Monsters, Inc.

Rating: 10/10 (14 September 2005)

If you like the first three or four CGI computer animated films by Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar, then this is the next of the films. As a kid you obviously believed there were monsters hiding in your closets waiting to scare you, well in this, they only do it because it is their jobs. The film mainly focuses on one of the best scaring monsters and his best friend. John Goodman as James P. "Sulley" Sullivan and Billy Crystal as Mike Wazowski are just the perfect characters for this film. Basically a door (used to get to the closet of kids) is left behind, so that Randall Boggs (Steve Buscemi) could cheat and become best monster. Anyway, out of the door comes a little human girl, and Sulley is nearly caught hiding her. He now has to get back to Monsters, Inc. without anyone spotting the kid. Also starring James Coburn as Henry J. Waternoose III, Jennifer Tilly as Celia, Toy Story's John Ratzenberger as The Abominable Snowman and Frank Oz as Fungus. It won the Oscar for Best Song for Randy Newman's "If I Didn't Have You", and it was nominated for Best Animated Feature, Best Music for Randy Newman and Best Sound Editing, and it won the BAFTA Children's Award for Best Feature Film. It was number 30 on The 100 Greatest Family Films, it was number 53 on The Ultimate Film, and it was number 22 on The 100 Greatest Cartoons. Outstanding!