Lovable Sulley and his wisecracking sidekick Mike Wazowski are the top scare team at Monsters, Inc., the scream-processing factory in Monstropolis. When a little girl named Boo wanders into their world, it's the monsters who are scared silly, and it's up to Sulley and Mike to keep her out of sight and get her back home.
In the city of Monstropolis, monsters generate their scare power from the screams of human children. "Monsters, Inc." is the largest scream-processing factory, and top scarer James P. "Sulley" Sullivan and his assistant Mike Wazowski are its best. Their world is turned upside down when a human child, Boo, enters their dimension and they must protect her from the monsters' fear of contamination.
Monsters, Inc. was a critical and commercial success, praised for its innovative animation, humor, and heartfelt story. It was a box office hit, cementing Pixar's reputation for producing high-quality, family-friendly animated films with broad appeal.
Google audience: Audiences overwhelmingly loved Monsters, Inc., highlighting its exceptional animation, laugh-out-loud humor, and touching story about friendship and overcoming fears. Many found it to be a delightful and rewatchable film for all ages.
Won the Academy Award for Best Original Song ("If I Didn't Have You"). Nominated for Best Animated Feature (the first Pixar film to be nominated in this category) and Best Original Score.
The character of Randall Boggs was originally conceived as a chameleon, but the animation team found it too difficult to animate his color changes and decided to make him a lizard-like creature instead.
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