Eyecatching and brilliant animation will tickle your funnybone!

Rating: 9/10 (23 November 2001)

This movie is nothing short of Pixar's best to date. The witfull animations put together with some of the best voices in the business. John Goodman as a purple-haired monster and Billy Crystal as a one-eyed phlegm-looking ditto is something that will make you laugh until you drop and make you ask for more. But animation isn't the only issue here (although it's hard to overlook). There is also a very compelling story behind it all. And a very different, but nonetheless original take on why there are monsters in childrens closets...(and there are, you know). What would any monster with a logical sense be doing in a childs closet if it weren't to "harvest" their screams for energy-production to support the hard working inhabitants of Monstropolis. Original and witty. Go see it! If not for yourself...then do it to reassure your child that there is nothing in the closet and no monsters with pointy claws under their bed. Because monsters don't exist...right?! :-)