WALL-E

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WALL-E

G

2008

1h 37m

Kids & Family

Adventure

Sci-Fi

Comedy

Animation

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WALL-E, short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-class, is the last robot left on Earth. He spends his days tidying up the planet, one piece of garbage at a time. But during 700 years, WALL-E has developed a personality, and he's more than a little lonely. Then he spots EVE, a sleek and shapely probe sent back to Earth on a scanning mission. Smitten WALL-E embarks on an adventure when he follows EVE across the galaxy.

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Wall-E's stellar visuals testify once again to Pixar's ingenuity, while its charming star will captivate younger viewers -- and its timely story offers thought-provoking subtext.

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Adam Nayman

The Ringer

Jun 17, 2022

The tale of a trash compactor from the future who's desperate for connection isn't just one of Pixar's unlikeliest successes, but its most arresting and prescient.

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Deborah Ross

The Spectator

Aug 23, 2018

Much of the film is wonderfully imagined, and there is something utterly winning about this tin can topped with binoculars... It's just a shame that, at the end, it trips itself up with its own SENTIMENTALITE.

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Glenn Kenny

MUBI

Dec 13, 2017

Although Wall-E ends with a very apt and moving nod to City Lights, it is in fact Pixar's answer to Modern Times-both a bravura summation of everything the studio is great at and a "You ain't seen nothing yet!" statement of purpose.

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Eve Tushnet

Patheos

Oct 21, 2022

Clever and endearing. I would not call this essential viewing but I enjoyed it more than I expected.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Feb 14, 2022

4/4

WALLE stands as the studios crowning achievement.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Nov 28, 2020

9/10

Gorgeous visuals, unmatched animation, and wondrously moving scenarios mask a relatively simple story of love.

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3midare 4

@3midare 7 hrs ago

The epilogue shown during the end credits is disappointing. While it depicts the process of humans returning to Earth and rebuilding civilization, there is no sense of the 700 years of history that preceded it; more importantly, the murals show no trace of a new history forged through coexistence with the robots—the very stars of the film—suggesting a thoughtless sequence that simply repeats the past. It feels like an unnecessary, crass addition that would have been better left out.

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Robert P

@Superbad 1 day ago

Wall-E is a 5 Star Movie...

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Abs B

@Abs_B 2 days ago

Love this! Lets hope this is Not our future, but wow this really does hit your heart.

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Derick C

@RT27486417 Sep 4, 2026

My childhood wanting the sequel

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Michael H

@RT39583935 Sep 2, 2026

Honestly this is one of if not my favorite Pixar movies and animated movies of all time

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TheFilmCritics

@TheFilmCritics Aug 29, 2026

Somehow, WALL·E makes a nearly silent garbage-compacting robot utterly irresistible. Pixar’s visual storytelling is at its finest in the film’s opening stretch, where expressive animation, inventive sound design, and WALL·E’s tender bond with EVE create remarkable emotional depth without relying on dialogue. Its ecological satire is equally sharp, turning a trash-covered Earth and screen-obsessed humanity into a quietly unsettling warning, while Roger Deakins’ visual influence and Thomas Newman’s score give the film unusual cinematic beauty. The second half loses some of that intimate magic, settling into more conventional action, and several supporting characters feel underdeveloped. Yet WALL·E’s warmth, wit, romance, and confidence in visual storytelling make it an unusually thoughtful family film—one that entertains while gently asking what we sacrifice when convenience replaces curiosity.

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WALL-E, short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-class, is the last robot left on Earth. He spends his days tidying up the planet, one piece of garbage at a time. But during 700 years, WALL-E has developed a personality, and he's more than a little lonely. Then he spots EVE, a sleek and shapely probe sent back to Earth on a scanning mission. Smitten WALL-E embarks on an adventure when he follows EVE across the galaxy.

Director: Andrew Stanton
Producer: Jim Morris
Screenwriter: Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon
Distributor: Walt Disney, Pixar Animation Studios
Production Co: Pixar Animation Studios
Rating: G
Genre: Kids & Family, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 27, 2008, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2014
Runtime: 1h 37m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS

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