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- MOVIE page: Monsters University (2013)
- Rate: 7.8/10 total 6,953 votes
- Genre: Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
- Runtime: 110 min
- Gross: $82,000,000 (USA) (21 June 2013)
- Director: Dan Scanlon
- Stars: Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi | See full cast and crew
- Original Music By: Randy Newman
- Soundtrack: PNK Pop
- Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos | Dolby Surround 7.1
- Plot Keyword: Monster | University | Friend | Bully | Scared Child
- (in alphabetical order)
- Robert L. Baird screenplay
- Robert L. Baird story
- Daniel Gerson screenplay
- Daniel Gerson story
- Dan Scanlon screenplay
- Dan Scanlon story
Goofs: Continuity: When Mike and Sully are first shown their room at the frat house, the light switch is under the top bunk bed. In subsequent shots it has moved closer to the door and is no longer directly under the bed.
Plot: A look at the relationship between Mike and Sulley during their days at Monsters University -- when they weren't necessarily the best of friends. Full summary » | »
Story: Mike Wazowski and James P. Sullivan are an inseparable pair, but that wasn't always the case. From the moment these two mismatched monsters met they couldn't stand each other. "Monsters University" unlocks the door to how Mike and Sulley overcame their differences and became the best of friends. Written byDisney/Pixar
Produced By:
- John Lasseter known as executive producer
- Kori Rae known as producer
- Billy Crystal known as Mike (voice)
- John Goodman known as Sullivan (voice)
- Steve Buscemi known as Randy (voice)
- Helen Mirren known as Dean Hardscrabble (voice)
- Peter Sohn known as Squishy (voice)
- Joel Murray known as Don (voice)
- Sean Hayes known as Terri (voice)
- Dave Foley known as Terry (voice)
- Charlie Day known as Art (voice)
- Alfred Molina known as Professor Knight (voice)
- Tyler Labine known as Greek Council VP (voice)
- Nathan Fillion known as Johnny (voice)
- Aubrey Plaza known as Claire Wheeler (voice)
- Bobby Moynihan known as Chet (voice)
- Noah Johnston known as Young Mike (voice)
- Julia Sweeney known as Ms. Squibbles (voice)
- Bonnie Hunt known as Mrs. Graves (voice)
- John Krasinski known as Frank McCay (voice)
- Bill Hader known as Referee / Slug (voice)
- Beth Behrs known as PNK Carrie (voice)
- Bob Peterson known as Roz (voice)
- John Ratzenberger known as Yeti (voice)
- Jeff Pidgeon known as Additional Voices (voice)
- April Winchell known as Additional Voices (voice)
- Alec Medlock known as Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
- Frank Oz known as Fungus (voice) (uncredited)
Production Companies:
- Pixar Animation Studios
- Walt Disney Pictures
Monsters University (2013) Review by Joejoesan from Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Of all the Pixar movies Monsters Inc. has always been my absolutefavorite. The incredible story of the remarkable friendship betweenSully, Mike and Boo made me watch the movie more than 10-15 timesalready. When it was released on blu-ray I was the first one to buy it.So when Pixar announced another Monsters movie I got concerned. Howcould Pixar make a better movie than the original? Or even one thatequalled it? But having seen the movie last week I can ensure you all:Pixar is back on top. Monsters University is great fun and it's Pixarbest since Up!.
Monsters University, a prequel to Monsters Inc., begins with a youngand very little Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal) still in primary school.After a field trip to Monsters Inc. he has only one dream: to become ascarer. Years later he arrives at Monsters University but soon learnshe still has a long way to go. His main problem? Mike isn't scary atall. He befriends his roommate young Randall (Steve Buscemi), who atthat time is an unimportant loser (and later gets seduced by the darkside). The first night he makes an enemy out of Sully (John Goodman), afreshman who thinks that his family name (of legendary scarers) isenough to get him through school. A personal vendetta is born.
