Films like Monsters University.

Monsters University (2013) reads as Cosy, kinetic, measured animation / family, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Wreck-It Ralph (2012) poster
1. Wreck-It Ralph2012

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Puss in Boots (2011) (2011) poster
2. Puss in Boots2011

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012) poster
3. The Pirates! Band of Misfits2012

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Meet the Robinsons (2007) (2007) poster
4. Meet the Robinsons2007

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Flushed Away (2006) (2006) poster
5. Flushed Away2006

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) poster
6. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs2009

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Megamind (2010) (2010) poster
7. Megamind2010

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Despicable Me (2010) (2010) poster
8. Despicable Me2010

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Final Girls (2015) poster
9. The Final Girls2015

Keeps the documentary-plain realism; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Madagascar (2005) (2005) poster
10. Madagascar2005

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Princess and the Frog (2009) poster
11. The Princess and the Frog2009

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Aladdin (2019) (2019) poster
12. Aladdin2019

Keeps the stubborn streak of hope and the documentary-plain realism — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Monsters University’s neighbours — where are yours?

Rate five posters and the same twelve axes read you — then tonight’s pick comes from your own centre of taste.

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