Critic Reviews
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Dave Calhoun, Time Out
I wonder a little what kids will make of the long silence of the first half followed by the disorienting mania of the second, but there's nothing here that's not wonderfully imagined and lovingly presented.
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Tom Charity, CNN.com
The most consistent production unit in Hollywood just hit another home run.
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David Denby, New Yorker
WALL-E is a classic, but it will never appeal to people who are happy with art only when it has as little bite as possible.
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David Ansen, Newsweek
You'd have to be a machine for your heart not to melt.
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Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
No movie can be a downer that fills you with pure exhilaration. You leave WALL-E with a feeling of the rarest kind: that you've just enjoyed a close encounter with an enduring classic.
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David Edelstein, New York Magazine
The new Pixar picture Wall-E is one for the ages, a masterpiece to be savored before or after the end of the world -- assuming, like the title character, you're still around when all the humans have taken off and have access to an old video player.
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Ali Gray, TheShiznit.co.uk
Pick any 24th of a second, frame it and you could hang it on a museum wall.
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Ben Kenigsberg, Time Out Chicago
WALL-E sparks with genuine creativity.
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Simon Reynolds, Digital Spy
It's a breathtaking, inspirational film, transcending the medium of animation and blossoming into a genuinely magnificent piece of cinema.
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Mike Edwards, What Culture
This film deserves the Oscar. It deserves every Oscar. And a Nobel Prize for brilliantness. And I bet it would win it too if I hadn't just made it up...
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Joshua Starnes, ComingSoon.net
It's not often that you find 'post-apocalyptic' and 'delightful' going together in the same sentence, but they're essential to describe the deceptively artful Wall-E.
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Nick Rogers, Suite101.com
Some found ecological undertones too scolding. But the question of what happens to trash is a nice undertone - never overshadowing the endlessly renewable entertainment of "WALL-E's" plucky protagonist & carefully, comically choreographed physical humor.
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Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion
Captivating
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Steve Biodrowski, Cinefantastique
That it ultimately falls short reflects less a failing than a raising of the bar: when you aim this high, you can beat all the competition even if you fail to set a new world record.
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Louis Proyect, rec.arts.movies.reviews
Vastly overrated movie with all the charm of two vacuum cleaners making love.
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Fr. Chris Carpenter, Orange County and Long Beach Blade
Disney-Pixar's greatest film yet; one of the ten best movies of 2008
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Chris Bumbray, JoBlo's Movie Emporium
Ladies and gentlemen: believe the buzz! WALL-E is a bona-fide, all out masterpiece.
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Tony Macklin, Fayetteville Free Weekly
I'm a real sucker for animated rodents. I loved Ratatouille and I laughed fondly at the previews of the brave Despereaux in a movie coming out this winter. Adorable rodents, yes. Rusted robots, not so much. WALL-E is a rusted robot, who has been ge
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Enrique Buchichio, Uruguay Total
Sólo la media hora inicial alcanza para convertirla en una película inusual, sobre todo pensando en los productos que suelen llegar pensando en el público más joven (...)
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Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures
It's as perfect as a love story can get. And even against the amazing quality in the Pixar pedigree, it still manages to rise to the top as one of their best films to date.
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Featured Audience Ratings
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Quite touching and entertaining, Wall-E is not the masterpiece some claim it to be, but it is another remarkable film from Pixar all the same.
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It's romantic, It's touching
even robot story can touch your heart.
Pixar always know how to tell a story with awesome character concept.
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Pixar manages to hit a grand slam yet again in what is one of the best animated movies of all time.
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"Wall-E" is not just your average loveable Pixar film, but it also has the brains and a realistic tone to go along with it. As a world is stripped of everything, a banned wasteland remains with a little robot to re-inhabit the earth. It shows what life could really be like… More
"Wall-E" is not just your average loveable Pixar film, but it also has the brains and a realistic tone to go along with it. As a world is stripped of everything, a banned wasteland remains with a little robot to re-inhabit the earth. It shows what life could really be like in a thousand years from now, with a society that is corrupt on technology, becoming fat and run by computers, having no relation to the outside world. When opportunity presents itself, the story then becomes a mission to repopulate the earth. There are so many symbols for adults to notice and appreciate what their childhood was like, and so many symbols that this generation to snap out of and notice as well. "Wall-E" is not just an amazing pixar film, but story-wise, it's one of the best films of 2008!
