Monsters University

2013
G
1h 44m

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7.2/10

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Computer Animation Adventure Animation Comedy Family Fantasy

A look at the relationship between Mike Wazowski and James P. "Sully" Sullivan during their days at Monsters University, when they weren't necessarily the best of friends.A look at the relationship between Mike Wazowski and James P. "Sully" Sullivan during their days at Monsters University, when they weren't necessarily the best of friends.A look at the relationship between Mike Wazowski and James P. "Sully" Sullivan during their days at Monsters University, when they weren't necessarily the best of friends.

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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

401K

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POPULARITY

2,528

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Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards
- 9 wins & 58 nominations total

Mike
(voice)

John Goodman

Sullivan
(voice)

Steve Buscemi

Randy
(voice)

Helen Mirren

Dean Hardscrabble
(voice)

Peter Sohn

Squishy
(voice)

Joel Murray

Don
(voice)

Sean Hayes

Terri
(voice)
(as Sean P. Hayes)

Dave Foley

Terry
(voice)

Charlie Day

Art
(voice)

Alfred Molina

Professor Knight
(voice)

Tyler Labine

Greek Council VP
(voice)

Nathan Fillion

Johnny
(voice)

Aubrey Plaza

Greek Council President
(voice)

Bobby Moynihan

Chet
(voice)

Noah Johnston

Young Mike
(voice)

Julia Sweeney

Ms. Squibbles
(voice)

Bonnie Hunt

Mrs. Graves
(voice)

John Krasinski

Frank McCay
(voice)

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Trivia
Despite being offered the role of Dean Hardscrabble outright, Dame Helen Mirren requested that she audition for the role anyway to ensure that the filmmakers were satisfied with her performance.

Goofs
When Mrs. Graves is counting students, she counts to 19 and then notices that Mike is missing, which means that there are 20 students in the class. If this were the case, he wouldn't have to pair up with the teacher. However, one of the students could have two heads, similar to Terry and Terri - though they are considered two separate entities, Mike could not conceivably pair up with one of them while the other already has a partner.

Quotes
Johnny: Enjoy the attention while it lasts, boys. After you lose, no one will remember you.
Mike Wazowski: Maybe. But when you lose, no one will let you forget it.
Chet: Oh, boy. That is a good point.

Crazy credits
Following the final credits, the Slug from early in the movie finally makes it to his first college class, but it's the last day of school.

Alternate versions
When Randy tries to fit in the fraternities, he bakes cupcakes that have icing on them that spell out "Be My Pal". After his plate is disturbed, he is holding four of them reading "lame." This is only in the English-speaking country releases of the film. All other international versions simply have happy faces drawn in icing on each cupcake.

Connections
Featured in Inside Pixar (2013)

Soundtracks
Monsters University
Written by Randy Newman

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7/10

The prequel that no one asked for, but everyone will watch.

Monsters University: the prequel that no one asked for, but everyone will watch. It would appear that Pixar has recently run out of original ideas and has resorted to making sequels and prequels of older more successful movies (Cars 2, Planes, Monsters U and Finding Dory). That being said, the film was actually pretty decent and was rather watchable and enjoyable. The film had multiple unexpected twists, which avoided having an all too predictable ending. It also explained many of the features of its sequel, like Randall's rivalry with Mike and Sully and the Abominable Snowman.

Reviving the voice talents of Billy Crystal, John Goodman and Steve Buscemi and adding Helen Mirren and Charlie Day, amongst others, this film stayed within the universe that the original movie had created, however in comparison failed to live up to its predecessor's greatness.