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Release Date: November 24, 2008 (In 1 Day)
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Pixar genius reigns in this funny romantic comedy, which stars a robot who says absolutely nothing for a full 25 minutes yet somehow completely transfixes and endears himself to the audience within the first few minutes of the film. As the last robot left on earth, Wall-E (voiced by Ben Burtt) is one small robot--with a big, big heart--who holds the future of Earth and mankind squarely in the palm of his metal hand. He's outlasted all the "Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class" robots that were assigned some 700 years ago to clean up the environmental mess that man made of earth while man vacationed aboard the luxury spaceship Axiom. Wall-E has dutifully gone about his job compacting trash, the extreme solitude broken only by his pet cockroach, but he's developed some oddly human habits and ideas. When the Axiom sends its regularly scheduled robotic EVE probe (Elissa Knight) to earth, Wall-E is instantly smitten and proceeds to try to impress EVE with his collection of human memorabilia. EVE's directive compels her to bring Wall-E's newly collected plant sprout to the captain of the Axiom and Wall-E follows in hot pursuit. Suddenly, the human world is turned upside down and the Captain (Jeff Garlin) joins forces with Wall-E and a cast of other misfit robots to lead the now lethargic people back home to earth. Wall-E is a great family film with the most impressive aspect being the depth of emotion conveyed by a simple robot--a machine typically considered devoid of emotion, but made so absolutely touching by the magic of Pixar animation. Also well-worth admiring are the sweeping views from space, the creative yet disturbing vision of what strange luxuries a future space vacation might offer, and the innovative use of trash in a future cityscape. Underneath the slapstick comedy and touching love story is a poignant message about the folly of human greed and its potential effects on earth and the entire human race. --Tami Horiuchi, Amazon.com

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5 out of 5 stars

WALL*E October 2, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

Since they crashed onto the scene in 1995 with their debut feature film Toy Story, Pixar have changed the face of cinema and animation forever. No longer is animation seen as a lesser art form, with Pixar becoming both commercial and artistic masters. Their films have been major box office successes, with their eight films to date taking over $4.3 billion at the box office, and critical triumphs, garnering an average of 94% on Rotten Tomatoes. After a slight bump in the road (no pun intended) with Cars in 2006, they got back on track with Ratatouille last year, but not one to rest on their laurels thought, comes Pixar's latest and bravest offering - WALL*E.

It's been 700 years since the last humans left the rubbish laden planet Earth and only one `person' remains - Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-class, or WALL*E to his friends. It's his job to tidy up the planet for the `imminent' return of the human race. One day thought, he is joined by the highly efficient, but highly dangerous Extra-terrestrial Vegetation Evaluator, or EVE, who takes him on an adventure he, and the human race, will never forget.

WALL*E is taking big risks and pushing the boundaries, not just of children's' cinema, but of cinema full stop. How do you to keep an audience engaged with a film when there is no dialogue for the first 40 minutes? Andrew Stanton, the man responsible for Finding Nemo, and his team have done this by creating in WALL*E a funny and charming character, with a bigger range of emotions than some of the actors currently seen on screen. WALL*E draws the audience in with both his big eyes - based on those of Lenny the binoculars from Toy Story - and beeps, which comes courtesy of Ben Burtt, the man responsible for breathing like into C3PO. These convey a huge range of emotions, from the fascination of finding a new piece of `junk', to the fear of an approaching storm, to the loneliness he feels each day when he returns to his dock.

But there's nothing pretentious about WALL*E - he's just an Joe Average. He works 9-5 and hates the alarm going off in the morning, but there's nothing he likes more than to kick off his tracks and watch a film (an old VHS copy of Hello Dolly!) after a long day at work. What makes WALL*E most endearing though is the amazement and intrigue with which he treats the littlest things, such as his first encounter with a fire extinguisher, and seeing his collection of `junk' back in his dock, where he frets over whether a spork should go in the spoon or fork section of his collection.

Detail on both the small and big scale has always been important to Pixar and this quality is maintained in WALL*E. The large backdrop to the early part of the film is stunning. The influence of cinematographer Roger Deakins is clear to see on planet Earth, which has been turned into a dry, barren dustbowl. This is paired alongside the crisp, bright, sleek space-ship which humans now call home. This juxtaposition continues though to the design of WALL*E, a bruised and battered mini-transformer, forced to repair himself with the parts of his fallen comrades, and EVE, a robot which Apple would be more than happy to call one of their own.

Despite how their films look though, story telling is still at the heart of what Pixar do, and WALL*E is no different. Stanton and fellow script writer Jim Reardon's have a lot to say about consumerism, ecological conservation, love and the difference between being alive and living, with tips of the cap to sci-fi classics including 2001: A Space Odyssey, Aliens and Silent Running, making it at times a dark and thought-provoking film. But this is never at the expense of entertainment, with the film full of sharp wit that'll keep both adults and kids entertainment and, at its core, a heart warming relationship between the two star-gazing lovers.