Things go wrong when Mike and Sully accidentally destroy a sacred itemthat belongs to the devilish Dean Hardscrabble (a brilliant HelenMirren). They get expelled from all Scare Classes and will not graduateas a real Scarer. Luckily Mike comes up with a plan, a bet with thedean. If he finds a team to compete in the Scare Games and if he indeedwins, he's allowed to follow the Scare Classes until the end. DeanHardscrabble approves. Now it's up to Mike, Sully and his team oflosers to work as a team and go the distance…
In Monsters University the Scare Games are very well done. I can seeboth kids and adults laughing their socks off when Mike and Sully, inthe same team but still enemies, are doing their first race and try notto step on the items that make their body grow. Bizarre, but hilarious!Their next assignment, when they have to steal something in thelibrary, is also a winner. But what really works in Monsters Universityis that the story is mainly about friendship. We not only see how Mikeand Sully turn from big enemies into big friends; they become soulmates for life. To join the Scare Games Mike must find five extramembers to form a team and the only ones left are a bunch of nerds thatno one pays attention to and a big blue monster that he absolutelyhates (Sully). Still Mike succeeds in making it work.
Even when you know that Mike and Sully will win the Scare Games (thatisn't a spoiler, is it?), this film isn't predictable at all. Itdoesn't end with Sully holding up the Scare cup but it takes one moregreat scene to bring Mike and Sully definitely together. I will notspoil it for you, but it involves a door to the human world and alittle green monster that's depressed.
Monsters University is a great film. It's both funny and sentimental inall the right places. Fans of the first movie will see a lot of cameosin this one (Yeti!). The story ends when Monsters Inc. begins. I willeven advise the next generation to see Monsters University first andthen go on to Monsters Inc.
Yeah, my faith in Pixar is restored. Although I must confess that withPlanes coming up, things can change very fast in the wrong direction.But maybe that's because I have never liked the Cars movie.
9/10
Monsters University (2013) Review by jonedney124 from United Kingdom
When I first heard about this and saw trailers, I felt like it would beOK, a good laugh but not enough to really challenge other Pixar films.I can safely say that I was wrong on that score, for it manages to notonly be successful prequel to the original film but also a great filmin its own right. Billy Crystal and John Goodman slip effortlessly backinto their roles as Mike Wazowski and Sully despite playing youngerversions of themselves. The other main highlight of the voice cast isHelen Mirren's intimidating Dean Hardscrabble, who is a menacingpresence and I'm sure the design of her character was modelled onMaleficent from Sleeping Beauty. Steve Buscemi's Randall also returnsand although I felt that he would have a stronger part in the movie,the seeds are sown for his villainous ways in the original.
What astounded me was the creativity throughout the film, the effortthat had gone into the university environment and the monsters thatinhabited it (there's one monster who has university down pat in ahilarious moment that all students will understand!). The newcharacters that become Mike and Sully's friends, the Oozma Kappa gang,are all adorable and memorable, providing a lot of the film's humour aswell as one of its most touching moments towards the end. The film isconsistently hilarious but also remembers that it has to develop theinitial rivalry then friendship of Mike and Sulley. The world set up inthe original is also included more than I thought it would (a couple oftrips to Monsters Inc. itself) and there are some brilliant cameos fromtwo memorable characters from Inc.
Although the friend I was watching it with said that the film was lowstakes, as you knew how it would end, I found that the film stillmanaged to feel fresh despite dealing with underdog clichés and theproblem of being a prequel. In a Q and A after the preview screening,the director and producer said that this was about when your dreamsdon't come true: a strangely anti-Disney philosophy in many ways butone that is honest and teaches kids reality about the world of work,none more so than a delightful montage of pictures explaining how Mikeand Sully ended up in their respective positions in Inc. I haven't seenCars 2 (not sure I want to) and although I enjoyed Brave, it isdefinitely lesser Pixar fare whereas Monsters University sees them backat the top, creating a touching and hilarious story that will hopefullysee them get back to dishing out the quality every time.
