[h2]7. Monsters University[/h2]
I had almost given up hope we would see another truly great Pixar film any time in the near future, after Cars 2 and Brave disappointed me so completely, and I certainly did not expect Monsters University – a prequel absolutely no one asked for or needed – to be the company’s big creative comeback. Yet against all odds, Monsters University works, and it works very, very well. On all levels, as a family-friendly college comedy, a prequel, and a supplement to the original feature, Monsters University is an extremely solid creative success, a minor-key work for Pixar on the whole, yet one that absolutely lives up to the artistic precedent the company has set.
The film simply feels like a Pixar movie, top to bottom, and after two consecutive left-turns into lazy, generic studio animation territory, it is an extreme pleasure to watch a new Pixar movie with a real voice. Even during those stretches when the film is a bit too mired in convention, Monsters University boasts terrific characters, gorgeous and clever visuals, truly intelligent and surprising humor, and a wildly poignant emotional undercurrent – climaxing in one of the single greatest scenes Pixar has ever delivered – all of which serves to distinguish the film as a cut above the rest, exactly like a Pixar film should.
Read my full review here.
Monsters University is now playing in theatres everywhere.
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