Happy 20th to Monsters Inc.

Twenty years ago today, Disney & Pixar released one of the most memorable and unique family films of all time, Monsters Inc.

In my opinion, this is Pixar's masterpiece 🏆 so far, the story is different, the characters are identifiable and the visuals are brilliant.

The story revolves around, Monsters Inc. a scare factory, that employs monsters to scare children to collect their screams and produce energy... okay, when looking at it like that, it sounds a bit cruel. 😆  But, it's an amazing concept, this is where the monsters come from, in the night, that have been scaring kids, since the invention of the door.

James P. "Sully" Sullivan (John Goodman) is the companies top scarer, terrifying children and collecting record screams for energy.  His trusty assistant/engineer is Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal), he gets the doors for Sully to enter through as the kids sleep.  Monsters are "scientifically" put together with kids who will respond best to their assigned monster.

Company head, Henry Waternoose III (the legendary James Coburn) has run the factory since his retirement and handing off the top scare duties to his protoge', Sully.  But something goes wrong when a little girl from the human world follows Sully through a door to the Monster World.  Boo (Mary Gibbs) thinks that Sully is adorable and some kind of kitty, which she keeps calling him.  Problem is, when a human child or "artifact" is brought to the Monster World it is believed that it can contaminate everything, and when it happens, a "hazmat" like crew shows up to debug the problem, making for some of the funniest moments of the film.

When Boo follows Sully back, he and Mike have to hide her, as they fear for their careers and the existence of the monster world.  Boo followed him back through at door that Sully wasn't even working on.  A corrupt coworker, Randall (Steve Buscemi) has been collecting scares on the side, trying to up his numbers, but something even more sinister is going on in the factory.

Under the watchful eyes of Roz (Bob Peterson) the boys have to sneak Boo back into the factory and try to send her home before Randall can go through with his terrible plan to scare children like never before.

At one point, the guys are cast out of the factory and monster world to ours, but not in some home, but the great white north where they find Abominable (John Ratzenberger, yeah, he's in ALL of these films).  *On a side note, I think that the Abominable was once a scarer for Monster Inc but was cast out for losing his nerve, that would make a good movie spinoff*

In the end, Sully & Mike have to rescue Boo, get her back home, destroy her door and stop the evil plans of Randall... should be easy, right 😆 And, the guys discover that screams aren't the biggest form of power for the Monster World.

The scene of the door rides through the factory and the warehouse where they keep the doors is some of Pixar's finest work ever.  This film is a true treat for anyone and any age and is one of the best animated films of all time.  👍

The film keeps you moving, engaged and emotional throughout.  It hits all the right buttons at all the right times.

Monsters Inc. gets 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 out of five, with ease, it's one of those films you can watch over and over.