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Forget great Pixar film, this is just a great science-fiction film period. The title character and Eve make for a cute duo. Kids will enjoy the charmingly funny antics while adults will be taken in by the film's surprisingly dark and biting social commentary (obesity,… More
Forget great Pixar film, this is just a great science-fiction film period. The title character and Eve make for a cute duo. Kids will enjoy the charmingly funny antics while adults will be taken in by the film's surprisingly dark and biting social commentary (obesity, commercialism, environmentalism). Every scene from the desolate Earth to the vastness of space bursts with some of the most beautiful animation committed to film. The robot characters are well-designed and manage to be endearing with very little dialogue. 'Wall-E' is a heartwarming love story combined with a great sci-fi tale and it remains a testament to why Pixar is one of the best things to ever happen to cinema.
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Beautiful is the first word that springs to mind here, the work on show here is truely stunning. Every single effect is perfect down to the last nut, the last bolt and the last glowing led. Everything looks fantastic, there is nothing thats looks bad, NOTHING. All he robot characters… More
Beautiful is the first word that springs to mind here, the work on show here is truely stunning. Every single effect is perfect down to the last nut, the last bolt and the last glowing led. Everything looks fantastic, there is nothing thats looks bad, NOTHING. All he robot characters are excellent and well designed, Wall E is of course the best design. He's almost like a Rubik's cube cross Transformer the way he folds and packs himself away to sleep or when he's scared. The actual mechanics and precision tech design used is amazing, every inch fits perfectly into place.
The imagination and concepts on show are brilliant, all the robots are designed for their own purpose BUT they actually look like they could be made for real life purposes haha Pixar could really create these little guys for reality, or so it looks. The humans are well done, being fat and almost boneless due to being born and raised in space, the way they are looked after and helpless is a nice touch which is probably what would happen haha. The sound effects are really nice too, not far of what you would expect but good none the less.
A simple love story with a massive heart that just nips at the toes of 'ET' and 'Short Circuit' but we all knew that would be the case with this. Very sweet, adorable and emotional in places, Wall E is the best film I have seen since Rambo.
Pixar win again, the film its lovely but its the visuals that really stick, as usual. Warning, tissues needed :)
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A sci-fi Disney/PIXAR animation with one of the most important messages a film can have.
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Call me heartless but this film is an absolute bore. It looks as great as any pixar movie, it starts brilliantly but its storyline can make people feel bad about themselves and films aren't made to do that. Also, without people or "robots" speaking, I just cant take the… More
Call me heartless but this film is an absolute bore. It looks as great as any pixar movie, it starts brilliantly but its storyline can make people feel bad about themselves and films aren't made to do that. Also, without people or "robots" speaking, I just cant take the films message seriously. It wasn't bad but I don think it was that good either.
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The moment I saw this small guy he totally stole my attention. I really enjoyed this Movie so much
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Wall-e is enjoyable, funny, and another reminder that Pixar is the master when it comes to animation and storytelling. The story is set thousands of years in the future and is about a robot named Wall-e who is perhaps one of the last inhabitant things on earth. He longs for a… More
Wall-e is enjoyable, funny, and another reminder that Pixar is the master when it comes to animation and storytelling. The story is set thousands of years in the future and is about a robot named Wall-e who is perhaps one of the last inhabitant things on earth. He longs for a companion, and one day another robot is sent to earth for the "directive." We learn this new robot is named Eve, and the two become friends. When he shows her a plant he found, she takes it and goes into a long sleep.. When a rocket ship comes and gets her, Wall-e sneaks in board not ready to give up the robot he loves, and he is sent on a journey like no other. The plot not only tells a incredible story, I was able to understand what was going on even with much of the film having no dialogue and I was never bored and it gave me non-human characters I fell in love with almost instantly. The score of the film is one of Pixars best and it gave the movie the perfect feel to it. The animation is one of the greatest in the history of film, I mean they gave me an apocolyptic world, space, hundreds of robots, and a incredibly large space ship, making it one if the best looking animated films ever. Wall-e is not the typical animated film, its much more than that, its the tale of friendship, life, and bravery, and I loved it.
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just one of the animation greats, a secret society open to Woody, buzz lightyear and the gang and our favourite little robot, WALL-E,even this had me in stitches, something that... happens very often with funny films.
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A very enjoyable movie, funny and interesting. The only problem is it may lull you to sleep during some parts but nevertheless a humorous and visual adventure.
