Great writing and phenomenal animation -- a Pixar triumph!

Rating: 9/10 (4 November 2001)

Fantastic. Wonderful. Cute. Humorous. Monsters, Inc. is everything
I've come to expect from a Pixar movie: a clever story told with the
most stunning digital animation there is. Pixar has never before
allowed its animation skill to carry the film, and this movie is no
exception. The monsters children see in their closets and under
their beds are real, but they are more scared of the children than
the children are of them. You see, it turns out children are highly
toxic to the monsters of Monstropolis. These gentle critters -- the
product of animator's wild imaginations -- are harvesting energy
from human children's screams. The plot turns around the sudden
appearance of Boo, a small human child, who accidentally finds
her way through the closet into Monstropolis. As the story unfolds,
the kids and the monsters learn more about irrational fear and
trust -- certainly a lesson well suited for an America after
September 11.
As is Pixar's tradition, they created a wonderful animated short that
runs before Monsters, Inc. Birds of a Feather had me in tears of
laughter about 60 seconds. This alone was well worth the $8.50
admission price.