Wonderful movie, Another triumph for Pixar

Rating: 9/10 (25 November 2001)

Well, I thought that Shrek was going to run away with the best animated movie title for 2001, but those magical computers over at Pixar has delivered another great movie. It has the fun fantasy aspect of Shrek without sacrificing it's originality for a barrage of pop-culture references or it's good family values for gross and crude jokes.
Monsters Inc creates a whole new world that somewhat parallels out own world, only the inhabitants are a variety of monsters, most of which work at Monsters Inc., a factory that collects screams, the source of power for Monsterland (or whatever it's called). The greatest scarer is Sully, a fairly cuddly furry blue monster, who rooms with his little round green friend, Mike Wakowski. But the world is turned upside down when a little 3-year-old, Boo, invades monster land.
Everything is so imaginative in this movie. Even with just an eye, an eyebrow and a mouth, Mike's character is so expressive and fun. His girlfriend, Celia, who has medusa hair has snakes that share the same emotion as Celia. But as great as the character design is, it's the heart of the characters like Sully, Mike and Boo that make this movie such a great family flick. Best of all, both kids and adults can enjoy it. Kids will love the colorful characters and the action scenes, adults with love the references and the creative aspects of this movie.
A 9 out of 10