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Name: Monster Trucks
Director: Chris Wedge
Genre: action, comedy, science-fiction
Released: 2016
Duration: 1 h 44 min
Rating: 5.7

Monster Trucks has an iRankMovies score of 47.7/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Monster Trucks (2016)

Two different worlds. One monster team.

Release:2016

Runtime:1h 44m

Country:United States

Director:Chris Wedge

Language:English

Genre

ActionComedyScience Fiction

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Keywords

Small Town monsterPickup TruckLive Action And AnimationMonster Truck

iRank48

Monster Trucks rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb5.7/10· 20K votes

Rotten Tomatoes32%

Metacritic41%

TMDb6.093/10· 921 votes

With 32% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 5.7/10 on IMDb and 41/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.

About Monster Trucks

Tripp is a high school senior with a knack for building trucks who makes an incredible discovery - a gas-guzzling creature named Creech. To protect his mischievous new friend, Tripp hides Creech under the hood of his latest creation, turning it into a real-life super-powered Monster Truck. Together, this unlikely duo with a shared taste for speed team up on a wild and unforgettable journey to reunite Creech with his family.

Cast of Monster Trucks

Lucas Till
as Tripp Coley
Jane Levy
as Meredith
Amy Ryan
as Cindy Coley
Rob Lowe
as Reece Tenneson
Danny Glover
as Mr. Weathers
Barry Pepper
as Sheriff Rick
Jedidiah Goodacre
as Jake
Holt McCallany
as Burke
Frank Whaley
as Wade Coley
Thomas Lennon
as Dr. Bill Dowd
Aliyah O'Brien
as Junior Scientist
Tucker Albrizzi
as Sam Geldob

Monster Trucks facts

Budget: $125M
Box office: $64.5M

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Monster truck action delivers impressive vehicular spectacle for family audiences
•Live action and animation blend creates imaginative creature-vehicle partnership
•Small town setting grounds adventure with relatable community character development

What the audience disliked

•Thin plot mechanics serve action sequences rather than character storytelling
•Pickup truck premise strains credibility despite creative hybrid creature concept