Monsters, Inc.: Charming Pixar Animation, Directed by Pete Docter, Starring John Goodman, Billy Crystal, James Coburn, and Jennifer Tilly

The same Disney/Pixar team that was responsible for the inventive animated features Toy Story, Toy Story 2, and A Bug’s Life, is also behind the impressive production of Monsters, Inc. the new witty, imaginative animated adventure, directed by vet Pixar animator, Pete Docter.

 

Docter was assisted by Lee Unkrich and David Silverman, who are credited as co-directors.

Displaying the inspired and distinctive vocal talents of John Goodman, Billy Crystal, James Coburn, and Jennifer Tilly, this magical tale is set in Monstropolis, where monsters of every shape and size reside, and the largest factory draws its power from processing the biggest human screams. Though well-positioned by Disney as an early holiday release, and shrewdly marketed (“We Scare Because We Care”) Monsters, Inc. may not repeat the boffo business of the globally successful Toy Story pictures, but it should certainly play well–and for a long time–with young viewers, reclaiming the prominence and validity of the Disney logo that was slightly tarnished after the underwhelming performance, both artistically and commercially, of the old-fashioned, summer-released Atlantis.

Celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, Pixar makes its boldest statement yet with Monsters, Inc., the studio’s most advanced and sophisticated use of computer animation technology to date. For starters, compared with the nearly 1.1 million rendermarks (a measure of computing power) used on Toy Story 2, the new feature called for 2.5 million. More specifically, among the film’s many striking technical achievements is the breakthrough depiction of the characters’ fur and hair (and there’s plenty of both), which has the density, lighting, shadowing, and above all movement that are consistent with the real thing.

Like the Toy Story pictures, Monsters, Inc. represents an entertaining work with memorable characters and hilarious situations that not only provide fun, but also offer the kind of adventures all children (and their parents) can relate to. As conceived by Pixar’s wizards, new story draws on kids’ primal, universal, and nocturnal dreams/anxieties about the “alternate world” that exists behind their bedrooms’ doors, not to speak of fears/fantasies of mysterious creatures hidden in their dark closets.

Set in Monstropolis, a thriving company town, the film follows the hilarious misadventures of James P. Sullivan, known to all as Sulley (Goodman), and his buddy/roommate/co-worker, Mike Wazowski (Crystal). Both work at Monsters, Inc., the largest scream processing factory in the monster world, where Sulley is the top kid Scarer and Mike his enthusiastic and reliable assistant.

The main power sources in this peculiar milieu are the collected screams of human children. At the ominous, prestigious company, an elite team of Scarers is responsible for gathering those precious natural resources. What complicates matters–and serves as the drive for the entire plot–is the monsters’ belief that human children are toxic, and hence direct contact with them is not only discouraged but downright forbidden.

First part depicts the monsters’ existence from their point of view, centering on Sulley and Mike and how their routines are determined by the unique norms and values that govern the factory and its eccentric denizens, both leaders and rank and file workers.

The yarn changes direction in the second reel, when a little girl named Boo (played by Mary Gibbs, the 5-year-old daughter of Pixar story artist, Rob) accidentally follows Sulley back into his world, which jeopardizes his career, throwing his entire life into chaos. Assisted by Mike, Sulley then schemes to rectify his mistake, but the members of the trio become emotionally attached to each other as they get deeply caught up in a series of complications. misadventures. and unexpected intrigues.

The running joke is that Boo, a brave little girl who finds life on the other side of the closet more exciting than her real domestic life, is an enchanting innocent who’s blissfully oblivious to the dangers that she faces–and the mess she creates wherever she goes.

Central to the success of Monsters, Inc. is the colorful menagerie of monsters, in terms of size, shape, personality. Hence, Sulley is a furry, 8-foot-tall, 800-pound monster (the last thing a kid hopes to find in his/her closet), yet hidden beneath the vast, intimidating exterior is a teddy bear with inner gentility and warm personality. Similarly, Mike, Sulley’s Scare Assistant, is a one-eyed, lime-green creature that, despite his looks, is sensitive, quick-witted, and even romantic.

Adding immeasurable color and interest to what’s basically a very slender yarn (even by animation standards) is a collection of creatures, each of which has at least one encounter with the central duo. Reliable indie actor Steve Buscemi, who usually plays losers (Fargo, Ghost World) brings his singular talent, humor, and chicanery to the role of Randall Boggs, a slippery, eight-limbed character. A creepy, lizard-like monster, Randall would stop at nothing to become the new top Scarer (the scores are continuously tabulated and publicly posted on a big board), even if it means sullying Sulley’s reputation. Roz (Peterson) is the company’s dedicated and dyspeptic Dispatch Manager, who’s a stickler for details and paperwork.

Arguably the most distinctive voice is provided by James Coburn (who sounds like the late John Huston) as Henry J. Waternoose, the paternal crab-like CEO of Monsters, Inc., who is prepared to do what’s necessary, and in the process takes some desperate measures, to save the company that has belonged to his family for many generations. A relevant idea informs Waternoose’s current energy and business crisis, namely, that times have changed and kids are no longer as easily scared as they used to be.

The “feminine mystique” factor is embodied by Celia (Tilly, using her sexy voice at its most shrieking tones), the highly-spirited, one-eyed, serpent-haired receptionist, who’s lusting after for her “googley bear” Mike–and doesn’t take no as an answer.

A nice intergenerational link between Monsters, Inc. and similar pictures of yesteryear is provided by Frank Oz, the famed Piggy and Muppet master creator, who does a brief turn here as Fungus, Randall’s constantly worried Scare Assistant.

Tremendous care and attention to detail mark every aspect of the production, which utilizes 22 different sets, from Boo’s multicolored bedroom to a trendy Sushi eatery to a remote blizzard-bound home in the Himalayas, where a lonely creature named Yeti (Ratzenberger) rolls out a welcome mat when Sulley and Mike pay an unexpected visit to the human world. Special kudos also go to production designers Harley Jessup and Bob Pauley, for creating a 1960s-looking industrial town, with various assembly-line factories, and for an imaginative “Scare Floor” and “door vaults” that include 5.7 million individual and identifiable closet doors on hundreds of miles-long conveyor belts.

Monsters, Inc. lacks the postmodern wit and self-reflexive sophistication of DreamWorks’s Shrek, a box-office bonanza that made Disney (and Michael Eisner) the target of both verbal and visual jokes and appealed to both young and adult viewers. However, despite a simpler, straightforward tale and occasionally monotonous moments (particularly in the central reel), the new movie still delivers the basic goods expected of a Disney/Pixar state-of-the-art fare.

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