WALL-E (2008)

96% of critics liked it
(233 reviews)
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(487,190 ratings)

Disney and Pixar join forces for this computer-animated tale about a wide-eyed robot who travels to the deepest reaches of outer space in search of a newfound friend. The year is 2700, and planet Earth has long been uninhabitable. For hundreds of years, WALL-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter… More Disney and Pixar join forces for this computer-animated tale about a wide-eyed robot who travels to the deepest reaches of outer space in search of a newfound friend. The year is 2700, and planet Earth has long been uninhabitable. For hundreds of years, WALL-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) has been taking out the trash, and collecting precious knick-knacks in order to stave off the boredom of his dreary routine. Little does WALL-E realize that he has recently stumbled onto a secret that could save planet Earth, and once again make the ravaged planet safe for all humankind. When highly advanced search robot EVE makes friends with WALL-E and realizes the value of his remarkable discovery, she excitedly races back to let the humans know that there's hope for their home planet after all. But after centuries alone in space, WALL-E can't stand the thought of losing the only friend he's ever known, and eagerly follows her into the deepest reaches of space on the adventure of a lifetime. Along the way, the friendly trash-collecting robot who has always known what he was made for gradually begins to understand what he was meant for. Finding Nemo director Andrew Stanton returns to the helm for this family-friendly sci-fi adventure featuring the voices of Fred Willard, Jeff Garlin, and Ben Burtt. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: G, 1 hr. 37 min.
Directed By: Andrew Stanton
Written By: Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon
Genres: Action & Adventure, Animation, Science Fiction & Fantasy

In Theaters: Jun 25, 2008 Wide
On DVD: Nov 18, 2008
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures

Critic Reviews

Tom Charity, CNN.com
The most consistent production unit in Hollywood just hit another home run.
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.
David Ansen, Newsweek
You'd have to be a machine for your heart not to melt.
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.
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.
Christopher Orr, New Republic
It is a story about love and loneliness, perseverance and triumph, the possibilities and pitfalls of human existence. That this story is told by way of the exploits of a tiny, faceless robot only makes it more extraordinary.
Ben Kenigsberg, Time Out Chicago
WALL-E sparks with genuine creativity.
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.
Simon Reynolds, Digital Spy
It's a breathtaking, inspirational film, transcending the medium of animation and blossoming into a genuinely magnificent piece of cinema.
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...
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.
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.
Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion
Captivating
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.
Louis Proyect, rec.arts.movies.reviews
Vastly overrated movie with all the charm of two vacuum cleaners making love.
Fr. Chris Carpenter, Orange County and Long Beach Blade
Disney-Pixar's greatest film yet; one of the ten best movies of 2008
Chris Bumbray, JoBlo's Movie Emporium
Ladies and gentlemen: believe the buzz! WALL-E is a bona-fide, all out masterpiece.
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
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 (...)
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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Phil H

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 :)
Alexander D

A sci-fi Disney/PIXAR animation with one of the most important messages a film can have.
Directors C

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.
Wahida K

The moment I saw this small guy he totally stole my attention. I really enjoyed this Movie so much
Brad W

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.
Scott G

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.
Sanjay R

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.
Cassie H

Incredibly CUTE! Love it (: (: (:
John H

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.
Eric A

Disney and Pixar deliver again!! Wall-E sir, keep rollin on dude.
Josh L

Beautiful animation, charming characters, great story, and plenty of laughs. I thought it dragged a bit in the middle, but it is still a great movie.
Sergio G

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.
Jeff "

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.
xGary X

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...
Drake T

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.
Conner R

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.
Jacob E

This is one of my favorite Pixar films, definitely in my top 5 from the studio. Why? If you can make me care about not one, but two characters that can't speak actual dialogue AND form a convincing romance at the same time against a sci-fi background, you have accomplished great… More
This is one of my favorite Pixar films, definitely in my top 5 from the studio. Why? If you can make me care about not one, but two characters that can't speak actual dialogue AND form a convincing romance at the same time against a sci-fi background, you have accomplished great things. Some of the themes of eco-friendliness are preached just a bit too much, but it doesn't hurt the film. If you don't fall in love WALL-E and EVE, you have no soul and that is that.
Jameson W

In the world of animated films, WALL-E is a standout film. Although not one of my favorite animated features, I cannot deny what a landmark film it is. Animated films are now beginning to be more emotional and as deep as live film movies. WALL-E is a great example of the bright future… More
In the world of animated films, WALL-E is a standout film. Although not one of my favorite animated features, I cannot deny what a landmark film it is. Animated films are now beginning to be more emotional and as deep as live film movies. WALL-E is a great example of the bright future for this genre of film. Not only does this film have brilliant music, effects, sound, editing, characters...it also delivers a thought provoking message about what our life and technology could become, exagerated of course, in the future. Any film that can express such a message in the undertones of a child movie, deserves praise. WALL-E is a brilliant film! Pixar has yet to disappoint!
Candy R

Brilliant animation about the last robot on earth, left to clean up our rubbish. A robot comes from outer space to find life on earth. Wall.E falls in love with this robot Eve and stows away into outer space to be with her. Sweet movie.
Sophie B

A wonderful and exciting film which captures people of all ages. Even without dialogue for the first bit of the film you can still follow the action of Wall-E and learn about him and become his best friend. A lovely sweet film that can be watched again and again.