Monsters, Inc.
2001
Intelligent, funny, adorable, and beautifully animated, MONSTERS, INC. will delight fans of SHREK and TOY STORY, while drawing a new audience of curious, kid-friendly viewers. Billy Crystal and John Goodman make a fiercely funny comedic team as job partners and best friends, Mike (Crystal)--a little green guy with one huge .. Read more
| Starring | Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Mary Gibbs |
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| Director | Pete Docter, David Silverman, Lee Unkrich |
| Genres | Animated, Audio Descriptive, Children, Comedy |
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Monsters, Inc.
Intelligent, funny, adorable, and beautifully animated, MONSTERS, INC. will delight fans of SHREK and TOY STORY, while drawing a new audience of curious, kid-friendly viewers. Billy Crystal and John Goodman make a fiercely funny comedic team as job partners and best friends, Mike (Crystal)--a little green guy with one huge eyeball, and Sulley (Goodman)--a big purple and blue fuzzy guy with dinosaur spikes down his back. Mike and Sully work at MONSTERS, INC., a gigantic corporation that captures the screams of little children and turns them into energy. To make the children scream, the monsters must enter each child's bedroom through the closet door, then deliver a frightening affront. The only problem is, kids aren't scared anymore. And because of this problem, Monsters, Inc. is in a jam. But when one little girl, Boo (Mary Gibbs), follows Sully through her closet door and into the factory, she brings an even more dire issue to the fore: the monsters are actually terrified of children. From Pixar Animation Studios, MONSTERS, INC. is an exciting adventure with a sweet, happy ending.
Both the DVD and VHS releases include the animated short FOR THE BIRDS and a home video exclusive performance of "Put That Thing Back Where It Came From Or So Help Me" created by Mike Wazowski.
| Starring | Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Mary Gibbs, Jennifer Tilly, James Coburn, John Ratzenberger |
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| Director | Pete Docter, David Silverman, Lee Unkrich |
| Studio | WALT DISNEY HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 28 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 28 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Animated, Audio Descriptive, Children, Comedy |
| Language | English, English Audio Description |
| Dubbed | German |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | English, French, German, Italian, Spanish |
| Released | DVD: 07 Sep 2007 Blu-ray: 27 Jul 2009 Production year: 2001 |
| Format | DVD |
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23 out of 26 people found this review helpful
They scare because they care
Yes, it?s a kid?s movie ? but this is animation at its best. Monsters, Inc. is the type of film Disney used to make. Sure the computer animation is new, but the old Disney formula is the same here. Great animation, lovable characters, a simple plot, and slapstick humour are what made Disney films like 101 Dalmatians, Dumbo, Pinocchio, etc. all great children?s films. Monsters, Inc, however has done what these films could not do by extending its audience beyond your standard 3-11 year old.
The creators of Monsters, Inc. have paid enormous attention to detail in their work such that jokes like an ooze-generating monster mopping a floor, or an abominable snowman serving yellow snow cones (No, its lemon!) will entertain adults who normally don't find animation very interesting.
It is fortunate that Disney (Pixar in this case) has chosen to veer away from the formula that made its animated cartoons go 'over the top' in the past. Yes, I mean the singing! The music chosen for this film goes over well and does not steal the show from the principal actors (Billy Crystal and John Goodman) and features a duet from the two at the closing credits (Oscar nominated song 'If I didn't have you'.
Crystal works well as the scare 'coach' Mike Wazowski, Disney could have chosen 'over the top comedian Robin Williams for this part but wisely chose Billy Crystal whose comedy was light hearted and fun. Goodman gave a stellar performance as scare legend 'Sully?, the scarer who falls in love with a little child.
While there were some plot holes (how did Mike get back from the snow world?), I thoroughly enjoyed this film and recommend it to anyone, especially to those with children. -
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Not kust for the kids!
HI all,
I recently watched 'Monsters Inc.' and I was very impressed. It's extremely funny and original. Some one tried explaining the story to me some time ago and it sounded not so good but I decided to watch it just to see, I love animation.
I am very glad I did I live in the country and do not watch TV much so I did not hear any of the hype the goes with these type of films but it definitely deserves it and more.
By the way, I’m thirty, and I have friends who enjoyed it too ranging from 20-56 they found some thing they liked about this film.
One more note for the visual impaired. There is audio narration on the disc and it is very good at describing the scenes. -
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Monsters, Inc.
Intelligent, funny, adorable, and beautifully animated, MONSTERS, INC. will delight fans of SHREK and TOY STORY, while drawing a new audience of curious, kid-friendly viewers. Billy Crystal and John Goodman make a fiercely funny comedic team as job partners and best friends, Mike (Crystal)--a ...
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