Monsters, Inc. Critic Reviews

By any other standard, the creatures in Monsters, Inc. would be impressive. But by the high standard Pixar not only set itself, but invented, they're only ordinary.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

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.Read the full review

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

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

Doesn’t have the warmth of the Toy Story pictures, but it still boasts a very entertaining slapstick-farce structure and some neat hairy, oozy, tendrilly creatures.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

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