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Monsters, Inc. is the largest scare factory in the monster world and the top kid Scarer is James P. Sullivan, a huge intimidating monster with blue fur, large purple spots and horns, known as "Sulley"...( read more  read more... ) to his friends. His Scare Assistant, best friend and roommate is Mike Wazowski, a lime green, opinionated, feisty, one-eyed monster. Scaring children isn't such an easy job--monsters believe children are toxic and that direct contact with them would be catastrophic. Inside the factory can also be found: the factory's crab-like CEO, the beguiling serpent-haired receptionist Celia, and the sarcastic chameleon monster, Randall Boggs, who schemes to replace Sully as Monsters, Inc.'s top Scarer. Visiting from the human world is Boo, a tiny girl who turns the monster world upside-down.

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G, 1 hr. 46 min.

Directed by: David Silverman, Lee Unkrich, Pete Docter, Peter Docter

Release Date: November 2, 2001

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DVD Release Date: September 17, 2002

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  • magnum32004
    October 31, 2007
    magnum32004
    Hilarious and heartwarming! John Goodman & Billy Crystal make the ultimate animated comedy dream team.
  • DrZeek
    November 11, 2009
    DrZeek
    Sulley: Mike, this isn't Boo's door.
    Mike: Boo? What's Boo?
    Sulley: That's... what I decided to call her. Is there a problem?
    Mike: Sulley, you're not supposed to name it. Once you name it, you start getting attached to it. Now put that thing back where it came from or so h...( read more)elp me...
    [Mike pauses, realizing that they suddenly have the attention of the entire scare floor]
    Mike: Oh, hey. We're rehearsing a - a scene for the upcoming company play called uh, Put That Thing Back Where It Came From Or So Help Me. It's a musical.

    The fourth film from Pixar is just as full of originality and imagination as all there other features. Here, the subject of what goes bump in the night is addressed. The animation is very good looking and vibrant with its color. The voice cast is top notch, with great chemistry between John Goodman and Billy Crystal. A quality Randy Newman score. And a truly original idea for its story, complete with all sorts of original creature/monster designs.

    Mike: Can I borrow your odorant?
    Sulley: Yeah, I got, uh, Smelly Garbage or Old Dumpster.
    Mike: You got, uh, Low Tide?
    Sulley: No.
    Mike: How about Wet Dog?
    Sulley: Yep. Stink it up.

    What would happen if it turned out that there actually was a monster in your closet? In this film, not only is that the jumping off point for the story, but it actually sets up an entirely different world consisting of a monster society that depends on scaring children at night, in order to collect the screams that they emit as a source of energy. The top scarer for the company, Monster's Inc, is Sully, voiced by Goodman, aided by his best friend Mike, voiced by Crystal.

    The catch for the society is that everyone believes kids to be very toxic to their environment, and coming into physical contact with one would destroy them. So of course, a little girl stumbles her way into the society, with Mike and Sully working hard to get her back safely without upsetting things.

    The voice cast also includes Steve Buscemi as the villainous Randall, James Coburn, Jennifer Tilly, Frank Oz, and Bonnie Hunt.

    The thing I enjoy most about this feature is how it develops its world. Its very much a slapstick comedy, but great effort has been made to have a whole universe set up to really get the viewer involved in the day-to-day of this world. Seeing all the various monsters and settings in this film is quite engaging. There is certainly a standard buddy plot with some adventure thorwn in at its core, but Pixar has a knack for developing quality stories, with well developed lead characters.

    The animation was certainly a big leap forward for Pixar from A Bug's Life and the Toy Story films. Here there are numerous elements involving textures of all the monsters, namely the movement of Sully's hair and the effect of his weight, that is noticeable and beneficial to the feel of the film. And the use of all kinds of colors is certainly effective in making this a very vibrant film to look at.

    Finally, while the story never really develops into something as engrossing or moving as some of Pixars superior features, the relationship that forms between Sully and the little girl, Boo, certainly brings in a quality emotional bond that resonates.

