BRILLIANT, BRILLIANT, AND DID I MENTION BRILLIANT?

Rating: Null/10 (10 February 2002)

Monsters Inc. has only been in cinemas three days and it is already huge - and it is easy to see why! Monsters Inc. is a company that supplies electricity for the monster world. And guess where they get it from? Children's screams! The scariest monsters in Monsters Inc. go through doors to children's rooms, and scare them. Their agents collect the electricity from their screams. But the monsters are just as scared of the children as the children are of them! If a child's sock is on a monster's back, it's a 2319 and the CDA (Child Detection Agency) comes and blows up the sock! The top scarer at Monsters Inc. is James P. Sullivan, aka Sulley. He's a big cuddly monster that for some reason children find scary. The second scariest monster is Randall. Randall is resentful of Sulley for getting all the praise in Monsters Inc. Sulley's best friend is his agent, Mike, a sort-of mini cyclops who is totally harmless - but can split your sides, he's so funny! To tell the story briefly, Sulley & Mike find a cute little toddler in their world, whom they call Boo. In their quest to return her home, they get mixed up in Randall's plot to take over Monsters, Inc. When the time comes to return Boo, Sulley realises he doesn't want to. He's bonded with Boo and gained her trust. But he has to, and they shred her door because she knows too much about the monster world. Because they've shredded the door, Sulley will never be able to see Boo again. Sulley becomes the head of Monsters Inc. and they don't use screams for power - they use laughter. They go through the doors and crack jokes to the kids instead of scaring them. But then Mike resurrects Boo's door - and this is a very touching moment, as Sulley has saved one tiny piece of Boo's door. Mike says, "It only works if you have every piece." and then Sulley slides it in - and goes through the door. He is greeted with 'kitty!' which is what Boo calls him. And then it ends...Monsters Inc. is funny, moving, and it's Pixar. All I can say is MIMO - miss it, miss out.