This is my sister's favorite Pixar movie(I'm more of a Finding Nemo person). Apparently it's quite a lot of people's favorite Pixar movie considering how well it did in theaters. To me, this doesn't feel as flawlessly executed as Toy Story or Toy Story 2. Trouble is. . . I can't put my finger on what's wrong with this movie. Voice acting? Top notch. Interactions? Priceless. Characters? Brilliant(Although it does seem to me that Disney villains are getting lamer and lamer). Art direction? A little on the Sesame Street side but still colorful. I found the opening, with its retro picture book style 2D look, to be a nice touch. And the main trio of Sully, Mike, and Boo is the heart of the movie. This results in one of the most heartwarming endings in any Pixar movie before Finding Nemo. However once the movie gets its steam going, it falls into "I've seen this before" territory. It just doesn't feel like a Pixar movie. Was it the very stereotypical cliches in the population of background characters? Was it that monsters are supposed to be scary but are instead cuddly? Was it that we never find out the reason for the stupid law put in place that human children are toxic to monsters other than to be a lame plot device? Was it the "well duh" way Mike and Sully resolve their predicament of being stranded in the mountains?

Such nitpicks are pointless. This is Pixar we're talking about. It's just Pixar reheated. Mild, weightless, chuckle-inducing, but still oddly engaging. Maybe it's because this movie came out at the same time as Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire that I go against the grain from most people. Most people went bonkers for Monsters, Inc. but I found it to be mildly entertaining while Atlantis threatened to suck my eyeballs out of their sockets.

An enjoyable movie, but I don't think it's one of Pixar's best. It had a good storyline and all, but at times it seemed to get a little boring almost. I think the main reason is it was geared towards, for the most part, a younger audience, but that could just be my impression. It was unique in some ways. The animation was really great at the time, and the story was nice. The soundtrack was nice, but reminded me a lot of Toy Story. The characters were voiced well and everything ran pretty smooth, but I think it recieved too much hype. Overall it's a fun watch, but not one of my favs.

This was the film which proved to me that Pixar weren't perfect. 'Toy Story' was amazing, 'Bug's Life' wasn't quite as exalted, but still hard to fault, and 'Toy Story 2' was just stupendous. Coming off that run, they must have felt pretty cocky, and if the box office is any judge, most people thought 'Monsters Inc' was just as good.

I didn't. I wish I could tell you why. I can see how much there is to love about this movie: the basic plot is original, the CGI and general production values are of course flawless, it's well-paced, well voiced, it seems to do everything right. But somehow this one just didn't quite do it for me. I can't quite analyse why. Was it the 76th cute little kid seperated from her parents, or the 38th wisecracking comic sidekick, or the 43rd good-hearted big hulking monster? I don't know. It's a very good movie, but it didn't knock my socks off. I enjoyed 'Ice Age' more. Go figure. Must have been the talking animals.

"Pixar has done it again!" I think at this rate that's going to become every reviewer's favourite catch phrase.

The animation is in "Monsters, Inc." is fantastic, although it doesn't feel the need to tell its audience "look! this is amazing, never-before-seen-animation!" every five minutes. It carries the story, makes it totally believable and only at the end of the film do you realize it was absolutely flawless.

What truly sets a Pixar film apart though is the story and the characters. "Monsters, Inc." is different in tone to their previous film "Toy Story 2" or to "Shrek" which everyone seems to keep trying to compare it to. It doesn't have their self-referential pop culture humour but personally I don't think it lacks anything because of it.

For one it has Boo -- in my opinion the cutest little girl that's ever been animated. The stuff with her, Sulley and Mike is absolutely priceless. A great deal of the fun in this movie is based around these big 'scary' monsters running in absolute terror of this tiny little girl. It's not high brow but it is hilarious.

And Monsters, Inc. has heart. Lots of heart. The bond that forms between Sulley and Boo is beautiful and surprisingly powerful. I really commend John Goodman on his wonderful voice performance as Sulley the gentle beast. Plus, if there was any danger of this film slipping into the overly-sickly-sweet area, we've still got the razor sharp wit of Billy Crystal as Mike to reign things back in.