Monsters, Inc./Monsters University Review

Monsters, Inc./Monsters University


Release Dates: 26th December 2001 - Australia (Monsters)
20th June 2013 - Australia (University)


Production Companies
Walt Disney Pictures
Pixar Animation Studios

Distribution
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Australia


Genre: Animation/Family

Rating: G

Runtime: 92 minutes (Monsters)
                 104 minutes
                 (University)


Budget: $115,000,000 (Monsters)
              $200,000,000 (University)

Box Office Gross: $577,425,734 (Worldwide - figure subject to change) (Monsters)
$744,229,437 (Worldwide) (University)


Plot Summaries

MONSTERS, INC. 
Lovable Sulley and his
wisecracking best pal Mike
Wazowski are the top
scare team at Monsters, Inc.,
the largest scream-

processing factory. The
main power source in
the monster world is the
collected screams of
human children, and at
Monsters, Inc. an elite team
of scarers is responsible for
gathering those precious
natural resources. Believed
by monsters to be toxic,
children are strictly forbidden
from entering Monstropolis.
But when a little girl named
Boo accidentally follows
Sulley back into his world,
he finds his career in 

jeopardy and his life in
utter chaos. Assisted by
Mike, the two pals plot
to rectify the mistake and
return Boo to her home.
When the trio encounters
an unexpected series of
complications, they become
embroiled in a cover-up
catapulting them into a 

mystery beyond their 

wildest dreams.

MONSTERS UNIVERSITY
Mike Wazowski and James
P. Sullivan are an 

inseparable pair of
monsters, but that wasn't
the case when they first
met at Monsters University.


Voice Cast
John Goodman - James P. Sullivan
Billy Crystal - Mike Wazowski
Steve Buscemi - Randall
Bob Peterson - Roz
John Ratzenberger - Yeti the
Abominable Snowman
Bonnie Hunt - Flint (*)/Mrs. Graves (**)
Jeff Pidgeon - Bile (*)/

Additional Voices (**)

Monsters, Inc. Only
Mary Gibbs - Mary "Boo"
James Coburn - Henry Waternoose
Jennifer Tilly - Cecila Mae
Frank Oz - Fungus
Dan Gerson - Smitty and
Needleman
Samuel Lord Black - George Sanderson
Steve Susskind - Floor Manager
Wallace Shawn - Rex 

(Outtakes) (Cameo) 

(Uncredited) 

Monsters University Only
Joel Murray - Don Carlton
Sean Hayes - Terri Perry
Dave Foley - Terry Perry
Peter Sohn - Scott "Squishy"
Squibbles
Charlie Day - Art
Helen Mirren - Dean Hardscrabble
Alfred Molina - Professor Knight
Nathan Fillion - Johnny
Worthington
Julia Sweeney - Sherri Squibbles
Aubrey Plaza - Greek Council President
Bobby Moynihan - Chet
Noah Johnston - Young Mike
John Krasinski - Frank McCay

Crew (*/**)
Executive Producer (**)/

Director - Pete Docter (*)
Screenplay/Story/Director -
Dan Scanlon (**)

Additional Story Material/

Co-Director - David Silverman 

(*)

Co-Director - Lee Unkrich (*)
Original Story - Pete Docter,
Jeff Pidgeon & Ralph Eggleston (*)

Original Story/Visual 

Development/Development Story Supervisor - Jill Culton (*)

Additional Story Material/

Story Artist - Joe Ranft (*)

Additional Screenplay 

Material (*)/Story/

Screenplay - Robert L.
Baird (**) & Daniel Gerson
Additional Story Material/Story Supervisor - Bob Peterson (*)
Additional Screenplay Material - Rhett Reese, 

Jonathan Roberts (*) & Adrian Molina (**)

Story Consultant - Will Csaklos (*)  

Screenplay (*)/Executive Producer - Andrew Stanton
Producer - Darla K. Anderson (*)
Associate Producer(*)/Producer (**) - Kori Rae
Executive Producer - John Lasseter
Production Designers - Harley Jessup &
Bob Pauley (*)

Character Designer/Story Artist - Bud Luckey (*)

Art Director: Character Design - Jason Deamer (**)

