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100
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Rolling Stone Peter Travers
It's the Pixar animators who keep grown-ups as riveted as the kids with visual marvels that dazzle and delight.
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90
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The New York Times A.O. Scott
There hasn't been a film in years to use creative energy as efficiently as Monsters, Inc.
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90
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Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern
Who doesn't need what this movie has to give?
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88
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USA Today Mike Clark
Though the comedy is sometimes more frenetic than inspired and viewer emotions are rarely touched to any notable degree, the movie is as visually inventive as its Pixar predecessors.
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80
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Washington Post Desson Thomson
Whatever its ultimate position on the greatest hits list, Monsters, Inc. is supple and technologically sophisticated entertainment.
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75
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Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
Monsters, Inc. is cheerful, high-energy fun, and like the other Pixar movies, has a running supply of gags and references aimed at grownups.
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75
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Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
Monsters, Inc. has got that swing, that zippity, multilevel awareness of kids'-eye sensibilities and adult-pitched humor.
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75
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San Francisco Chronicle
Funny and sweet enough to delight kids and inventive enough to satisfy adults.
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60
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Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
Though it has its charms, Monsters, Inc. does not measure up. As a childhood entertainment it is certainly fine, but Pixar's celebrated lure for adults is largely absent.
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60
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Washington Post Rita Kempley
Marvels of animation abound in Monsters, Inc. -- when it comes to irreverent humor and real heart, Monsters doesn't quite measure up.
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