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WALL-E (2008)
Rated: G
Theatrical Release: Jun 27, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $182,732,709
Synopsis:
What if mankind had to leave Earth, and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off?
Academy Award®-winning writer-director Andrew Stanton (“Finding Nemo”) and the inventive storytellers and technical geniuses at Pixar Animation Studios (“The Incredibles,” “Cars,”...
What if mankind had to leave Earth, and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off?
Academy Award®-winning writer-director Andrew Stanton (“Finding Nemo”) and the inventive storytellers and technical geniuses at Pixar Animation Studios (“The Incredibles,” “Cars,” “Ratatouille”) transport moviegoers to a galaxy not so very far away for a new computer-animated cosmic comedy about a determined robot named WALL•E.
After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, WALL•E (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) discovers a new purpose in life (besides collecting knick-knacks) when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALL•E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet’s future, and races back to space to report her findings to the humans (who have been eagerly awaiting word that it is safe to return home). Meanwhile, WALL•E chases EVE across the galaxy and sets into motion one of the most exciting and imaginative comedy adventures ever brought to the big screen.
Joining WALL•E on his fantastic journey across a universe of never-before-imagined visions of the future, is a hilarious cast of characters including a pet cockroach, and a heroic team of malfunctioning misfit robots.
Filled with surprises, action, humor and heart, WALL•E was written and directed by Andrew Stanton, produced by Jim Morris, co-produced by Lindsey Collins and features original and innovative sound design by Academy Award®-winner Ben Burtt (“Star Wars,” “Indiana Jones,” “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial”). The film is due for release on June 27, 2008.
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Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Fred Willard, Jeff Garlin, Ben Burtt, Sigourney Weaver, John Ratzenberger
Producer: Jim Morris
Screenwriter: Andrew Stanton
Producer: Jim Morris
Composer: Thomas Newman
Reviews
One of the most imaginatively made and individual pieces of work that the audacious Pixar has developed.
Praise Pixar for trying to raise the stakes, but the longer the film goes on the more one appreciates the impact of that amazing first half-hour.
It's probably not right for a greying moviegoer to love a robot, but each R2D2-type beep, rattle and eye roll makes him even more irresistible.
Oddly, the humans have a lot less personality than the machines and the more time we spend in their company, the less fun the film becomes.
It is indeed a hard movie to explain, but a good story told well transcends any age even without words.
The wit, invention and sheer charm of WALL-E will win over anyone with a heart. And maybe, given long enough, even those without.
The confidence and skill with which Stanton's team have extended the parameters of their art form are amazing.
Does Andrew Stanton's film amount to much more than a brilliant aesthetic exercise? I'm not convinced it does.
For once, the artful nods to Huxley, Kubrick and Philip K. Dick are not the preserve of trainspotters.
Another in the long line of Pixar classics -- beautiful, energetic, intelligent, satirical, crammed full of gorgeous design, and genuinely heartwarming.
It's unlikely Mr Bean inspired this tale yet there's a resemblance. WALL.E is for the most part a silent comedy dependent on ingenious sight gags.
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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