The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Monster High: Escape from Skull Shores
Animation · Family · Fantasy · 2012
It's officially Spring Break at Monster High, and Lagoona takes her gilfriends across the sea to the Great Barrier Reef, but they are ship wrecked and end up on a mysterious skull shaped island. At Skull Shores, they enjoy the local hospitality until they realize that they are being used by a slippery showman named Farnum to lure the rarest, most mysterious monster of them all, "the Beast.”
Movie details
Monster High: Escape from Skull Shores
2012 Animation · Family · Fantasy 45m
Critical arithmetic
The consensus, allegedly.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
IMDb
6.7 / 10
1K votes
TMDB
7.7 / 10
Community rating
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It's officially Spring Break at Monster High, and Lagoona takes her gilfriends across the sea to the Great Barrier Reef, but they are ship wrecked and end up on a mysterious skull shaped island. At Skull Shores, they enjoy the local hospitality until they realize that they are being used by a slippery showman named Farnum to lure the rarest, most mysterious monster of them all, "the Beast.”
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Monster High: Escape from Skull Shores?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Steve Ball
Written by
Mike Montesano · Ted Zizik
Kate Higgins
Frankie Stein (voice)
Laura Bailey
Lagoona Blue / Headless Headmistress Bloodgood (voice)
Salli Saffioti
Clawdeen Wolf / Cleo de Nile (voice)
Debi Derryberry
Draculaura (voice)
Evan Smith
Deuce Gorgon / Gillington "Gil" Webber / Ted / Mike (voice)
Keith Silverstein
Bartleby Farnum (voice)
Malcolm Danare
Kipling (voice)
Court is in session
Put Monster High: Escape from Skull Shores on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.