MONSTER'S UNIVERSITY - In which Pixar is staring to show it's age... (Review)

Monsters University

Pixar, 2013

1 hour 44 minutes

Written by Daniel Gerson, Robert L. Baird, and Dan Scanlon

Directed by Dan Scanlon

Rated G

Starring

Billy Crystal

John Goodman

Helen Mirren

Charlie Day

Joel Murray

Peter Sohn

Nathan Fillon

Aubrey Plaza

I've been saying that Pixar should stop with the sequels for a while, but at least Monsters University is good. That being said, it ranks pretty low on the scale of Pixar movies. But don't worry, it's better than the Cars movies.
Monsters U is a prequel to Monsters Inc. in which Mike and Sully both meet each other at the esteemed university. There's typical college shenanigans, some of which are pretty good. Then there's this scaring competition that they need to complete and they join up with a kind of dorky fraternity that nobody likes, and lots of it feels very typical. One of the movie's strongest points is the voice cast. There are lots of names that you'd never expect to be in this. One of my personal favorites is Charlie Day, who plays a stoner-like philosophy major in the fraternity. What's even better is that his character is basically Charlie from It's Always Sunny. 
But I have to say that my favorite part of the movie was the final act, which actually takes a bit of an interesting turn. I was pleasantly surprised at how heartfelt it was, and it makes you love Mike and Sully even more.
So Monsters U is good, but not great. Definitely lower on the Pixar totem pole, but that's OK. We just need to get some original content up in here. Make it happen, Pixar.

8/10