Me & Mobo

Me & Mobo is a 2006 American computer-animated fantasy comedy-drama film produced by Universal Feature Animation. The film was directed by Steve Samono from a screenplay by Samono, Peter Baynham, Stacey Harmon and Joe Stillman and a story by Samono, and stars the voices of Jim Carrey, Isla Fisher, Dakota Fanning, William Shatner, and John Goodman. It follows a gentle monster named Mobo who befriends a teenage human named Lina Miller; the two struggle to develop a close friendship without being caught by the humans.

The film was released by Universal Pictures on July 7, 2006 in the United States. It was met with mixed reviews from critics, who praised its animation, visuals, humor, score, and performances but criticized its plot and screenplay as being derivative. Despite the mixed reviews, the film was a box office success, grossing $486 million worldwide against a $74 million budget.

Plot
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Voice cast

 * Jim Carrey as Mobo, a gentle monster who refuses to harm all the humans and animals.
 * Isla Fisher as Lina Miller, an eccentric and kind 16-year-old human girl who is the eldest daughter of Harry.
 * Dakota Fanning as Paige Miller, Lina's 8-year-old sister and Harry's younger daughter.
 * William Shatner as Harry Miller, an hunter who is Lina and Paige's father.
 * John Goodman as Thomas Woods, the mayor of Lina's village who is also an hunter.
 * Steve Samono as Sommi, a critter.
 * Chris Kattan as Gil
 * David Eigenberg as Fluff
 * Nick Swardson as Terry
 * Pat Fraley as Tourist #1
 * Vanessa Marshall as Tourist #2
 * Mako Iwamatsu as Chef
 * Gary Hall as Tako
 * Frank Welker as Additional Animal Vocal Effects (uncredited)

Additional voices

 * Carlos Alazraqui
 * Jack Angel
 * Bob Bergen
 * Susan Blu
 * Rodger Bumpass
 * Jane Carr
 * John Cygan
 * Jennifer Darling
 * Paul Eiding
 * Bill Farmer
 * Jessie Flower
 * Aaron Fors
 * Zachary Gordon
 * Jess Harnell
 * Sherry Lynn
 * Danny Mann
 * Mickie McGowan
 * Alec Medlock
 * Laraine Newman
 * Phil Proctor
 * Jan Rabson
 * Daryl Sabara
 * Evan Sabara
 * Steve Samono
 * Mindy Sterling
 * Jim Ward
 * Ariel Winter

Development
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Animation
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Music
The film's score was composed by Mark Mothersbaugh. The soundtrack was released on July 4, 2006, by Varèse Sarabande.

Marketing
Wendy's promoted the film with a set of 5 kids' meal toys featuring the characters from the film.

Release
The film was originally scheduled for release on September 27, 2002, But on December 7, 2001, its release date was pushed back to March 7, 2003 for more production time. By March 2002, the film was moved to September 19, 2003 for more resoultion. In June 2002, the film was moved to January 23, 2004 for more work on the film. By November 2002, the film was moved to December 3, 2004. In September 2003, The film was moved off to May 13, 2005. As of February 2004, The film got once again pushed off from May 13, 2005 to August 12, 2005. As of September 2004, The film was moved again to December 16, 2005, that was the release of Universal/Gingo's ''BJ and Wally. ''Thus pushing the film to July 7, 2006. On December 10, 2004, its release date was pushed back one more time to July 7, 2006, due to Universal's satisfaction with the successful July 2004 release of Computeropolis and desire to exploit fully the merchandising potential of a summer film. The release date change was also three days after Disney/Pixar changed the release date of Cars, from November 2005 to June 2006, and two days after DreamWorks Animation changed the release date of Shrek the Third, from November 2006 to May 2007.

Home media
Me & Mobo was released on DVD, HD DVD, and UMD Video on December 5, 2006. The Blu-ray version was released on July 22, 2008.

Box office
Me & Mobo grossed $150 million in the United States and Canada and $336.9 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $486.9 million, against a $74 million budget.

Critical reception
Me & Mobo has a 41% rating on Rotten Tomatoes with an average rating of 5.2/10 based on 146 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads: "With a story that borrows clumsily from other flicks, this cuddly creature has its good moments, but little to stand out among the other family film colony." Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, gives the film a score of 49 based on 33 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews." Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale.

Main
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Trailers
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