Monsters, Inc.

4.50
    Monsters, Inc.
    2001

    Synopsis

    Lovable Sulley and his wisecracking sidekick Mike Wazowski are the top scare team at Monsters, Inc., the scream-processing factory in Monstropolis. When a little girl named Boo wanders into their world, it's the monsters who are scared silly, and it's up to Sulley and Mike to keep her out of sight and get her back home.

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    Cast

    • John GoodmanSullivan (voice)
    • Billy CrystalMike (voice)
    • Mary GibbsBoo (voice)
    • Steve BuscemiRandall (voice)
    • James CoburnWaternoose (voice)
    • Jennifer TillyCelia (voice)
    • Bob PetersonRoz (voice)
    • John RatzenbergerYeti (voice)
    • Frank OzJeff Fungus (voice)
    • Daniel GersonNeedleman / Smitty (voice)

    Recommendations

    • 100

      New Times (L.A.)

      As giddy and antic as any great Warner Bros. cartoon of the 1930s and '40s -- it bears seeing more than once, if only to allow for the sight gags that play second fiddle to the plot, a rarity in animation -- but also resonant and real. In other words, it's the perfect movie.
    • 90

      Newsweek

      A terrific piece of work: smart, inventive and executed with state-of-the-art finesse.
    • 88

      Charlotte Observer

      It comes from Pixar, the animation studio that scored with the "Toy Story" series and "A Bug's Life," and it has more zip and a tad less soul than those predecessors.
    • 88

      Chicago Tribune

      The climax, featuring what's essentially a suspended roller coaster of closet doors, is as thrilling as it is imaginative.
    • 83

      Seattle Post-Intelligencer

      Not quite up to the exalted level of the two predecessors ("Toy Story" and "Toy Story 2"), be assured it's still the most eye-popping and thoroughly entertaining animated film to come down the pike so far this year.
    • 80

      Film Threat

      Confirms that despite all the technical tools at their disposal, one thing counts head and shoulders above razzle-dazzle eye candy (or anything else, for that matter): the story and characters, and Monsters, Inc. introduces worthy additions to the Pixar pantheon.
    • 75

      New York Daily News

      Rarely does an animated character merge as perfectly with the persona of the actor providing his voice as the star of Monsters, Inc. does with John Goodman.
    • 67

      Portland Oregonian

      It's a good movie, mind you, with great bits in it, but it still falls short of rapture.

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