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Monsters of California

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Monsters of California

Released Oct 6, 2023

1h 49m

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After discovering research left behind by a missing government agent, Dallas Edwards and his misfit high school friends embark on a righteous and dangerous adventure to uncover a paranormal conspiracy in Southern California that brings them face-to-face with some of the government's most guarded mysteries.

Stephanie Myers

Common Sense Media

The elements that have to do with Dallas dealing with his father's death and his anger about that loss are nicely done, but they're wrapped up a little quickly, with no consequences or explanations for some of his actions.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 6, 2023

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

Completely awful on every single level, Monsters of California takes a mishandled detour from paranormal investigations of ghosts to hidden conspiracies about outer-space aliens. The movie's three vapid and annoying lead characters make everything worse.

Oct 31, 2023

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Aaron Neuwirth

We Live Entertainment

The way the film escalates into a bizarre conspiracy theory movie should be hardly surprising, but the choices as to how to go about this serve as a mask for some familiar but effective themes. An enjoyable enough venture from the guy at the rock show.

Rated: 6/10

Oct 11, 2023

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Sergio Pereira

CBR

While Monsters of California doesn't introduce anything new to the sci-fi genre and pales in comparison to something like Gareth Edwards' The Creator, it works as a breezy, entertaining feature that demonstrates DeLonge's aptitude.

Oct 6, 2023

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Chris Joyce

Movies and Munchies (YouTube)

Monsters of California has a promising idea at its heart, but it loses the plot and strays from what its title promises, tumbling into conspiracy theory retreads that don’t lead to any truth, or fun, out there.

Rated: 2.5/5

Oct 6, 2023

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Todd Jorgenson

Cinemalogue

Combining familiar coming-of-age themes, this throwback offers some scattered laughs and frights, but stumbles in trying to provoke a deeper sense of existential wonder.

Oct 6, 2023

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JP

Campy, cute, sort of a deeper meaning somewhere in there, but lost in lackluster acting and humor which mostly fell flat.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/12/23

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Kathy

Surprise! Classic. Funny. Great aliens. It had heart and theres more to this story ?

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

10/07/23

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evo g

A fun movie with a solid message. Hopefully gains traction to more theaters as people should see this in theaters. It’s got a lot of everything, comedic toilet humor with a charm, family drama, some romance, and all thing paranormal. Tom DeLonge knocks it out of the park as the director and has a great soundtrack and score. Really enjoyed the movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/07/23

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Finn T

What could have been the next ghostbusters turns into a crazy comedy, which is not entirely a bad thing. The skater dudes turned amateur scientists give lots of funny gags on their way to greatness. The premise is touching and but Gabrielle Haugh really saves the bunch. Clearly, alot of good stuff has been cut out, which the films gives away in some dialogue. There is a lot of illogical stuff here (SPOLER ALERT: like why interrogate teenagers in a secret ufo-base?) but they are ofthen there to give room for more jokes. As a crazy comedy this comes off good. It's not a great sci-fi film and the name is misleading.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/05/25

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Daniel B

I’ve been a fan of Tom Delonge since i was a kid. Love his music and honestly consider him a role model, but his movie “Monsters of California” is a huge disappointment - this has to be some of the worst acting I have ever seen in my entire life. Still love you though, Tom.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/25/25

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Steel L

I think whoever wrote this thinks the more sophomoric sex jokes the better. Awful.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/24

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After discovering research left behind by a missing government agent, Dallas Edwards and his misfit high school friends embark on a righteous and dangerous adventure to uncover a paranormal conspiracy in Southern California that brings them face-to-face with some of the government's most guarded mysteries.

Director: Tom DeLonge
Producer: Tom DeLonge, Eric Scott Woods, Stan Spry
Screenwriter: Tom DeLonge, Ian Miller
Distributor: Screen Media
Production Co: To The Stars , Cartel Pictures, Striker Entertainment, The Cartel
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 6, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 6, 2023
Runtime: 1h 49m