Enjoyable

Rating: 7/10 (20 September 2013)

This film was great fun, very enjoyable and funny. The returning characters from Monsters Inc. were as good as they originally were, and I loved the small hints towards some of the main themes in the original. The story was solid, if very predictable, and the newer characters were well developed, and there were lots of funny moments. The character of Mike was very well developed, I like how they based the film around him, the first having Sully as the main character. His story was interesting, and there was a wonderful feel good vibe to the way that he realised his own talents.
It just lacked something to make it live up to the quality of the original. There wasn't a lot of tension in it, I know it is a children's film but Monsters Inc. has brilliant tension. Maybe this was due to the fact that it is a prequel, and we know that Mike and Sully will be fine.
I thought the ending was a little rushed. I felt it was a bit like they had written the film on as its own story, and then realised that they needed to find a quick way to get the characters into the job that they have in the original.
Overall this is a really enjoyable film, with most of the aspects of the original held intact, any fan of the first will love it.