Party Central (2013)

Party Central Review

Party Central is a 2013 animated short film. It is a Pixar short based on ‘Monsters University’.

The short involves Mike and Sulley helping their Oozma Kappa fraternity brothers make their party a success. This is a surprisingly strong accompaniment to this very underrated Pixar prequel. What the movie lacks in depth it more than compensates in the humor department as it’s a very amusing film that is also unexpectedly clever in its basic conceit.

The ending that saw the mother character go through two doors (“door jumping”) was absolutely brilliant and so was the final scene that saw the parents in a scared childlike state, which was a smart role reversal. The animation is fantastic and the premise was quite ingenious. I just wished that we have seen more of Scully and Mike. Still, this was an improvement over their previous short.

Party Central lacks in emotion, but it has great humor. It also benefits from a brilliant premise and a very clever ending.

My Rating – 4.1