Story counts

Rating: 8/10 (4 November 2001)

I've seen a number of reviews about this say Toy Story I & II and Shrek were better. They were in many ways - especially more laugh out loud funnier. However, this story is much better in some ways - it's a tightly told tale that moves well. In fact it's a wonderfully told story which it has heads and tails over all three of those movies. Were it not for the gags, and other good laughs in the prior three I'd say Monsters was better.

In terms of the animation - the animation is awesome, quite smooth and very subtle. For lack of a better word the animation becomes almost non-existant. You forget it's a computer animated film, and you sit back and sink into the story - and except for a need for better absolute laughs - nothing else dissapoints.