Nothing funny, with no surprises.

Rating: 2/10 (27 November 2002)

This movie is often compared to Shrek. I found no comparisons but for the main character and the animated look. This movie offers a story line spread so thinly that it tore within the first 30 minutes. I didn't laugh once in the first hour before I decided to get up and write how boring this movie is. The little girl is cute, but offers no surprises, and has very little attitude for supposedly a scary presence. The monsters remind me of the blue-collar characters from the row houses of Baltimore. The viewer is not allowed any kind of reference to any of the monsters past or their future. The entire movie is predictable, boring and difficult to watch. You will not likely run across anyone that says they have watched this movie multiple times as they did with Shrek. I give it a 2 of 10, and advise anyone that expects to see anything mythical, creative, or enchanting to avoid this movie.
There's not even one good line in Monsters Inc. Remember from Shrek.."Yes. The ginger-bread man!"..gurgle gurgle.. Shrek set the barometer for the future of animated movies with stories.