Bibliographic Information
Scanlon, D. (Director), & Rae, K. (Producer). (2013). USA: Disney.
Plot Summary
Mike has always been small and not terribly intimidating. However, he's always wanted to be a Scarer, the monster that sneaks into a child's room to get the scream energy to power the monster world. When he enrolls in Monsters University as a Scare Major, it seems his dreams are going to come true. However, the dean of the school doesn't think he's scary enough and throws him out of the program, along with scary but unmotivated Sully, who's Mike's arch rival. When the two are thrown together in a contest that will mean their reinstatement to the program or expulsion from the university, it's up to the unlikely pair to whip a fraternity of weaklings into a team of winners.
Review
Mike is faced with some mild bullying at the beginning of the movie. No one wants to be his partner and he's pushed out of the way on a field trip. When he joins the fraternity OK, the group as a whole is humiliated by a rival fraternity, who posts embarrassing photos of them around the campus. This act is reminiscent to cyber-bullying and other forms of more public shaming. As is common in bullying movies, the message for viewers is to find strength in their differences rather than be ashamed.
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