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Monsters, Inc.

A city of monsters with no humans called Monstropolis centers around the city's power company, Monsters, Inc. The lovable, confident, tough, furry blue behemoth-like giant monster named James P. Sullivan (better known as Sulley) and his wisecracking best friend, short, green cyclops monster Mike Wazowski, discover what happens when the real world interacts with theirs in the form of a 3-year-old girl dubbed "Boo," who accidentally sneaks into the monster world with Sulley one night. And now it's up to Sulley and Mike to send Boo back in her door before anybody finds out, especially two evil villains such as Sulley's main rival as a scarer, chameleon-like Randall (a monster that Boo is very afraid of), who possesses the ability to change the color of his skin, and Mike and Sulley's boss Mr. Waternoose, the chairman and chief executive officer of Monsters, Inc. Use this page to compare cast context, genre fit (Animation, Adventure, Comedy), release year 2001, and whether this film matches tonight's mood.

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A city of monsters with no humans called Monstropolis centers around the city's power company, Monsters, Inc. The lovable, confident, tough, furry blue behemoth-like giant monster named James P. Sullivan (better known as Sulley) and his wisecracking best friend, short, green cyclops monster Mike Wazowski, discover what happens when the real world interacts with theirs in the form of a 3-year-old girl dubbed "Boo," who accidentally sneaks into the monster world with Sulley one night. And now it's up to Sulley and Mike to send Boo back in her door before anybody finds out, especially two evil villains such as Sulley's main rival as a scarer, chameleon-like Randall (a monster that Boo is very afraid of), who possesses the ability to change the color of his skin, and Mike and Sulley's boss Mr. Waternoose, the chairman and chief executive officer of Monsters, Inc.

Use this page to compare cast context, genre fit (Animation, Adventure, Comedy), release year 2001, and whether this film matches tonight's mood.

Title facts

  • Type Movie
  • Release year 2001
  • Released 02 Nov 2001
  • Runtime 92 minutes
  • Content rating G
  • IMDb rating IMDb 8.1/10 from 1,072,549 votes
  • Metascore 79/100
  • Genres Animation, Adventure, Comedy
  • Languages English
  • Countries United States

Cast

Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Mary Gibbs

Direction and writing

Directed by: Pete Docter, David Silverman, Lee Unkrich

Written by: Andrew Stanton, Daniel Gerson, Pete Docter

Awards and recognition

Won 1 Oscar. 15 wins & 38 nominations total

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