Monday 30 September 2013

Movie review - Monsters University (2013)

Monsters University (2013) / animation, adventure, family

Directed by Dan Scanlon
Screenplay by Daniel Gerson, Robert L. Baird and Dan Scanlon
Starring: Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Bob Peterson, John Ratzenberger, Joel Murray, Sean Hayes, Dave Foley, Helen Mirren, Alfred Molina, Nathan Fillion, Aubrey Plaza, John Krasinski, Beth Behrs
Trailer: click.

PLOT
What was the path of Mike and Sulley before they became part of most profitable and best-known scaring company Monsters Inc.? Young friendly monster named Michael Wazowski (Billy Crystal) dreamed of being a scarer when he grows up and eleven years later he is a scare major at Monsters University, where he meets his new roommate Randall Boggs (Steve Buscemi) and a blue, big, furry monster named James P. Sullivan (John Goodman). Things start to go wrong when Mike and Sully accidentally destroy a sacred item that belongs to the devilish Dean Hardscrabble (Helen Mirren). Things get worst by the minute but Mike's big dreams became to shattering when he finds out that he's not scary at all. What now?

REVIEW
Prequel to 2001's Monsters, Inc. is simply funny, enjoyable, thoughtful family movie. It's for everyone (not only kids), new characters are adorable, film is sentimental in all the right places and creativity (all small things) throughout the film are very good! On the other hand: movie feels safe, predictable and bland at some moments. I love monsters, the film is solid yet forgettable. 3+/5


No comments:

Post a Comment