Art Director: Set Design and Shading - Robert Kondo (**)
Story Supervisors - Jason Katz & Kelsey Mann (**)  
Additional Storyboarding/Visual Development/

Character (*)/Production Designer(**) - Ricky Nierva
Additional Set Dresser (*)/Set Supervisor (**) -
David Eisenmann
Directing (*)/Supervising Animator (**) - Scott Clark
Supervising Animators - Glenn McQueen &
Rich Quade (*)
Animator/Character Developer (*)/
Directing Animator (**) - Andrew Gordon
Animator (*)/Directing Animator (**) -
Robert H. Russ
Directing Animator - Michael Stocker & 

Doug Sweetland (*)
Camera Supervisor - Louis Rivera (*)
Director of Photography: Camera - Matt Aspbury (**)
Lighting Supervisor (*)/Director of Photography: Lighting (**) -
Jean-Claude Kalache
Layout Supervisor - Ewan Johnson (*)
Sequence Supervisors: Simulation and Effects -
Michael Lorenzen, Steve May & Jack Paulus (*)

Supervising Technical Director (*)/Senior Leadership Team: 

Pixar (**) - Thomas Porter

Additional Voice/Modeller/Sequence Supervisor: Simulation 

and Effects (*)/Supervising Technical Director (**) - 

Guido Quaroni

Stereoscopic Supervisor - Bob Whitehill
Film Editors - Robert Grahamjones,
Jim Stewart (*) & Greg Snyder (**)
Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer/Supervising 
Sound Editor (Uncredited) - Gary Rydstrom (*)

Sound Designer/Effects Editor (*)/Supervising 

Sound Editor (**) - Tom Myers
Music - Randy Newman


Awards 

2002 Academy Awards (Monsters, Inc.)
Best Music, Original Song "If I Didn't Have You" -
Randy Newman (Won)
------------------------
Best Music, Original Score - Randy Newman (Nominated)
Best Sound Editing - Gary Rydstrom & Michael Silvers
(Nominated)
Best Animated Feature - Pete Docter & John Lasseter
(Nominated)


Review
Hi moviegoers! This is Film Guru Lad here. I have decided to review two feature films within the one movie review. These will include 'MONSTERS, INC.' and its prequel 'MONSTER UNIVERSITY'. I will review these two in a row. I originally was going to watch 'Fast & Furious 6' and do a review for this but I had to reschedule due to inconvenient session times, I was rather disappointed as I was excited to see this action-packed flick. However, 'MONSTERS, INC.' and 'MONSTERS UNIVERSITY' were a fun way to fill the gap.

MONSTERS, INC.
The first of these pictures was certainly good as I remembered, it has neither lost the greatness nor a single bit of nostalgia that made 'MONSTERS, INC.' a great movie. The concept about monsters using portal doors in place of closets as per the myth of how they scare little children makes this seem so imaginative and science-fiction-like. It compliments the imaginative and creative work of the story writers for this film. The voice casting excels with John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Steve Buscemi, James Coburn and others. Several plot twists are specifically written with no flaw and succeed in keeping the audience guessing and anxious about what will happen next. Even more exceptional is the whimsical laughs which are at times hilarious and other times not funny enough.

'MONSTERS, INC.' is an impressive delight from Pixar which nearly matches up the reputation of the studio's later milestones. This film is satisfying to watch, if you feel like it.

Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie

MONSTERS UNIVERSITY
Another great prequel that I've watched is 'MONSTERS UNIVERSITY (MU)'. As is suggested by its namesake, the film has improved Pixar's standards after the disappointment of the sequel 'Cars 2'. They redeemed themselves with 'MU' and deliver us the first prequel the company has ever done, might I say they did a fine job. Three of the original vocal performers of Goodman, Crystal and Buscemi are back in the game and some of the new actors are very surprising.  Helen Mirren gives her outstanding performance as Dean Hardscrabble, the female headmaster who seems to be evil and menacing as most children would think by her appearance. Many of the character designs of the monsters are creative and well-made and it is encouraging that the animation has so much brightness and more texture to match with realism.

This film briefly proves that Pixar is at it again on top of its game. I consider 'MONSTERS UNIVERSITY' to be entertaining with a good amount of laughs, it's aimed at the family audience and that's the end for this double feature review.

Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie

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