Monsters, Inc.

Monsters, Inc.

The folks at Pixar can do no wrong with Monsters, Inc., the studio's fourth feature film, which stretches the computer animation format in terms of both technical complexity and emotional impact. The giant, blue-furred James P. "Sulley" Sullivan (wonderfully voiced by John Goodman) is a scare-monster extraordinaire in the hidden world of Monstropolis, where the scaring of kids is an imperative in order to keep the entire city running. Beyond the competition to be the best at the business, Sullivan and his assistant, the one-eyed Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal), discover what happens when the real world interacts with theirs in the form of a 2-year-old baby girl dubbed "Boo," who accidentally sneaks into the monster world with Sulley one night. Director Pete Doctor and codirectors David Silverman and Lee Unkrich follow the Pixar (Toy Story) blueprint with an imaginative scenario, fun characters, and ace comic timing. By the last heart-tugging shot, kids may never look at monsters the same, nor artists at what computer animation can do in the hands of magicians. --Doug Thomas

Director(s): Walt Disney
Production: Buena Vista Distribution Compa
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 13 wins & 38 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.1
Metacritic:
78
Rotten Tomatoes:
96%
G
Year:
2001
92
$34,034,168
Website
24,676 Views
Monsters, Inc.: We Scare Because We Care
You Won't Believe Your Eye.
We Think They Are Scary, But Really We Scare Them!
Since the very first bedtime, all around the world, children have known that once their mothers and fathers tuck them in, and shut off the light, that there are MONSTERS hiding in their closets, waiting to emerge! What they don't know is: it's nothing personal. It's just their job.

Newscaster:
If witnesses are to be believed there has been a child security breach for the first time in monster history.

CDA Agent:
We can neither confirm nor deny the presence of a human child here tonight.

Misc Monster #1:
Well, a kid flew right over me and blasted a car with its laser vision!

Misc Monster #2:
I tried to run from it, but it picked me up with its mind powers and shook me like a doll!

Misc Monster #3:
It's true! I saw the whole thing!

Scientist:
It is my professional opinion that now is the time to... panic!

(Mike and Sulley's TV smashes to the floor. Boo's head peeks out over the set)

Boo:
Oh-oh

Mike:
Oh, it's coming! It's coming!

(Sullivan and Mike flee over to the window. Outside, HELICOPTERS scan the area. Hurriedly Mike and Sulley yank the shades closed. Boo totters towards them, babbling. Mike and Sulley retreat in fear)

Mike:
No, don't touch those, you little...! Oh, now those were alphabetized. It's okay, it's all right. As long as it doesn't come near us we're going to be okay.

(Boo SNEEZES directly in Mike's eye)

Mike:
(SCREAMS)

(Boo points to a ONE EYED TEDDY BEAR, out of her reach)

Sullivan:
Oh, you like this? Fetch!

Mike:
Hey, hey, that's it! No one touches little Mikey!

(Boo's face starts turning red and eyes well up with tears)

Sullivan:
Mike, give her the bear.

Mike:
Oh, no!

(Boo starts screaming real loud. The lights in the apartment begin to surge. Outside, the helicopters heads toward their apartment. Mike drops the bear, and pulls the shade shut)

Mike:
Make it stop, Sulley! Make it stop!

(Boo continues to cry, Sulley offers the bear)

Sullivan:
Look! See the bear? Ohh, nice bear.

(She cries even louder. The lights continue to surge. The helicopters are getting even closer)

Mike:
Sulley!

(Sulley begins to dance with, anything to get her stop crying)

Sullivan:
See? Ooh, bear, ooh. Oh, he's a happy bear. He's not crying, neither should you, or we'll be in trouble 'cause they're gonna find us. So please stop crying right now.

(Boo stops crying finally - The lights stop surging. Mike and Sully feel relived.

Mike:
Good, good, Sulley. Keep it up. You're doing great.

(The helicopters turn around and begin to fly away)

Sullivan:
Ooh, the happy bear, he has no...

(Boo reaches for the bear, accidentally touching Sully's hand and the bear falls off his hand. He screams)

Sullivan:
(yelling) She touched me!

(Sulley's yelling frightens the kid, who starts crying again. The lights surge the second time)

Mike:
Sulley, the bear! The bear! Give her the...

(He starts running toward Sully, and trips on a lamp and flies across the floor. Boo sees it and stops crying again and lights stop surging the second time)

Mike:
Whoa!

(Mike rolls into a garbage can and bumps into a shelf, sending a STACK OF BOOKS into his mouth. A hanging STEREO SPEAKER lands on his head)

Mike:
Oof!

(Boo finds this funny and begins laughing. The lights in the apartment surge even brighter than before. Outside, all the apartment lights in the whole complex start lighting up brightly. Inside, the lights continue to surge to highest and pop, and causes a blackout. Boo stops laughing)

Sullivan:
What was that?

(Mike is still wedged inside the garbage can)

Mike:
I have no idea, but it would be really great if it didn't do it again.

(Boo GIGGLES again)

Sullivan:
Shh, shh, shh

(She seems to understand. She nods and holds her tiny finger up to her mouth)

Boo:
Shh...

Sullivan:
Shh.

(She smiles)

Mike:
[to Sulley] Y'know, sometimes I feel so romantic, I think I should just marry myself!

Sulley:
Give me a break, Mike...

Mike:
What a night of romance I've got ahead of me! Tonight is about me and Celia! Hoo-hoo, the loveboat is about to set sail! I'm telling ya, pal, I see her face and it makes my heart go-- [finds himself face-to-face with Roz] YIKES!!!

Roz:
[sternly] Hello, Wazowski. Fun-filled evening planned for tonight?

Mike:
Well, as a matter of fact--

Roz:
And I'm sure you filed your paperwork correctly...for once! [silence] Your stunned silence is very reassuring. [leaves]

Mike:
Oh no, my scare reports! I left them on my desk! If I'm not at the restaurant in five minutes, they're gonna give our table away, what am I gonna tell--?! [Celia comes up to Mike] Schmoopsie-Pooh.

Celia:
Hey Googly-Bear, wanna get going?

Mike:
Do I ever? It's just that... Uh...

Celia:
What?

Mike:
There's a small--

Celia:
I don't understand.

Sulley:
It's just I forgot about some paperwork I was supposed to file. Mike was reminding me; thanks, buddy.

Mike:
I was? I mean, I was! Yeah, I was.

Celia:
Okay, let's go then.

Mike:
We're going! [whispering to Sulley] On my desk, Sulley. The pink copies go to accounting, the fuchsia ones go to purchasing, and the goldenrod ones go to Roz. [Celia pulls him away; he comes back] Leave the puce! [gets pulled away again]

[Later]

Sulley:
[to himself] So the pink copies go to purchasing, and the fuchsia ones go to Roz. No, the fuchsia ones go to purchasing and the goldenrod ones go to Roz. Man, I have no idea what puce is... [looks at some reddish-brown files] Oh, that's puce.


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