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11/12/09
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Reviews Counted:244
Fresh:238
Rotten:6
Average Rating:8.6/10
Consensus: Another masterful work of art from Pixar, Up is an exciting, hilarious, and heartfelt adventure impeccably crafted and told with wit and depth.
Theatrical Release:May 29, 2009 Wide
Box Office: $292,979,556
Synopsis: From Disney•Pixar comes Up, a comedy adventure about 78-year-old balloon salesman Carl Fredricksen, who finally fulfills his lifelong dream of a great adventure when he ties thousands of balloons... [More]
Starring: Ed Asner, Jordan Nagai, Christopher Plummer, John Ratzenberger
Director: Pete Docter
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Reviews for Up
Up delivers a half hour of pure cinematic magic, followed by the rest of the film which is merely very good.
11/10/09
Do you like hearing kids screaming and parents rushing their children out of the theater never to return? Me too.
11/09/09
A hugely enjoyable work, whose care, craftsmanship and creative courage are rarely found in mainstream films — animated or otherwise.
10/16/09
One of its best: touching, funny and graphically exciting.
10/16/09
If it had lived up to its golden first five minutes, Up would have been the film of the decade. As it is, it remains the best animated flick of 2009, a funny, moving, beautifully made argument that dreamers can move mountains.
10/09/09
The creative leadership of the Pixar team restores clarity, simplicity, and courage to storytelling, establishing a daunting gold standard for family films.
10/09/09
Visually, Up is breathless perfection, a dream ride of vivid colour and wit. It also has emotional depth. Carl's sense of failed purpose is felt: indeed he and Muntz are both, for different reasons, seeking fulfilment.
10/09/09
What’s so impressive about Up is that the film-makers never lose sight of their adult concerns.
10/09/09
Another original, boundary pushing story. It’s not quite Nemo, but it will have you shouting ‘Squirrel!’ at every opportunity.
10/09/09
Another buoyant and life-affirming Pixar yarn. How do they keep on doing it?
10/09/09
Uplifting, upstaging and uproarious, this beautifully crafted animated adventure is buoyed up to the heavens by a heart-gladdening story of genuine warmth and poignancy.
10/09/09
A coming-of-old-age story that breaks the heart, tickles the funny bone and fires the imagination, Up is a captivating, exuberant delight. And did we mention it contains The Greatest Moment In Movie Animation? Oh.
10/09/09
Pixar's most commercially daring and most fanciful film to date.
10/09/09
The humour gets weirder as it goes on and it’s among the lightest of Pixar’s films, but the first 20 minutes offer the saddest, most poignant sequence seen in an animation film since Bambi’s mother died.
10/09/09
Pixar's tenth film is one of the most uplifting ever made. It's an instant classic and one of those rare movies which will appeal to all ages and intellects. It has heart and intelligence, beauty and excitement, plus loads and loads of imagination.
10/09/09
So expertly put together, so beautifully written and filled with such brilliant and believable characters, it's no exaggeration to say we're in the throes of a golden age of animation not seen since Disney's heyday from the 1930s to the 1950s.
10/09/09
Up is quite wonderful entertainment blending moving moments with action-packed sequences and comedy. Buoyant and beautiful, it is a movie must.
10/09/09
Not only the best kids movie of the year but one of best movies of 2009.
10/09/09
Everything Up does with quiet, time-bestriding imagination is a triumph.
10/09/09
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September 07, 2009:
Pixar directors honoured at Venice Film Festival 
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June 18, 2009:
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June 07, 2009:
Box Office Wrapup: The Hangover edges out Up for top spot
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