I am a bit confused as to some of the critical reviews, and why thisfilm currently has 75% on Rotten Tomatoes is beyond me. I sincerelyhope this will go up, because it should be nearer 90. I watched FindingNemo in 3D in April and although Nemo isn't my favourite Pixar, MU iseasily as good as that. One critic argues that this film is too similarto The Internship...well that's the Internship's problem, as this filmwill have been longer in the making undoubtedly and judging from IMDbscore doesn't seem to have anywhere near the same creativity andimagination behind it. This may not scale the heights of the Toy Storytrilogy but it most certainly is not forgettable and the fact that Inearly shed a tear at one point (and it was NOT for the main twocharacters funnily enough) proves that the film gives more than just'how did Sulley and Mike become friends'. If everyone keeps expectingPixar to produce a Toy Story every time and if they leave a film havingnot experienced that and express their disappointment/outrage as aresult, that's unfair. My favourite Pixars are Toy Story 1-3, MonstersInc and Wall-E (10/10), then Incredibles, Up, Finding Nemo, Bug's Life(9/10) and I would place Monsters University just after A Bug's Lifebut in many ways it's probably better.
9/10 (RT had better follow suit)
Monsters University (2013) Review by andre_rox99 from United Arab Emirates
MONSTERS UNIVERSITY is a prequel to MONSTERS INC., directed by DanScanlon. The characters include the voices of Billy Crystal, JohnGoodman, Hellen Mirren.
The film goes back to where Mike Wazowski and James P. Sullivan werebefore they were buddies and in Monsters Inc. It shows how the two ofthem were in university, showing the relationship between them whichled up to the two of them becoming the best of friends.
Alright, so MIKE AND SULLY ARE BAACKK!!! Well, thats what every kid oradult that was associated with the enjoyment of Monsters Inc shouldsay. Okay, so it's been 12 years since we saw these two on-screen,providing us with animated humor, and now they're back again, to showus how they were in University. The teaser trailer was extremely funnyas it showed a prank played on Mike by Sully, and it gave a shortlook-in into the sort of relationship we would be seeing. Soon enough,the trailer came out and boy did it get people hooked. Finally, I wasable to catch a premiere screening of the film, to my advantage, and ITWAS GREAT.
So let's start talking about the film, not necessarily the trailers.Who are we kidding, at first when we heard that Monsters University wascoming, that a sequel was coming to the classic Monsters Inc, we gaveup hope, saying that no one could make it better than the first one.But Dan Scanlon challenged that, and the first teaser proved it. And Ithink that the movie does it as well- kinda. So, Monsters Universityisn't AS good as Monsters Inc, but it does come second in line. Itincludes Mike and Sully in an underdog team, but throughout the film,you can't help and laugh out at the jokes, and smile at the fact thatthe sequel is finally out.
Monsters University is GREAT. It has two parts and its all happy andfun. I, honestly, liked the way they showed the chemistry developingbetween Mike and Sully. You can actually feel it, and even though itsanimation, it feels real. This one isn't quite sad, like how Inc was.Inc ended in a sad tune, at the fact that Boo was gone, but this oneends at the beginning of Inc. I loved the way it ended. The line thatMike uses just makes you go like, 'YEAH! Thats what I'm talking about!'Honestly, I'm not gonna say any more, because I don't wanna spoilanything for anyone.
In the end, Monsters University is great fun. Pixar has done it again,the director has managed to do it. I don't think that there is gonna beanother part to the franchise, which kinda dulls me, but at the end ofMonsters University it makes you wanna see more, which you will onlyget by watching Inc, since its the continuation. Go watch MonstersUniversity, with anyone to be honest. I guarantee you an extremely funride that these two will give you.
MONSTERS UNIVERSITY- 9.5/10
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