Me & Mobo

Me & Mobo is a 2006 American computer-animated comedy 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, a hunter who is Lina and Paige's father.
 * John Goodman as Thomas Woods, the mayor of Lina's village who is also a 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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Casting
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Animation
Me & Mobo was animated in-house at Universal Feature Animation's headquarters in Universal City, California.

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

Marketing
The exclusive sneak peek of the film was released on the 2004 VHS and DVD releases of Computeropolis.

The film was backed by a large marketing campaign, with toys, books, games, clothes, and many other items becoming available throughout 2006.

Upon its release, Burger King had a promotional tie-in with seven toys including Mobo, Lina Miller, Paige Miller, Sommi, Gil, Fluff, Terry, and Tako with a paid Kids' Meal order. Ice cream chain Baskin-Robbins also promoted the film for its new Lina & Mobo's Loaded Village ice cream that consists of Hershey's chocolate, hot fudge, crushed chocolate cookies, whipped cream and chocolate syrup.

The film's teaser trailer was released on June 29, 2005 and was attached into Onion Mastori: The Movie two days later. It depicts a scene where Lina and Mobo were lost in a forest asking for directions how to get back. This scene was not present in the final film release. Another teaser trailer was released on November 4, 2005 and was attached into Chicken Little, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and Hoodwinked!. The first full trailer was released on February 10, 2006 and was shown with Curious George, Ice Age: The Meltdown and The Wild. The final trailer debuted on May 19, 2006 and was later released theatrically in front of Over the Hedge, X-Men: The Last Stand, and Cars. TV spots began to air between May 25 to July 21, 2006.

Release
The film was originally scheduled for release on December 16, 2005, but on December 10, 2004, its release date was pushed back to July 7, 2006, that was in order to avoid competition in other films of the 2005 Christmas season, being 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, two days after DreamWorks Animation changed the release date of Shrek the Third, from November 2006 to May 2007, and the day after 20th Century Fox Animation changed the release date of Puppet Pals from December 2005 to June 2006.

Home media
Me & Mobo was released on DVD, HD DVD and UMD Video on December 5, 2006. Both releases were accompanied by an all-new short animated film titled Just Sommi. The Blu-ray version was released on July 22, 2008. It was also released on Blu-ray 3D on January 22, 2013 and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray on May 15, 2018.

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 on it's opening day behind Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006).

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
To see the transcript for the trailers of the film, click here.