I wondered where those monsters came from!

Rating: 9/10 (6 April 2003)

Amazingly I can remember still being a child and having a closet door that I swore Monsters came out of. When my parents did what they could t convince me there were no monsters in the closet, I knew they ran from the closet to under my bed. What a nice film this was to tap into something we all know about and may have experienced in that wonderful time called "childhood."
This film was wonderfully animated (yay Pixar!) and wonderfully written for children and adults to love. It was cute, it was fun, it is memorable. The only thing that fell short for me was the very very end, I thought it could have been a bit better, but its not that big of a deal to "hate" this gem. John Goodman (Sulllivan)and Billy Crystal (Mike) were wonderful voicing the Monsters who work to get the scares from the kids to keep the city going. Then there's Boo's voice, that is adorable. And who could hate Jennifer Tilly's voice? I had no idea that was Steve Buscemi as the slimy "Randall", it was very good. Add the late James Coburn voice as the boss and more and you have quite a fun family favorite. I watch this film more than I expected because it was more than I expected. If you've got children, this is a must for your library. Even if you don't, get it, curl up with some popcorn and this will make you remember those times when you were.