Monsters, Inc. (2001)

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Directors:

Pete Docter
David Silverman (co-director)

Writers:

Pete Docter (story) &
Jill Culton (story) ...

Release Date:

2 November 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Tagline:

Monsters, Inc. : We Scare Because We Care

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Monster | Scream | Friend | Door | Best Friend

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 11 wins & 31 nominations

Cast

John Goodman	...	James P. "Sulley" Sullivan (voice)
Billy Crystal	...	Mike Wazowski (voice)
Mary Gibbs	...	Boo / Mary (voice)
Steve Buscemi	...	Randall Boggs (voice)
James Coburn	...	Henry J. Waternoose (voice)
Jennifer Tilly	...	Celia (voice)
Bob Peterson	...	Roz (voice)
John Ratzenberger	...	The Abominable Snowman (voice)
Frank Oz	...	Fungus (voice)
Daniel Gerson	...	Needleman / Smitty (voice)
Steve Susskind	...	Floor Manager (voice)
Bonnie Hunt	...	Flint (voice)
Jeff Pidgeon	...	Bile (voice)
Samuel Lord Black	...	George Sanderson (voice) (as Sam Black)
Jack Angel	...	Additional Voice (voice)

Also Known As:

Hidden City (USA) (working title)
Monsters, Incorporated (USA) (alternative spelling)
Monsters, Inc. (Argentina) (Peru) [es]
Baboulas A.E. (Greece) [el]
Die Monster AG (Germany) (promotional title) [de]
Die Monster AG - (Monsters, Inc.) (Germany) [de]
Monsterbedriften (Norway) [no]
Monsterit oy (Finland) [fi]
Monsters & Co. (Italy) [it]
Monsters en co. (Belgium: Flemish title) [un]
Monsters, a.s. (Slovakia) [sk]
Monstres et Cie (France) [fr]
Monstres, inc. (Canada: French title) [fr]
Monstros E Companhia (Portugal) [pt]
Monstros S.A. (Brazil) [pt]
Monstruos, S.A. (Spain) [es]
Potwory i spolka (Poland) [pl]
Príserky s.r.o. (Czech Republic) [cs]
Sevimli canavarlar (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Skrímsli hf. (Iceland) [is]
Szörny Rt. (Hungary) [hu]

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:TV-G (Disney Channel) | USA:TV-PG (ABC) | Malaysia:U | Iceland:L | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Brazil:Livre | Canada:G | Chile:TE | Finland:K-7 | France:U | Germany:6 | Hong Kong:I | Ireland:G | Japan:U | Netherlands:AL | New Zealand:G | Norway:7 | Peru:PT | Portugal:M/6 | Singapore:G | South Korea:All | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Taiwan:GP | UK:U | USA:G | Greece:K

Company:

Pixar Animation Studios

Trivia:

On the scare floor leader board, the name immediately below Sullivan and Randall is Ranft, a reference to longtime Pixar writer Joe Ranft.

Goofs:

Continuity: The scoreboard on the video wall sometimes shows decreased values for some monsters, for instance when Waternoose talks to Jerry and just before the first 2319.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Flint: All right, Mr. Bile, is it?
Bile: Uh, my friends call me Phlem.
Flint: Uh-huh, Mr. Bile, can you tell me what you did wrong?
Bile: I fell down?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Tokyo Mater (2008)

Soundtrack:

If I Didn't Have You

Nothing To Criticize Here - Very Solid Animated Film

This is a very entertaining animated film. I've seen it twice and enjoyed even more the second time. Billy Crystal said he enjoyed making this film as much as any film he's ever done, so that's a good testimony that you'll get some laughs and enjoy this movie as an adult, too.

Kids will love it, I am sure. The "monsters" in here are funny-looking and almost lovable, nothing that would scare your kids (or you). Crystal has a bunch of funny lines but overall I found this to be as much if not more of a human interest story than a comedy.

There is a lot of sentimentality to it, even overdone a bit at the end, but that's okay. There is absolutely nothing offensive in here, either. The colors look spectacular, too.