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WALL-E
Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios


9.0

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MPAA RATING: G

Starring Fred Willard, Jeff Garlin, Sigourney Weaver, John Ratzenberger, and Kathy Najimy

What if mankind had to leave Earth, and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off? After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, Wall-E discovers a new purpose in life 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. 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. (Walt Disney Pictures)

GENRE(S):	Animation \| Comedy \| Family/Kids \| Romance \| Sci-fi
WRITTEN BY:	Jim Capobianco (titles) Andrew Stanton
DIRECTED BY:	Andrew Stanton
RELEASE DATE:	Theatrical: June 27, 2008
RUNNING TIME:	103 minutes, Color
ORIGIN:	USA

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

100

Village Voice Robert Wilonsky

A film that's both breathtakingly majestic and heartbreakingly intimate.

100

The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt

The visual design of Wall-E is arguably Pixar's best. Stanton, who wrote the script with Jim Reardon from a story he concocted with Peter Docter, creates two fantastically imaginative, breathtakingly lit worlds.

100

Chicago Tribune Michael Phillips

While I may argue with the little guy's taste in musicals, it's remarkable to see any film, in any genre, blend honest sentiment with genuine wit and a visual landscape unlike any other.

100

New York Post Lou Lumenick

A charming, hilarious robot love story aimed at the entire family.

100

USA Today Claudia Puig

At once futuristic, funny and fantastical.

100

Washington Post John Anderson

The idea that a company in the business of mainstream entertainment would make something as creative, substantial and cautionary as WALL-E has to raise your hopes for humanity.

100

The Onion (A.V. Club) Tasha Robinson

It's Pixar's most daring experiment to date, but it still fits neatly into the studio's pantheon: Made with as much focus on heart as on visual quality, it's a sheer joy.

100

Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

It whisks you to another world, then makes it every inch our own.

100

Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern

The first half hour of WALL-E is essentially wordless, and left me speechless. This magnificent animated feature from Pixar starts on such a high plane of aspiration, and achievement, that you wonder whether the wonder can be sustained. But yes, it can.

100

TV Guide Ken Fox

It can hardly be called a children's film, but a masterpiece of feature-film animation for all ages.

100

Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez

This is a beautiful movie.

100

Baltimore Sun Michael Sragow

The movie does work, spectacularly.

100

Boston Globe Ty Burr

The best American film of the year to date.

100

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Liam Lacey

Mixing Chaplinesque delicacy with the architectural grandeur of a Stanley Kubrick film, director Andrew Stanton recycles film history and makes something fresh and accessible from it without pandering to a young audience.

100

Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan

Daring and traditional, groundbreaking and familiar, apocalyptic and sentimental, Wall-E gains strength from embracing contradictions that would destroy other films.

100

Time Richard Corliss

It works; this is Pixar's most enthralling entertainment since "Nemo."

100

Newsweek David Ansen

Once again, the Pixar wizards have pushed the animation envelope in unexpected directions and come up with a winner. Wondrously inventive, funny and poignant, WALL*E is part sci-fi adventure, part cautionary fable, part satire and part love story, which may be the best and most improbable part of all.

100

Rolling Stone Peter Travers

You leave WALL-E with a feeling of the rarest kind: that you've just enjoyed a close encounter with an enduring classic.

100

New York Magazine David Edelstein

The new Pixar picture Wall-E is one for the ages, a masterpiece to be savored before or after the end of the world.

100

Empire Olly Richards

To call WALL•E Pixar's best film would potentially denigrate films that deserve no scorn. But this is their most ambitious undertaking since "Toy Story" and storytelling of such charm and visual wit that it can stand proudly alongside the studio’s best. Absolute heaven.

Christian Science Monitor Peter Rainer

The story line for WALL-E is probably too convoluted for small kids, and sometimes it suffers from techie overload, but it's more heartfelt than anything on the screens these days featuring humans.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker

A charmer of a film and a delightful piece of storytelling.

NPR Bob Mondello

The first hour of Wall-E is a crazily inventive, deliriously engaging and almost wordless silent comedy of the sort that Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton used to make.

The New Yorker David Denby

Apparently, the movie has caused annoyance in some quarters because it criticizes the American way of life. This it does, and with suavity and supreme good humor. 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.

Film Threat Pete Vonder Haar

A thoroughly enjoyable film, and ranks with Pixar's best.

The New York Times A.O. Scott

The first 40 minutes or so of Wall-E -- in which barely any dialogue is spoken, and almost no human figures appear on screen -- is a cinematic poem of such wit and beauty that its darker implications may take a while to sink in.

Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov

This is Pixar's finest and most emotionally powerful film yet, and it draws on a wealth of cinematic resources that run the gamut from Chaplin's best to Buster Keaton, Jacques Tati, and even Martin and Lewis.

Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman

A potent environmental message wrapped up in an irresistibly cute romance between robots.

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

Succeeds at being three things at once: an enthralling animated film, a visual wonderment and a decent science-fiction story.

ReelViews James Berardinelli

Put simply, WALL-E is about as charming as movies get.

Portland Oregonian Shawn Levy

It's a justifiably G-rated film, but parents may have some 'splainin' to do.

New York Daily News Joe Neumaier

Rotates around a rusty little robotic hero who's built, as the movie is, with such emotion, brains and humor that whole universes exist in his whirring tones and binocular eyes.

Chicago Reader Andrea Gronvall

The movie's first half is largely free of dialogue, playing like silent comedy, while the second act offers a breathtaking tour of the cosmos.

Variety Todd McCarthy

Walks a fine line between the rarefied and the immediately accessible as it explores new territory for animation, yet remains sufficiently crowd-pleasing.

Slate Dana Stevens

Wall-E is an improbable delight, a G-rated crowd-pleaser.

Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea

With rich, detailed, cinematic animation and terrific sound effects, WALLE pulls this unlikely love story off.

Premiere Jenni Miller

When it works, it really works, but it's debatable whether its target audience will really enjoy anything more than the nifty robots. Which is fine, too. Robots are pretty cool.

San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle

In the moment, it's intermittently transcendent, heartrending and beautiful ... and busy, repetitious and boring.

Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek

The picture feels weirdly, and disappointingly, disjointed, something that starts out as poetry and ends as product.

The average user rating for this movie is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 946 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

CS W. gave it a10:
A little gem of a film that makes you believe there is hope for humankind--exemplified best by a robot. Pixar has done it again.

Mizetto S gave it a0:
it was a horribly boring movie. There was virtually no plot, no depth and nothing really happened either. The characters are shallow. The visuals were nice in the first 5 minutes, but then nothing interesting and new came up. Those who've seen asian CG Animation know what real virtual beauty looks like. I feel betrayed by the positive reviews. I went with two friends and we all agreed it was one of the most boring movies we'd ever seen.

Jimmy L gave it a10:
An Excellent movie! Heatwarming and touching than most recent live action movies in recent memory. As a matter of fact, it's as touching a love story in the history of cinema, and that's saying something since its ANIMATED ROBOTS. Those who say it didn't touch them are in all likelihood just a bunch of Disney haters that went in with the sole purpose of nitpicking the movie to death (Newsflash to these people: you can pretty much nitpick any movie in film history and find flaws if you're that kind of moviegoer). I for one am not the biggest Disney Fan, but I manage to set that aside and evaluate films as it is, and this film is simply magnificent! If you open up as you watch this movie, it will captivate you. If you sit there and be a hard ass and stuff, then you'll leave cold and that is more of a testament to YOU rather than the film. This film is a classic that will be remembered and cherished forever.

Jerry S. gave it a5:
After reading all the positive reviews on MC, as well as rave review from Filmspotting, this is one of my highly expected films of 2008. Sadly, after watching it with my 14-year old son, we were both sorely disappointed. The plot seems predictable, may be even generic, it that what the critics meant when they say "it will withstand the test of time..."? Two thumbs down!

Tommy J gave it a2:
Are you kidding me with these scores? Do you guys want a snippet of the movie? Well here it is: eeeevvaaaa...waaaallleeeee...eeeevvaaaa...wallleeeee. I agree that artistically this movie is off the charts, however, it is boring and drawn out. I went with my wife and 2 kids and we all fell asleep at one time or another during the film. Am I the only person in America who didn't like this movie?

Pluto V gave it a10:
An amazing film, an amalgama of silent cinema of the early 1900 with a twist of the New millennium plus it puts you into thinking and makes fun of the overconsuming world we re living in, especially in the USA. Promotion of "apple products" through the movie (see ipod and EVA's design) doesn't gives me any hard feelings. Believe one of the classics already!

Lance k. gave it a5:
It is a brilliant piece of artwork that is too long and tries too hard. Like soooo many Hollywood movies, the characters' charm gets lost in multiple, frenetic chase scenes. Two-thirds of the way through, I forget who is chasing whom to find what where and get away to what.....and more, I don't care because no one has engaged each other as characters for quite a while. And while it sounds strange to say this about an animated film, the chemistry between the leads was missing. What did sweet WALL-e see in HER? The first 40 minutes would make a brilliant, strangely touching and surreal short. The rest was mostly a yawn. Toy Story 2 and Finding Nemo are much more humane and worth keeping.

WALL-E Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios

WALL-E
Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios