Monsters, Inc. (2001) Movie Overview

Monsters, Inc. is a 2001 computer-animated film and the fourth feature-length film produced by Pixar Animation Studios. It was directed by Pete Docter, co-directed by Lee Unkrich and David Silverman, and was written by Jack W. Bunting, Jill Culton, Peter Docter, Ralph Eggleston, Dan Gerson, Jeff Pidgeon, Rhett Reese, Jonathan Roberts and Andrew Stanton. The film was released to theaters by Walt Disney Pictures in the United States on November 2, 2001, in Australia on December 26, 2001, and in the United Kingdom on February 8, 2002. It was a commercial and critical success, grossing over $525,366,597 worldwide. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes also reported extremely positive reviews with a fresh 95% approval rating. Monsters, Inc. is the power utility in Monstropolis, a city populated by monsters; the company uses the power of human children screams when scared by its employees, entering their rooms via closets linked to special doors on the company’s “scare floor”, to generate the city’s power. However, due to children becoming desensitized, the company finds itself struggling to meet power needs. One day, while turning in paperwork to the dispachment manager Roz (Bob Peterson),… Source

• Monsters, Inc. Movie Details
• Official Sites: Disney / Pixar
• Tagline: Monsters, Inc. : We Scare Because We Care
• Country: USA
• Run Time: 92 min
• Genre: Animation , Adventure , Comedy , Family , Fantasy

• Cast Overview
• John Goodman as James P. "Sulley" Sullivan (voice)
• Billy Crystal as Mike Wazowski (voice)
• Mary Gibbs as Boo / Mary (voice)
• Steve Buscemi as Randall Boggs (voice)
• James Coburn as Henry J. Waternoose (voice)
• Jennifer Tilly as Celia (voice)

Monsters, Inc. Movie Review from New York Times

Pixar’s newest brightly colored, computer-animated feature is about Monsters, Inc., a company that sends kids screaming into their parents’ bedrooms. It employs the creatures that ominously lurk inside closets and give children the frights. In Monstropolis, the freakazoid parallel dimension in which the monsters live, children’s screams are used as… Source

Monsters, Inc. Movie Details from Imdb

In a city of monsters with no humans called Monstropolis centers around Monsters, Inc., the city’s power company. Monsters, Inc. The lovable confidant, tough large, furry blue behemoth-like giant monster named James P. Sullivan (A.K.A. better known as Sulley) and his Cyclops wisecracking best friend short, green monster with one large eye, Mike Waz… Source