Monsters University

2013
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1h 44m

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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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2,308

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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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Featured review

7/10

Not great, but totally fun

A prequel to one of Pixar's most beloved films, Monsters Inc. In all honesty, I wasn't looking forward to this one too much. A sequel would have been a better option. Like the Toy Story movies, it should take place a long while later, and Mike and Sully should meet back up with a teenage Boo or something. Boo was the soul of that movie, and, of course, in a prequel, Boo can't exist. Instead, we get the story of how Mike and Sully met in college. The story is made up of a ton of college movie clichés in the Monsters world. And it's fine. Not great, nothing really special, but it's very enjoyable and the animation is gorgeous. The last time I revisited Monsters Inc., the animation seemed a little primitive, but Pixar has more than perfected it now, and I loved seeing the wonderful monster designs. Steve Buscemi, the villain from the first film, is prominent in the cast again. Other famous cast members include Nathan Fillion, Sean Hayes, Dave Foley, Charlie Day, Aubrey Plaza and Alfred Molina. The most memorable new character is Dean Hardscrabble, played by Helen Mirren. The design, kind of a centipede dragon, is extremely cool and actually pretty creepy.