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Release Date:
2 November 2001 (USA)
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Tagline:
Monsters, Inc. : We Scare Because We Care more
Plot:
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. full summary | add synopsis
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Monster
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Scream
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Friend
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Best Friend
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Little Girl
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Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another 11 wins
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31 nominations
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(71 articles)
Wall-e Mania! With $23M Friday & a likely $66M weekend, ‘Wall-e’ scores 3rd-biggest Pixar opening ever!; ‘Wanted’ blows past expectations with $18.5M Friday & $48M weekend for all-time 7th-best R-rated opening!
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Now here's a story children and adults can relate too. Monsters in the closet.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| John Goodman | ... | James P. "Sulley" Sullivan (voice) | |
| Billy Crystal | ... | Mike Wazowski (voice) | |
| Mary Gibbs | ... | Boo / Mary (voice) | |
| Steve Buscemi | ... | Randall Boggs (voice) | |
| James Coburn | ... | Henry J. Waternoose (voice) | |
| Jennifer Tilly | ... | Celia (voice) | |
| Bob Peterson | ... | Roz (voice) | |
| John Ratzenberger | ... | The Abominable Snowman (voice) | |
| Frank Oz | ... | Fungus (voice) | |
| Daniel Gerson | ... | Needleman / Smitty (voice) | |
| Steve Susskind | ... | Floor Manager (voice) | |
| Bonnie Hunt | ... | Flint (voice) | |
| Jeff Pidgeon | ... | Bile (voice) | |
| Samuel Lord Black | ... | George Sanderson (voice) (as Sam Black) | |
| Jack Angel | ... | Additional Voice (voice) |
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92 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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USA:TV-G (Disney Channel) |
USA:TV-PG (ABC) |
Malaysia:U |
Iceland:L |
Argentina:Atp |
Australia:G |
Brazil:Livre |
Canada:G |
Chile:TE |
Finland:K-7 |
France:U |
Germany:6 |
Hong Kong:I |
Ireland:G |
Japan:U |
Netherlands:AL |
New Zealand:G |
Norway:7 |
Peru:PT |
Portugal:M/6 |
Singapore:G |
South Korea:All |
Spain:T |
Sweden:7 |
Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) |
Taiwan:GP |
UK:U |
USA:G |
Greece:K
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The Abominable Snowman describes the children in the Himalayan village as "Tough kids, sissy kids, kids who climb on rocks", a line taken from an old jingle for Armour hot dogs.
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Revealing mistakes: 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.
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If I Didn't Have You
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Why are the monsters being trained to infiltrate the bedrooms of sleeping human children?Who provides the voices for Mike, Sulley, Randall, Boo, and Mr Waternoose?
Why are the monsters so afraid of human children?
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While monsters in the closet may seem to be a scary reality for some children, `Monsters, Inc.' makes it light hearted by showing them it's all in a night's work. The characters are as charming as the cast that speaks for them.
It's a learning experience children get to see how an industry works. Monsters, Inc. is an in-genius corporation that has scientifically learned how to channel children's screams into energy that is used for electrical power. It has monster employees, an assembly line of doors (which give monsters access to children's bedrooms), a top-flight training program and some of the top Monsters in the scaring business.
There's a colorful Metropolis, filled with houses, buildings, businesses, cars and everything that makes a city run smoothly along with a population of colorful creatures. One of the colorful groups of creatures is the yellow swat team. Their job is to protect the Metropolis of Monsters, Inc. from human contamination.
But what happens when a human child mysteriously gets through the bedroom door and terrorizes the city with screams and boo's. It's wondrous and funny. In the mist of all this is industrial crime, brought on by greed. But, the story ends on a very happy note.
John Goodman is the voice of `Sulley' a colorful large blue-green ape like monster who's the star Monsters, Inc. employee. He's some type of monster, cut, cuddly, and he has a conscience that leads him to feelings of regret about scarring children. He becomes attached to Boo (voice of Mary Gibbs) a cute, little big-eyed girl who is mysteriously brought to Monsters, Inc. and in his quest to return her home becomes very attached to her.
Sulley's best friend is Mike (voice of Billy Crystal) who's a funny looking green ball with stick legs and one huge eye. His comedy is seen through out the movie. Mike is Sulley's driving force, acting as his agent. Mike's job is to make sure Sulley remains the top Monsters, Inc. employee. But when it comes to laughter Mike proves he's on top.
Mike's girl friend Celia (voice of Jennifer Tilley) is the stylish employee who has Mike's best interest at heart. Her job is to keep him out of trouble.
I give Monsters, Inc. a ten. It is an animated movie that can be enjoyed by the whole family. It makes for great family fun.