Pixar, and especially Andrew Stanton ("Monsters, Inc.," "Finding Nemo'), has done it again. "WALL-E" creates a consistent, believable world with one adorable, curious, lonely robot, left to clean up earth (he's a Waste Allocation Load Lifter - Earth Class) after it was totally trashed and abandoned by its humans. Apparently the sole survivor of his kind, WALL-E seems to have developed a personality.
The first, long act of the movie, virtually wordless, shows WALL-E on his daily routine. His actions are expressive in the great tradition of our silent movie stars. There's a little of Chaplin and a little of Keaton in WALL-E. There's also an old movie he watches, "Hello, Dolly!," with its promise of companionship and a world out there beyond Yonkers.
Then WALL-E gets a visitor, and is propelled into an adventure that will affect the fate of mankind. Accessible to both kids and adults, there are lessons to absorb, technique to marvel at, and a great sweep of story that takes you literally out of this world. It's the best.
Rated G. 97 minutes. Andrew Stanton - Director / Writer (story and screenplay), Pete Docter - Writer (story), Jim Morris - Producer, Thomas Newman - Composer, Ralph Eggleston - Production Designer, Stephen Schaffer - Editor. Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.
Principal voices: Fred Willard, Jeff Garlin, Sigourney Weaver, John Ratzenberger, and Kathy Najimy.
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Wall-E was a pleasant surprise. A very entertaining movie. I like the commentary it makes on our over-eatting, no exercise culture.
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