    Randall: Where is it, you little one-eyed cretin?
    Mike: Okay, first of all, it's "creetin". If you're going to threaten me, do it properly. Second of all, you're nuts if you think kidnapping ME is going to help YOU cheat your way to the top.
    Randall: [chuckles evilly] You still think this is about that stupid scare record?
    Mike: Well... I did. Right up until you... chuckled... like that... And now I'm thinking I should just get out of here.
  • SirPant
    September 25, 2009
    SirPant
    I can't say I was a huge fan of this one!
  • Darksome
    July 11, 2009
    Darksome
    Really cute movie! They made some great characters in this one.
  • mrpopcorn
    July 11, 2009
    mrpopcorn
    "Monsters, Inc. : We Scare Because We Care"

    Monsters generate their city's power by scaring children, but they are terribly afraid themselves of being contaminated by children, so when one enters Monstropolis, top scarer Sulley finds his world disrupted.

    ...( read more)t size=+2 face="Century Schoolbook">REVIEW
    In 1995, Pixar re-invented modern animation with the first feature length fully computer animated cartoon, Toy Story. It also raised the standard of family film story telling to a level that Pixar have refused blindly to drop from with subsequent releases.

    Monsters Inc is no exception. Like Toy Story before it, the story of Monsters Inc is nothing massively original - stories about toys that come to life and things that go bump in the night are ancient gimmicks for creating children's entertainment. But like Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling, Pixar know it is not originality in setting and characters that fuels our imagination, it's bringing these familiar characters to life and telling a hugely entertaining story that does.

    In a documentary I watched a few years ago about the innovation of computer animation, a technical expert said that the moment in Toy Story where Woody first realizes Buzz Lightyear is now the kid's favorite toy, not a person in the world watching thinks "I wonder how many millions of pixels were used to create that image?" but rather, they've empathized with Woody's character. I'm glad to say that Monsters Inc., with its snappy length (88 minutes), typically oddball (both physically and characteristically) characters and heartwarming story, has this same effect.
  • 09084clu
    November 19, 2009
    09084clu
    I like this movie!
    Characters very cute and funny...
  • pranidia
    November 18, 2009
    pranidia
    I always have a thing for animated movie.. and Monsters, Inc. is (in my opinion) the greatest of all. The story, the characters and everything are so lovable and just "right". Boo is so cute.. and the friendship between Mike and Sulley is adorable.
    Bravo Pixar!
  • tierrasalvaje
    November 17, 2009
    tierrasalvaje
    great movie ...watched with friends and family..
  • SpunkyJamez
    November 17, 2009
    SpunkyJamez
    It's got everything you would want in a PIXAR film. It's cute, fun and amusing. The voice talent is great and I really like the characters.
  • stilettokillerz
    November 15, 2009
    stilettokillerz
    Cute, funny, and very entertaining! Boo!

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Critic Reviews

November 2, 2001
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

Apart from one lovely scene -- where the monsters and child climb over a moving assembly line of doors, leaping in and out of different realities -- Monsters, Inc. fails to develop the poetic richness... full review

November 2, 2001
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Monsters, Inc. is cheerful, high-energy fun, and like the other Pixar movies, has a running supply of gags and references aimed at grownups. full review

October 31, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

It's the Pixar animators who keep grown-ups as riveted as the kids with visual marvels that dazzle and delight. full review

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  • doda11990
    August 7, 2009
    doda11990
    Simply the best animation movie ever! amazing!
  • nayita23
    June 27, 2008
    nayita23
    so cool the effectssssssss XD
    LOVE IT!
  • edwinjasonramos
    April 29, 2008
    edwinjasonramos
    Monsters Inc. Boo


    Boo is awesome!
  • shortybrooklyn
    March 22, 2008
    shortybrooklyn
    the movie was awesome and boo was so funny
  • sportboy
    November 8, 2007
    sportboy
    I liked it I thought boo was funny great film.
  • ampiparedes
    May 12, 2007
    ampiparedes
    haha! I have a Boo doll too!!
    I love Boo! Its so lovely
  • mama2buffa2
    March 14, 2007
    mama2buffa2
    THIS MOVIE IS SO KOOLIO!!!!!!
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  • luluk99
    February 26, 2007
    luluk99
    its a little childish!!!!!!!!!!
    GROW UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • randyortonrko93
    November 10, 2006
    randyortonrko93
    I LOVE BOO! Shes sooooo cute! I have her as a doll and she looks so real and soooo cute!!!! I LOVE BOO!!!The way she talks is sooooooo cute esipcally when she says Mike's name.
  • cruzysandoval
    November 3, 2006
    cruzysandoval
    I LOVE THIS MOVIE IT IS THE BEST PIXAR MOVIE
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