Complimentary movie passes were received for the purposes of reviewing this film, along with a mini cupcake and plastic monster ring. 😀
Last week, my family and I were able to check out an advance screening of Monsters University at Regal Pioneer Place in Portland. Our crew consisted of myself, Jai, my future sister-in-law and her 5 1/2 year old nephew. We were all excited to check out the movie – Monsters, Inc. was our nephew’s favorite film, and he had never seen a 3-D movie before, so we knew it would be a memorable occasion.
Monsters University follows the college years of Mike Wazowski and James P. Sullivan as they attend the school of scares. Mike and Sully butt heads when they meet, but when circumstances force them to work together in order to stay at Monsters U, they eventually start to bond. With the help of their underdog fraternity, Oozma Kappa, the characters learn to put themselves in each other’s shoes and value each monster’s unique talents.
The film is really cute and silly, with humor for the whole family. I liked the attention to detail with the passing visual gags – for example, during finals week, we see a six-armed monster scurrying along with a latte in every hand! The movie has great voice acting, with Billy Crystal and John Goodman resuming their lead roles along with characters voiced by the likes of Steve Buscemi, Helen Mirren, and Charlie Day, who provided the voice for a fuzzy purple monster named Art. Day’s monster is essentially a G-rated version of his character on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, which is one of my favorite shows, so I enjoyed his segments! All of the adults in our group really liked the movie and the short preceding it, The Blue Umbrella; this film is a great one to watch with your kids because there’s something for everybody. The only complaint that Jai and I had was that the movie ran longer than it needed to – we felt that the plot could have been more concise. But to be fair, we feel like pretty much every movie we’ve seen in the last 10 years was too long!
The 3-D on the film is a lot of fun, although I think some of the smaller children can get tired of wearing the glasses after a while. The 5 1/2 year old that we brought seemed to enjoy the movie overall; but he did mention that the scene where Dean Hardscrabble (Mirren’s character) flies down from the ceiling gave him a start because he wasn’t expecting it. I know they worked hard to make this movie goofy and not scary, but if your kids are really small they might find Hardscrabble to be a little creepy in 3-D.
Monsters University opens today, June 21st – if you’re looking for a fun film to take the kids to this weekend, I recommend giving this one a look!
My little man gets scared quite easily but surprisingly enjoyed the movie. It was a little loud though but the kids loved it. We plan to go again! 🙂
My little man is going to love, love, love this! I’m going to make a mommy-and-me date with him. 🙂
we don’t do 3d anyway- my kids take the glasses off before previews end and i get dizzy LOL
i can’t wait to see this. and also i’ve never gotten any cupcakes at a movie screening! we need to move west!
My little ones get tired of wearing the 3d glasses, too. This is on our to-do list this summer to go to this movie!! 🙂
I can’t wait to take my 6 yr old son to see this film. I keep saying it will be a treat for him, reality is, I really want to see it too 🙂
This is a fabulous review! I have only seen it in 2D myself. I’ll have to see if I can catch it again in 3D.
I wanted to see this premiere but didn’t want to drive to Atlanta. I will have to take the kids now that it has opened in our area.
Aww how fun! This movie sounds completely awesome! Can’t wait to get my laugh on, it’s been a long wait!
My boys are super excited to see this movie. It sounds like it’s a really fun movie for the entire family. Thanks for the great review!
Looks so cute! I am going to have to grab one of my nieces or nephews and go see it!
I attended an advance screening of Monsters University and loved it!
This is such a CUTE movie! I have seen almost all of it back in April at Pixar but waiting to see the completed movie with my kids maybe this week. 🙂
I can’t wait to take my son to see this. It looks adorable!
I can not wait to take the kids, hubby will be back in town this week and we will do a family night out so we can all enjoy this!
i so cant wait to see this adorable movie with my family 🙂
La erección se produce porque el pene se llena de sangre cuando el hombre se excita, por lo que, si hay problemas en ese riego sanguíneo, no habrá erección.
This isn’t an educational movie, but kids will learn a bit about the college experience (albeit a fictional one with monsters), the Greek system, and dorm life.