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Incredibly CUTE! Love it (: (: (:
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I am very impressed with this. Pixar hasn't had the great success in the past couple of years that that i know it could have had. Pixar has so much potential and I really think that this was a great way to revive its dying image. The hype for this was not wasted. I really enjoyed… More
I am very impressed with this. Pixar hasn't had the great success in the past couple of years that that i know it could have had. Pixar has so much potential and I really think that this was a great way to revive its dying image. The hype for this was not wasted. I really enjoyed this and I highly recommend this film to anyone. What it offers should please any audience.
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Disney and Pixar deliver again!! Wall-E sir, keep rollin on dude.
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This movie is art in movement. An example that a great story doesn't need a dialogue, it's just about imagination and creative minds. Fantasitic. The music! 10 out of 10.
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WALL-E is a remarkable film that is very well made. Pixar has never made a single bad film in their history and they always come up with the best ideas for films. WALL-E is a simple, but grand film. What is truly unique with this film is that there is barely any dialogue and it… More
WALL-E is a remarkable film that is very well made. Pixar has never made a single bad film in their history and they always come up with the best ideas for films. WALL-E is a simple, but grand film. What is truly unique with this film is that there is barely any dialogue and it manages to be very engaging and entertaining. The special effects are as usual stunning and with every Pixar film, the story is excellent. Whats really remarkable with WALL-E is that the film barely uses any dialogue in telling its story. This film is brilliant and I love how Pixar was able to pull off something so simple, yet so good. The fact the film uses minimal dialogue and relies on two robotic main characters who make electronic sounds would be a challenge in making the film entertaining, but Pixar has that touch to make something uninteresting very appealing and fun. I had low expectations because of this, but once I saw how the film was done, and how everything else fell into place, I really enjoyed WALL-E.The film has some terrific computer animation, a charming story and atmosphere. The Pixar team have crafted a future classic with WALL-E. The film is perfect for the entire family. WALL-E is a remarkable film and is a fun and spectacular viewing experience. Another masterpiece from the dreamers at Pixar Studios.
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The Earth has been abandoned by the human race and a lone robot is left behind to tend this interplanetary garbage dump. I'm fully aware that I'm not the intended audience for this kind of thing, and I'm sure kids love the character of Wall-E. But for me, he is easily… More
The Earth has been abandoned by the human race and a lone robot is left behind to tend this interplanetary garbage dump. I'm fully aware that I'm not the intended audience for this kind of thing, and I'm sure kids love the character of Wall-E. But for me, he is easily the worst aspect of this film and brings nothing to the story but the usual weak slapstick and sappy sentimentality I've come to expect from cartoons. Not to mention the fact that whenever he's on the screen the dialogue is nothing but "Eva...?" Wall-E!" "EVA!" "WALL-E!!" etc etc ad nauseum. For this reason I very nearly didn't get past the first half an hour of this film as it contains nothing but. Once the story gets going however, it's quite an enjoyable little sci-fi fairytale involving a human race that has become a horde of bloated, shopping obsessed couch potatoes tended by an ever-present robotic bureaucracy, and the scenes in space are all pleasantly amusing. You certainly can't knock the animation and it has plenty of pretty images so as a whole it's all good, clean fun. Just as long as Wall-E isn't in it...
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Pixar manages to breathe a classic love story full of emotion into a sci fi epic about two little robots.
If there's anything to complain about it's that the first 15 minutes of tongueless storytelling was the best part of the film.
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Like I think most people who see it will agree, Wall-E is the most adorable robot to ever exist in motion picture history. Alone, this is worth a five star rating. However, the movie is such an incredibly complex and layered story that it's almost unbearable. This juggles social… More
Like I think most people who see it will agree, Wall-E is the most adorable robot to ever exist in motion picture history. Alone, this is worth a five star rating. However, the movie is such an incredibly complex and layered story that it's almost unbearable. This juggles social commentary, artificial intelligence, love, science fiction and so much more with little to no effort. I think it also happes to be without a doubt, the most mature feature that Pixar has released. I think the first twenty minutes of this movie is enough to classify it as a bonafide classic, but what it does beyond that point is even more worthy. This is extremely witty and socially aware without having to make corny jokes or pull at our emotions like a marionette. It's so well constructed and executed that it's almost impossible to not fall in love with this movie afterward.
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