Monsters, Inc. Critic Reviews

It's the Pixar animators who keep grown-ups as riveted as the kids with visual marvels that dazzle and delight.Read the full review

There hasn't been a film in years to use creative energy as efficiently as Monsters, Inc.Read the full review

Who doesn't need what this movie has to give?Read the full review

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.Read the full review

Whatever its ultimate position on the greatest hits list, Monsters, Inc. is supple and technologically sophisticated entertainment.Read the full review

Funny and sweet enough to delight kids and inventive enough to satisfy adults.Read the full review

Monsters, Inc. is cheerful, high-energy fun, and like the other Pixar movies, has a running supply of gags and references aimed at grownups.Read the full review

Monsters, Inc. has got that swing, that zippity, multilevel awareness of kids'-eye sensibilities and adult-pitched humor.Read the full review

Clever and jokey in a vaudeville sort of way, but lacks the heart and sheer imagination of the company's best work for Disney, "Toy Story 2" and "A Bug's Life."Read the full review