Once WALL*E has taken off into space with his new companion, the film does shift gear slightly, when he encounters a space-ship full of rolly polly humans who are now completely reliant on technology for their every need. Although not as stunning as the earlier parts of the film, this part is key to the essence of the film. There are constant claims that technology, be it clunky WALL*E or sleek EVE, is bringing people closer together. But the humans which WALL*E encounters in space have become toverly reliant on technology that there are now emotionally detached from each other. Ironically though, it does take a robot to remind humans that being alive is not the same as living.

So, the Pixar Express (predictably) rolls on with a piece of cinematic genius that is both beautiful to look at and a complete joy to watch, with WALL*E bound to become one of the greatest achievements in film history.

5 out of 5 stars

Quite simply, it's perfect! August 23, 2008
27 out of 33 found this review helpful

WALL.E, while being loved by all the critics, probably won't be as popular with 'everyone', because it's so different from anything Pixar have done before: i.e. for a good 40 minutes of the film, there is almost absolutely no dialogue: therefore some of the younger viewers are likely to loose some interest. It plays out kind of like an extended version of one of Pixar's short films.

WALL.E is basically an adorable little rusty cube. He's been sent down to Earth to clear up all the mess that the humans made- before they left the planet and started a perfect life up with the stars, in a gigantic spaceship. Eventually he meets Eve- a smooth, white, hovering probe with a short temper. An amazing outer-space adventure kicks in after WALL.E discovers life on Earth.

It could be said that WALL.E is totally unpredictable, because sometimes you're never really sure what direction in which the plot is headed. There's not really a voice cast I can comment on, but all the characters -and the few lines of dialogue- are brilliantly believable. In my opinion, it's genius how Pixar have created such emotion between characters through simple eye movements and how fast the characters move.

I'd say that this is probably Pixar's best film; Ratatouille I thought could not be bettered- but clearly I was wrong. WALL.E is able to make even the most stone-hearted audience members laugh and cry in equal measure. It's a classic, obviously. Everything about it touches on greatness: the characters, the landscapes, the quality of animation, the ideas, the imagination... the list is endless.

It's a little film with a big message.

There's a feeling you get at the end of this film, a buzz, a tingling sensation from head to toe: it's called joy.

5 out of 5 stars

art. this is a work of art. September 3, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

words just cannot express just how good and perfect this little jem of a movie is. this is art! pixar are geniuses who can do no wrong in my humble opinion. even their weakest film, cars, which was average for them is still funnier than most live action comedies can only dream of. expect walle to walk away with the animated oscars next year, that'll be two years in a row after the equally excellent ratatouile. if you aren't moved by this little robot, then you quite simply have no soul i would reccommend that everyone watch this film. yeah, there's hardly any dialogue, but it doesn't matter. 10 out of ten. brilliant and one of the best films of the year.

5 out of 5 stars

Adults and children will both love it August 23, 2008
11 out of 16 found this review helpful

The best storytellers didn't waste much sleep deciding whether their output should appeal to children or to adults. The Grimm brothers didn't worry whether children would be scared of their fairy tales and neither did Walt Disney when making Snow White. More recently, J.K.Rowling famously never 'dumbs down' the more adult content of her Harry Potter books just because children are the principal audience.

So here, it is interesting that much of the debate seems to be about whether this film is for kids or for grown-ups, as though it can't be for both. Yes, it has a very clear message about our throwaway consumerist lives and how these are destroying the planet, which might be difficult to stomach when drinking a dustbin-sized container of Pepsi and stuffing youself with popcorn...but I think the kids will get it. They're not as stupid as a lot of people seem to think.

In fact, this is a beautiful film, almost a silent comedy for the first half, but tempered with the tragic message that our greed has destroyed the Earth and very little life survives, the odd cockroach excepted. Wall-E, thanklessly crushing rubbish, as he was programmed to do, seems to have his future mapped out for him...until a probe arrives to seek out whether life has returned to earth and Wall-E finds himself falling in love.

Like Ratatouille, there is a lot here for adults - not least those who have seen 2001: A Space Odyssey - but I can't imagine kids being bored. The world of Wall-E has an endearing innocence and children will love it.

This is truly a film for everyone.

5 out of 5 stars

Excellent! September 3, 2008
5 out of 7 found this review helpful

I do understand why some people found this movie a bit slow for younger children, but this was not our experience. We took our 3 years old who spends most of her time bouncing off the walls and she was simply transfixed!

I must admit though that she cried for quite a long time, as she seems to have picked up on Wall-e's loneliness most of all. But she hasn't stopped talking about it since! She has already started her list of requests for Father Christmas and it's all about Wall-e and Eve so far. And you can be sure we didn't start talking about Christmas in July in our house!

It's beautiful to watch, maybe a bit too obvious or even heavy handed in the way it puts its message across but it didn't leave any doubts in our daughter's mind regarding what it was about. Nevertheless, we feel that somehow this is not a bad thing.

I think you can say that every member of our family thoroughly recommends it!

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