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Year: 2009

Grade: C

Country: USA

Director: Docter/Peterson

Review

another overrated pixar production if you ask me. i wasn’t a huge fan of films like the incredibles and toy story and everything in between. wall-e was solid, but a machine was the main character, not a human so i found it better in their animated world. i think my major problem with their stuff is that it’s too sweet and clever. this is a delightful film that hits all the right notes, and is worse because of it. 90% of the characterization occurs in one montage (which ben mankiewicz called one of the best in all of film history). it was a nice start, but i didn’t think the film ever got any better than that one 3 minute stretch. too cutesy. watched it in 3d which was nice enough, but not worth the hype or extra money. i feel real comfortable recommending this film to everyone i know because i’m sure they’ll all love it, but i didn’t like it. what does that say about me? .

Watched in theater    Watched on TV