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Monsters, Inc. (2001) 8.0
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8.0/10 from 309,250 users
Metascore: 78/100
Reviews: 530 user | 233 critic | 34 from Metacritic.com Monsters generate their city's power by scaring children, but they are terribly afraid themselves of being contaminated by children, so when one enters Monstropolis, top scarer Sulley finds his world disrupted. |
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Cast
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| John Goodman | ... |
James P. "Sulley" Sullivan
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| Billy Crystal | ... |
Mike Wazowski
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| Mary Gibbs | ... |
Boo
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| Steve Buscemi | ... |
Randall Boggs
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| James Coburn | ... |
Henry J. Waternoose
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| Jennifer Tilly | ... |
Celia
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| Bob Peterson | ... |
Roz
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| John Ratzenberger | ... |
The Abominable Snowman
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| Frank Oz | ... |
Fungus
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Daniel Gerson | ... | |
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Steve Susskind | ... |
Floor Manager
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| Bonnie Hunt | ... |
Flint
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| Jeff Pidgeon | ... |
Bile
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Samuel Lord Black | ... |
George Sanderson
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Jack Angel | ... |
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Plot Summary
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
A city of monsters with no humans called Monstropolis centers around the city's power company, Monsters, Inc. The lovable, confident, tough, furry blue behemoth-like giant monster named James P. Sullivan (better known as Sulley) and his wisecracking best friend, short, green cyclops monster Mike Wazowski, discover what happens when the real world interacts with theirs in the form of a 2-year-old baby girl dubbed "Boo," who accidentally sneaks into the monster world with Sulley one night. And now it's up to Sulley and Mike to send Boo back in her door before anybody finds out, especially two evil villains such as Sulley's main rival as a scarer, chameleon-like Randall (a monster that Boo is very afraid of), who possesses the ability to change the color of his skin, and Mike and Sulley's boss Mr. Waternoose, the chairman and chief executive officer of Monsters, Inc. Written by Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}
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You Won't Believe Your Eye. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
2 November 2001 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Hidden City See more »Box Office
Budget:
$115,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$4,090,134 (France) (22 March 2002)Gross:
$289,907,418 (USA) (26 April 2013)Company Credits
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1.85 : 1
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Flint: All right, Mr. Bile, is it?
Bile: Uh, my friends call me Phlem.
Flint: Uh-huh, Mr. Bile, can you tell me what you did wrong?
Bile: I fell down?
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Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman
Performed by Billy Crystal and John Goodman
Produced by Randy Newman, Chris Montan, and Frank Wolf
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Did You Know?
Trivia
Sulley's big armchair in his apartment has a hole in the back to let his tail through. See more »Goofs
When Mike is about to put his contact lens in, the lens does not reflect in his locker mirror. His hand reflects as if it is holding nothing. This is most noticeable in the Blu-ray version. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Flint: All right, Mr. Bile, is it?
Bile: Uh, my friends call me Phlem.
Flint: Uh-huh, Mr. Bile, can you tell me what you did wrong?
Bile: I fell down?
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Crazy Credits
No monsters were harmed in the making of this motion picture. See more »Soundtracks
If I Didn't Have YouMusic and Lyrics by Randy Newman
Performed by Billy Crystal and John Goodman
Produced by Randy Newman, Chris Montan, and Frank Wolf
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You may admire the hair detail on Sully the Yeti's arm, but you will be amazed at the warmth of characterization in `Monsters, Inc.,' surpassing even the great `Shrek' earlier this year. Goodman and Crystal are a comedic team reminiscent of the zaniest Martin and Lewis days. Crystal's Borscht-belt routines brought smiles even to this jaded and admittedly tough-on-comedy critic. I thought Eddie Murphy's donkey in `Shrek' was smart and funny; Crystal's one-eyed monster is even better with its wry and annoying wit.
Cleaning the environment of child contamination is a hilarious conceit that turns around the usual fears children have of monsters in closets. It is also a chilling parallel to the challenge of removing anthrax from today's letters. Generally, the allegorical underpinnings of animation are natural for the medium, powerful like the images of the novel `Animal Farm' for political and sociological levels of meaning. For example, the endless-door motif in this film is an ingenious metaphor for the scary and glorious possibilities the present and future hold for kids.
Even before you see this feature, Pixar offers the short feature `For the Birds' -- a brilliant takeoff on Hitchcock's memorable film besides being a great commentary on diversity. The expressions around the animated eyes, as the little birds deal with the big bird interloper, are more expressive than those of most contemporary film actors, with the exception of Brando, Pacino, Depp, and Streep.
The short trailer for `Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones' may precede the showing as it did ours for an added delight.
`Monsters, Inc.' is the best animated feature this year and one of the greatest of all time.