In order to power the city, monsters have to scare children so that they scream. However, the children are toxic to the monsters, and after a child gets through, two monsters realize things ... Read allIn order to power the city, monsters have to scare children so that they scream. However, the children are toxic to the monsters, and after a child gets through, two monsters realize things may not be what they think.In order to power the city, monsters have to scare children so that they scream. However, the children are toxic to the monsters, and after a child gets through, two monsters realize things may not be what they think.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 15 wins & 38 nominations total
Billy Crystal
- Mike
- (voice)
John Goodman
- Sullivan
- (voice)
Mary Gibbs
- Boo
- (voice)
Steve Buscemi
- Randall
- (voice)
James Coburn
- Waternoose
- (voice)
Jennifer Tilly
- Celia
- (voice)
Bob Peterson
- Roz
- (voice)
John Ratzenberger
- Yeti
- (voice)
Daniel Gerson
- Needleman
- (voice)
- …
Steve Susskind
- Floor Manager
- (voice)
Bonnie Hunt
- Flint
- (voice)
Jeff Pidgeon
- Bile
- (voice)
Samuel Lord Black
- George Sanderson
- (voice)
- (as Sam Black)
Jack Angel
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
Bob Bergen
- Schmidt
- (voice)
Rodger Bumpass
- News Anchor
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMary Gibbs was so young that it proved difficult to get her to stand in the recording studio and act her lines. Instead, they simply followed her around with a microphone and cut Boo's lines together from the things she said while she played.
- GoofsWhen Sulley runs into the locker room to shove the toys from Boo's room into a locker, he is seen putting them into locker #193 then slamming the door with both hands. When the camera angle changes, he removes his hands from locker #190 even though his hands never moved from the locker between shots.
- Crazy creditsNo monsters were harmed in the making of this motion picture.
- Alternate versionsIn the International version, the slogan 'We Scare Because We Care' doesn't appear on the TV set. However, Waternoose still says the slogan. Also, many other picture inscriptions (like the title of Waternoose as chairman of Monsters, Inc.) are omitted from the TV advertising and from other ad posters seen later during the film.
- SoundtracksIf I Didn't Have You
Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman
Performed by Billy Crystal and John Goodman
Produced by Randy Newman, Chris Montan, and Frank Wolf
Featured review
Adorable, funny, perfect voice casting for the lead roles
I thought Billy Crystal and John Goodman were great. I like them anyway, but I can't imagine anyone else in their roles. John Goodman comes across as a warm, fuzzy teddy bear type in so many of his roles, and this time he was actually drawn that way. Crystal and Goodman were great together, even when their characters showed signs of not getting along. And Boo sounded so natural, so childlike. There's no way an adult could have done her lines the way they were executed.
And the writing was so intelligent, this movie was not just for kids. There were a lot of clever jokes that kids might not get. Still, the warm and fuzzy qualities of so many of the monsters make this a perfect choice for kids as well as adults, and I really don't get why ABC couldn't give this a TV-G rating. It may have been a little violent or scary at times, but never all that intense. Kids see worse on Saturday morning.
And the writing was so intelligent, this movie was not just for kids. There were a lot of clever jokes that kids might not get. Still, the warm and fuzzy qualities of so many of the monsters make this a perfect choice for kids as well as adults, and I really don't get why ABC couldn't give this a TV-G rating. It may have been a little violent or scary at times, but never all that intense. Kids see worse on Saturday morning.
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- vchimpanzee
- Oct 30, 2004
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Monsters, Inc. 3D
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $115,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $290,642,256
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $62,577,067
- Nov 4, 2001
- Gross worldwide
- $579,723,768
- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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