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
Phil Nibbelink first wrote a treatment for The Bunny & The Monster in 1997. Universal Feature Animation began developing a film adaptation of Monster & Me in 1998. In May 1999, Variety reported that Steve Bencich and Ron J. Friedman was hired by Universal to write the screenplay for the film and have the film a September 27, 2002 release. By May 2000, pre-production had officially begun, In January 2002, production had officially began.

In January 2004, Phil Nibbelink left Universal Feature Animation due to problems, It was also announced that Steve Samano would replace him as the new director and he was also the story writer, John Cohen was replaced by Jim Anderson as the new producer, Steve Bencich and Ron J. Friedman were replaced by Samono, Peter Baynham, Stacey Harmon and Joe Stillman as the new screenwriters.

Casting
The film's cast was announced by Universal in 1999, The film would not have humans and have animals only, with Bruce Willis, Evan Sabara and Matthew Broderick taking their respective roles as Mobo, Young Mobo, & Bon. In addition, Garry Marshall, Chris Kattan, Steve Buscemi, Janeane Garofalo, David Eigenberg, Nick Swardson, Stephen Tobolowsky, Harland Williams, Jessie Flower, Pat Fraley, J. P. Manoux and Gary Hall were cast in multiple roles. Marshall was cast as Burris, Kattan was cast as Gil, Busecmi was cast as Bio, Garofalo was cast as Kita, Eigenburg was cast as Fluff, Swardson was cast as Turry, Tobolowsky was cast as Oak, Williams was cast as Brutus, Flower was cast as Lily, Fraley was cast as Fox, Manoux was cast as Squirrel, and Hall was cast as Tako. Frank Welker was brought in to play the Additional Animal Vocal Effects.

In February 2003, Universal announced that the majority of the cast had been revised with better-known actors, in hopes of attracting a larger audience. Of the original cast, only Broderick, Kattan, Garoflao, Eigenberg, Swardson, Tobolowsky, Fraley, Manoux, Hall, and Welker retained their roles. John Goodman replaced Bruce Willis as Mobo, Evan Sabara Universal announced that the majority of the cast had been revised with better-known actors, in hopes of attracting a larger audience. Of the original cast, only Broderick, Kattan, Garoflao, Eigenberg, Swardson, Tobolowsky, Fraley, Manoux, Hall, and Welker retained their roles. John Goodman replaced Bruce Willis as Mobo, Evan Sabara left the project, Isla Fisher was cast as Anna, William Shatner replaced Jason Marsden as Wally, and Matthew Broderick replaced Phil LaMarr as Alan. Also, Harland Williams and Jessie Flower left the project too, but the role was ultimately not recast.left the project, Isla Fisher was cast as Anna, William Shatner replaced Garry Marshall as Burris, and Matthew Broderick replaced Phil LaMarr as Alan. Also, Harland Williams and Jessie Flower left the project too, but the role was ultimately not recast.

In January 2004, Universal announced that the majority of the cast had been revised with better-known actors and the film would now contain humans and a new location, in hopes of attracting a larger audience. Of the original cast, only Kattan, Eigenberg, Swardson, Hall, and Welker retained their roles. Jim Carrey replaced John Goodman as Mobo, Isla Fisher replaced Anna with a new character Lina Miller, Dakota Fanning was cast as Paige Miller, William Shatner replaced Burris with a new character Harry Miller, John Goodman was cast as Thomas Woods, Pat Fraley was cast as a tourist #1, Vanessa Marshall was cast as a tourist #2, replaced Phil LaMarr as Alan. Also, Matthew Broderick, Steve Buscemi, Stephen Tobolowsky, and J.P. Manoux had left the project as well.

Animation
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Music
The film's score was composed by Mark Mothersbaugh. The score was originally going to be composed by John Debney. But was replaced by Mark Mothersbaugh due to music issues. 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 December 16, 2005, but on December 10, 2004, its release date was pushed back 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, 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 July 2006 to June 2006.

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.

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