Cute and that's a good thing

Rating: 8/10 (9 March 2003)

Pixar strikes the imagination mother lode again with "Monster's Inc." The movie has a pleasing premise that monsters scare little children so the monsters can harness the children's screams as energy to run their monster world. The story follows the monsters' top "Scarer" Sully and how he becomes a new man, er, monster when a very cute little girl named Boo comes into his life.
The animation is incredible. I'm amazed at how freakish monsters could express human emotions so effectively and with sincere affectation. "Monster's Inc." doesn't have as many laughs as the Toy Story movies but it made me feel just as good. Recommended.