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80% 203 Reviews Tomatometer 81% 250,000+ Ratings Audience Score Ever since he was a kid monster, Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal) has dreamed of becoming a Scarer. To make his dream a reality, he enrolls at Monsters University. During his first semester, he meets Sulley (John Goodman), a natural-born Scarer. Sulley and Mike engage in a fierce rivalry that ultimately gets them both kicked out of MU's elite Scare Program. To make things right, Mike and Sulley -- along with a bunch of misfit monsters -- will have to learn to work together. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Dec 20 Buy Now

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Offering Monsters, Inc. fans a return visit with beloved characters, Monsters University delivers funny and thoughtful family entertainment for viewers of any age.

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Jowell T it was a fine movie Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 04/18/24 Full Review Vabian G An Okay Prequel To Monsters, Inc. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/30/24 Full Review Eduardo C By no means I was especting such a waste of a caracter as the director, all along the movie, she come across as someone that is in development process, awaiting for conveing her real character (and the porpouse of the film, pershap as a wishful thinking). The treatment of the world is in the best case, in the surface level, that, unfortunaly, is deeply coherent with the complexity of the plot, which was mosly supported in memorabe characters, (for the other movie, clearly), who here were seen reduced into basic, simple, and zero-appealing versions. The movie may be worthly for a while, and no wonder that the experience even reach to be fun, but, at the very least, is interesting imagine, what would be this film, without the natural conection with the glory of the original. Rated 2.5/5 Stars • Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/28/24 Full Review Jorge H Best Pixar movie i've ever seen!! Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/17/24 Full Review Idan Charles L Why not as good as the classic, it's still wonderful seeing the monsters back Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/01/24 Full Review Timmy S It sucked! I hated everything about it! The way they treated Mike and Sulley was just out of character! And the ending was terrible! How could they be in the scaring company if they were expelled from the school of the same name as the movie?! They can't just go to Monsters Incorporated and take every available job in there without a diploma! What about Randall?! How did he get in the scaring company after he got humiliated by Sulley?! What about the monsters in this movie?! If the staff in school were so impressed with their moves, why weren't they in the first movie?! This movie completely ruined the franchise! Just watch the first movie Monsters Inc. and the sequel Disney+ series Monsters at Work and you'll see how better they are than this nightmare movie! Rated 1/5 Stars • Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/24/24 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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Dan Scanlon Director Billy Crystal Mike Wazowski John Goodman Sulley Steve Buscemi Randy Boggs Helen Mirren Dean Hardscrabble Peter Sohn Scott "Squishy" Squibbles
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Monsters University | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Christy Lemire ChristyLemire.com It is essentially Revenge of the Nerds, with fur. And scales. And whatever gooey, gelatinous substance comprises the outer coating of various other oddball creatures in this crazy parallel world. Rated: 2.5/4 Aug 8, 2013 Full Review Monsters University | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Wesley Morris Grantland Studios don't often seem to be thinking about the ideal moviegoer, just about the maximum number of moviegoers ... Pixar is no different in that regard, but even in this relatively fallow period ... it's never stopped thinking the most of us. Rated: A- Jul 26, 2013 Full Review Monsters University | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Charlotte O'Sullivan London Evening Standard So many movies, these days, are about nerds and their market value. Dan Scanlon's prequel is the newest, but already feels old. Rated: 3/5 Jul 12, 2013 Full Review Monsters University | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Cory Woodroof For the Win (USA Today) A criminally underrated prequel that was better than it had any right to be, Monsters University is far more than a stellar college comedy with monsters learning how to scare humans. Mar 1, 2024 Full Review Monsters University | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Although not wholly original or as monumental as some of Pixar’s other work, it’s a film that embraces the studio’s drive for timeless, universally appealing animation. Rated: 3.5/4 Sep 2, 2022 Full Review Monsters University | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Lacks the substantial level of unbridled creativity and emotional punch found in its predecessor. Rated: 8/10 Dec 3, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Synopsis Ever since he was a kid monster, Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal) has dreamed of becoming a Scarer. To make his dream a reality, he enrolls at Monsters University. During his first semester, he meets Sulley (John Goodman), a natural-born Scarer. Sulley and Mike engage in a fierce rivalry that ultimately gets them both kicked out of MU's elite Scare Program. To make things right, Mike and Sulley -- along with a bunch of misfit monsters -- will have to learn to work together.

Director
Dan Scanlon

Executive Producer
John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich

Screenwriter
Daniel Gerson, Robert L. Baird, Dan Scanlon

Distributor
Walt Disney

Production Co
Pixar Animation Studios

Rating
G

Genre
Kids & Family, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation

Original Language
English

Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 21, 2013, Wide

Release Date (Streaming)
May 13, 2015

Box Office (Gross USA)
$268.5M

Sound Mix
Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital, SDDS, Datasat

Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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