Monsters, Inc.

Movie Title: Monsters, Inc.	[Ads/google-ads3.htm]
Official Website (it might still work): Monsters, Inc.
Rating (out of 10): 7
Reviewed By: Michael Stevens
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The Review:

Scary monsters, oh my! Big scary monsters, oh crap! Well according to Pixar’s latest animated feature, Monsters, Inc., kids these days aren’t that scared by monsters anymore with all the violence that already spews forth from Hollywood. And that my friends is a big problem in the land of monsters.

Monsters, Inc. starts off showing us the inner workings of the company Monsters, Inc. where people (all monsters) make a living scarring kids in the people world. The screams created by kids are collected and turned into energy that is used to power the whole monster city. But, because kids are less easily scared, there are fewer screams, and thus less energy, to where there is an energy shortage in the land of monsters. Meanwhile, back at Monsters, Inc. the top scarer is Sulley (John Goodman from The Big Lebowski), who is a star there, and is a friend of the boss Mr. Waternoose (James Coburn). Sulley also hangs with his best bud Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal from America's Sweethearts) who is a green, one-eyed funny guy. Things for Mike & Sulley are going great as the two try to set the all-time scream record until one night when Sulley discovers a door that was left on the screamfloor. The doors are the portals the monsters use to enter the world of people. Sulley then investigates the door issue and ends up with an adorable little girl playing with him on his side of the door portal. This is really bad since children are supposed to be toxic to monsters (and deadly). Soon Sulley & Mike are running all over town and the plant trying to keep tabs on the kid, which Sulley names Boo. In keeping track of her and trying to get her back home, they uncover a sinister plot by archrival Randall Boggs (Steve Buscemi of Ghost World). So now the two of them (Mike & Sulley) have two problems (make that three if you count Mike’s relationship with Celia) that just might tear apart their friendship.

The film is quite entertaining and even informative as we learn the origins of Bigfoot and the Loch Ness monster, why children are scared of their closets, and that monsters have feelings too.