Superb prequel to the Pixar/Disney classic; Crystal and Goodman reunited; feels so good

Rating: 10/10 (23 June 2013)

MONSTERS UNIVERSITY (2013) (Voices of : Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Helen Mirren, Peter Sohn, Joel Murray, Sean Hayes, Dave Foley, Charlie Day, Alfred Molina, Tyler Labine, Nathan Fillion, Aubrey Plaza, Bobby Moynihan, Noah Johnston, Julia Sweeney, Bonnie Hunt, John Krasinski, Bill Hader, Beth Behrs, Bob Peterson, John Ratzenberger, Frank Oz) Superb prequel to the Pixar/Disney classic with the origin story of how dynamic duo Mike Wazowski and James P. "Sulley" Sullivan (Crystal and Goodman reunited; feels so good) met in college as competitive rival students aspiring to be 'scarers' and eventually BFFs with a ragtag motley crew of co-eds and frat rats to boot. Funny, frenetic and wonderfully animated thanks to the warm-hearted and loose-limbed direction by Dan Scanlon who collaborated on the well- constructed screenplay by Robert L. Baird and Daniel Gerson. Newcomer Sweeney as the overly sweet mom of one of the duo's classmates steals the show but the true star is the eye candy colored universe of the merry monsters. One of the year's best.