Monsters, Inc. Critic Reviews

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Based upon 13 Critic Reviews
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The New York Times | A.O. ScottAdd Critic to Favorites

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

San Francisco Chronicle | Carla MeyerAdd Critic to Favorites

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

Slate | David EdelsteinAdd Critic to Favorites

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

Washington Post | Desson ThomsonAdd Critic to Favorites

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

Boston Globe | Jay CarrAdd Critic to Favorites

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

Wall Street Journal | Joe MorgensternAdd Critic to Favorites

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

Los Angeles Times | Kenneth TuranAdd Critic to Favorites

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

Entertainment Weekly | Lisa SchwarzbaumAdd Critic to Favorites

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

USA Today | Mike ClarkAdd Critic to Favorites

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

Rolling Stone | Peter TraversAdd Critic to Favorites

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

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