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Rating: Null/10 (11 November 2002)

Monsters, Inc. is a great movie. It has cute characters, a fun story and fantastic visuals. This is definitely a movie you can watch with the kids. You won't be bored and the kids won't pick up any nasty new words.
The story of Monsters, Inc. revolves around Mike and Sully, the best scarers on the payroll at the Monsteropolis power plant. One day a human child is accidentally brought into the monster world and the race to find her and get her out of Monsteropolis is on. Mike and Sully are on the case but the somewhat shifty Randall is also showing undue interest in the child. Without giving away too much, let's just say that Randall is involved in an insidious plot to get more screams out of the kiddies while Mike and Sully just want to get her out of town so they can go back to work.
Of course, these little problems always seem to get worse before they get better. The power plant is crawling with CDA (Child Detection Agency) agents making it tough for Mike and Sully to sneak the kid back through the door into her bedroom, not to mention keeping her out of Randall's clutches. Their efforts to send the tyke home culminate in a chase in and out of doors leading to exotic locals all over the human world. How does it end? Go see the movie.
The best part of this movie is the imagination. The complex industrial environment of Monsters, Inc., the great details on the characters, the smooth colors and various cool visual effects. The casting of Billy Crystal and John Goodman in the lead roles works quite nicely, with Crystal's Mike Wazowski stealing the show. The ending chase through the power plant and in and out of the doors is fast-paced and exciting, with lots of action and great eye candy.
The only thing I didn't like about this movie were Randall's blatant attempts to kill off Sully. I thought this was just a little to violent; it doesn't quite fit the rest of the movie.
Overall, I give Monsters, INC. a score of 7/10. It is definitely worth watching and if you're still a kid at heart, it's worth owning.