STAR RATINGS EXPLAINED

Classic

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Good

Fair

Tragic

FILM DETAILS

Certificate U

Cast John Goodman Billy Crystal Steve Buscemi James Coburn Mary Gibbs

Directors Peter Docter David Silverman Lee Unkrich

Screenwriters Dan Gerson Andrew Stanton

Running Time 92 minutes

Monsters, Inc. (U)

Plot
Sulley and Mike are the number one ‘scare team’ at Monsters, Inc. — they jump out of closets to frighten kids and collect the scare energy which powers Monstropolis. However, when a (highly toxic) little girl gets trapped on the wrong side of the closet door, things go very wrong.

Verdict
Brighter and more exuberant than Shrek, this would be a worthy winner of the first animation Oscar. However, minus John Lasseter’s distinctive sensibility, Monsters, Inc. skews slightly younger than the Toy Story movies. Adults may find the script two or three jokes short of classic status.


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