Monsters University

Rating: 9/10 (25 August 2014)

Monsters University (2013) 9/10 Stars
Monsters University is a popular animated film created by Pixar and is a prequel to the animated film Monsters INC. Monsters University shows the story and relationship of two main characters Mike (Billy Crystal) and Sulley (John Goodman).
At the beginning of the film we see a young Mike Wazowski heading off on a school trip to Monsters Inc the local scare center. During the trip Mike is warned by his teacher not to cross the line into the main Scarefloor because it is feared to be toxic for children but even after hearing these instructions Mike continues to disobey instructions and ends up going into a highly dangerous scare door with a fully train scarer without the scarer even knowing that Mike has been present the whole time! After coming back through the scare door onto the Scarefloor all the emergency workers at Monsters Inc and Mikes class are standing around this one door!! Mike is told by the scarer that what he did was dangerous but also incredibly brave. After everyone at Monsters Inc have been told that Mike is safe the class start to head back to school but before this we find out what Mikes dream is. His dream is to become a professional Scarer but in order to do this he must go to Monsters University.
Years later he finds himself being a student at Monsters University but also finds out that it's not all fun and games and there is in fact a lot of hard work to be put in if he wants to achieve his dream. When Mike is settling into his new dorm room he finds himself befriending Randall (Steve Buscemi) who is his roommate for the year!
Later that night Mike meets Sulley and Mike doesn't quite like Sulley because Sulley thinks that his family name (of legendary scarer's) is enough to get him through school.
Mike and Sulley are both in the same classes at University. Sulley and Mike accidentally break a prized possession of Dean Hardscrabble (Helen Mirren) and then get expelled from all scare classes and will not graduate. Mike comes up with a plan and bets the dean that if he can find a team to complete in the annual scare games and his team win he is not expelled after thinking about it the dean agrees. Mike and Sulley both join a team of completely inexperienced scarer's called the Oozma Kappa Fraternity and try to work hard and go the extra mile to ensure that they win at the games.
During the games the Oozma Kappa's try there best to succeed but find it hard because the other members of the fraternity are not quite as experience in the scare program as Mike and Sulley and also because Mike still doesn't like Sulley which means things could go horribly wrong at any minute but it doesn't and they end up winning the scare games.
In conclusion Pixar have created one of the most successful films since the first Monsters INC film. I would highly recommend for anyone of any age whether they are an adult or child to see this film.
Monsters University can be purchased at most superstores and online at Amazon or Ebay. It can also be purchased on smart devices on iTunes or Google Play Store. Rate 9/10
Directed by Dan Scanlon Produced by Kori Rae
Voices by Billy Crystal as Mike John Goodman as Sulley Steve Buscemi as Randall Helen Mirren as Dean Hardscrabble Peter Sohn as Squishy Joel Murray as Don Carlton Dave Foley as Terry Perry Sean Hayes as Terri Perry Charlie Day as Art Alfred Molina as Professer Derek Knight
Review by Shenice Binding