifetime. It's such a great story I love how unique and different it was from the real world. Makeup and creatures looked scary, some of them looked funny and even cute.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/26/24

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Jeffrey M

Little Monsters is an amazing movie. I watched it just know so it is fresh in my mind. Little Monsters is really funny, and guess what? I LOVE comedy. Little Monsters is kind of like Cat in the Hat, except less appropriate ,monster mode, and worse humor. Little Monsters was also really interesting to. What a good movie. I give it a 77%.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/26/23

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Jake C

This movie was big part of my childhood a absolute banger of a movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/21/23

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Richard Greenberg

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Brian Stevenson

Howie Mandel

Maurice

Daniel Stern

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Margaret Whitton

Holly Stevenson

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Synopsis

Brian (Fred Savage) isn't scared of the monster living under the bed. On the contrary, when he gets to know the wild-eyed boogeyman, Maurice (Howie Mandel), the pair become fast friends. During the night, Maurice takes his young charge into the netherworld of monsters, where they have a great time making mischief in the lives of sleeping children. But Brian's opinion of Maurice and his freewheeling lifestyle changes when he discovers that he himself is turning into a monster.

Director: Richard Greenberg
Producer: Jeffrey A. Mueller, Andrew Licht, John Davis
Screenwriter: Terry Rossio, Ted Elliott
Distributor: United Artists
Production Co: Davis Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Vestron Pictures
Rating: PG
Genre: Kids & Family, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 25, 1989, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 7, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $542.9K
Runtime: 1h 43m
Sound Mix: Surround

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