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Up (2009)

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Average Rating: 8.6/10
Reviews Counted: 273
Fresh: 268 | Rotten: 5

Another masterful work of art from Pixar, Up is an exciting, hilarious, and heartfelt adventure impeccably crafted and told with wit and depth.

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Average Rating: 8.2/10
Critic Reviews: 40
Fresh: 38 | Rotten: 2

Another masterful work of art from Pixar, Up is an exciting, hilarious, and heartfelt adventure impeccably crafted and told with wit and depth.

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Average Rating: 3.5/5
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Movie Info

A feisty septuagenarian teams with a fearless wilderness ranger to do battle with a vicious band of beasts and villains in this computer-animated adventure scripted by Pixar veteran Bob Peterson and co-directed by Peterson and Monsters, Inc. director Peter Docter. Carl Fredricksen is a 78-year-old balloon salesman. His entire life, Carl has longed to wander the wilds of South America. Then, one day, the irascible senior citizen shocks his neighbors by tying thousands of balloons to his home and

Nov 10, 2009

$293.0M

Walt Disney Pictures

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All Critics (273) | Top Critics (40) | Fresh (277) | Rotten (5) | DVD (20)

Funny and poignant and full of life, Up easily qualifies as one of the best movies of the year so far. Go with someone you care about.

July 6, 2010 Full Review Source: CNN.com | Comment
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The movie is packed with lovely jokes, some of them funny in inexplicable ways.

June 1, 2009 Full Review Source: New Yorker | Comment
New Yorker
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The key to Pixar's success has always been the perfect blend of heart and humor -- and they've certainly done it again here.

June 1, 2009 Full Review Source: At the Movies | Comment
At the Movies
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This is really special.

June 1, 2009 Full Review Source: At the Movies | Comment
At the Movies
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An exquisite work of cinematic art that also happens to be the funniest, most touching, most exciting and most entertaining movie released so far this year.

May 29, 2009 Full Review Source: New York Post | Comment
New York Post
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Its charms appear to have been applied with surgical precision; by the end, I felt expertly sutured, but not much else.

Salon.com
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As corny as it sounds, Up soars to new animation heights.

February 11, 2012 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comment
Movie Metropolis

No matter how you look at it, through the innocent eyes of a child or the wider, wiser worldview of an adult, the bright, buoyant Up brims with imagination, adventure, humor and heart.

September 29, 2011 Full Review Source: American Profile | Comment

The most successful moments use screenwriter Peterson's rapid-fire witty dialogue and sight gags.

August 26, 2011 Full Review Source: East Bay Express | Comment
East Bay Express

Everything else is up to the studio's usual standard, blending gorgeous and imaginative (but never gimmicky) animation with zippy storytelling, heartfelt sadness and laughs.

April 16, 2011 Full Review Source: Florida Times-Union | Comment
Florida Times-Union

You never know what you're going to get with this sort of thing, if people will sit on their laurels and bask in the concept or go to the effort of working out a compelling story. Luckily the folks at Pixar aren't known for taking the easy way out.

March 21, 2011 Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net | Comment
ComingSoon.net

...an animated masterpiece...

January 16, 2011 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | Comment
Reel Film Reviews

Adventure is about escaping death's closure, but it's also about clinging to life's openness - letting one escapade's end evolve into something new. "Up" is a tremendously affecting story of indomitable love, infectious spirit and embraced possibilities.

November 12, 2010 Full Review Source: Suite101.com | Comment
Suite101.com

Has there ever been a bolder moment in a children's film than one in which the lead character essentially sets off on his final journey into the heavens?

October 27, 2010 Full Review Source: Quickflix | Comment

A vibrantly bubbly exploration of how life's great adventures can stem from death's gloomy depths

July 6, 2010 Full Review Source: Matt's Movie Reviews | Comment
Matt's Movie Reviews

The first from Pixar to be filmed in Disney Digital 3-D, Up looks and sounds great. The script is charming, touching and altogether delightful; the voice talent perfectly suited to the characters.

July 6, 2010 Full Review Source: San Diego Metropolitan | Comment
San Diego Metropolitan

Disney/Pixar's Up is a triumphant masterstroke for the studio and their Teflon reputation.

July 6, 2010 Full Review Source: Dark Horizons | Comment
Dark Horizons

Up has much to offer kids but more to offer adults. We're so entertained we don't realize we're exploring tough questions. How faithful are we in the promises we make?

May 11, 2010 Full Review Source: Looking Closer | Comment
Looking Closer

Don't be surprised if Up is sitting pretty atop our top 10 films of the year list come the New Year.

April 15, 2010 Full Review Source: Fan The Fire | Comment
Fan The Fire

A near-masterpiece.

March 6, 2010 Full Review Source: Projection Booth | Comments (3)
Projection Booth

Once the balloons make their grand, eye-popping entrance in a kaleidoscope of color and texture, the film becomes chaotic and silly, and coasts downhill for the remainder.

January 6, 2010 Full Review Source: Bangitout.com | Comments (6)
Bangitout.com

One of the best home video releases of 2009

December 31, 2009 Full Review Source: Orange County and Long Beach Blade | Comment
Orange County and Long Beach Blade

One of Pixar's most emotionally satisfying creations.

December 28, 2009 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | Comment
Apollo Guide
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Audience Reviews for Up

A fun and very well uplifting film lol.

November 12, 2009
jmanard52

Super Reviewer

Certainly not the greatest thing Pixar has ever done, but "Up" is a fine, fine film nonetheless. Though the first twenty-five or so minutes are absolutely beautiful, when the house went "Up," my interest level went down. I just didn't find the actual intrigue of the plot all that fascinating. However, after the climax

July 30, 2010
rjayhutchinson

Super Reviewer

    1. Dug: Squirrel!
    – Submitted by Josiah J (7 days ago)
    1. Dug: Hey, I know a joke, a squirrel walks up to a tree and says: 'I forgot to store acorns for winter and now I'm dead', It's funny because the squirrel is dead!
    – Submitted by Alonso A (25 days ago)
    1. Russell: You were talking to a rock. Hey! That one looks like a turtle. And that one looks like a dog!
    2. Russell: WOAH! It is a dog!
    3. Carl Fredricksen: We have your dog!
    4. Russell: We're not allowed to have dogs in my apartment Mr. Fredricksen...hey. I like dogs!
    5. Carl Fredricksen: I wonder who he belongs to.
    6. Russell: Sit! Hey look! He's trained! Shake! Uh huh...speak!
    7. Dug: Hi there.
    – Submitted by Declan R (43 days ago)
    1. Beta: Scream all you want, Small Mailman.
    2. Gamma: None of your mailman friends can hear you.
    – Submitted by Declan R (43 days ago)
    1. Russell: Tents are hard...
    – Submitted by Suzanne T (52 days ago)

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Foreign Titles

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