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WALL-E Reviews

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The year is 2700 and the Earth is polluted, barren and exhausted. Wall-E is the last of a group of clean-up robots, sent to restore the Earth by lifting and compressing the endless quantities of rubbish left behind by a human race that has withdrawn to the safety of space. Wall-E spends every day doing what he was made for .. Read more

Starring Fred Willard, Jeff Garlin, Ben Burtt
Director Andrew Stanton
Genres Animated, Audio Descriptive, Children, Family, Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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  • Critics' reviews (2) of WALL-E

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  • Pixar is back and this time they've got a 78-year-old widower as the hero... read more »

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    • Tom Charity, 
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  • 5 stars out of

    Humans land a raw deal when it comes to animations. We upright, two-legged creatures regularly have to give way to the... read more on Time Out

    • Dave Calhoun, 
    • Time Out
  • Most helpful members' reviews (3) of WALL-E

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  • 203 out of 205 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Directive Completed - Mission Successful!

    Let's get it out of the way then: Wall-E is absolutely wonderful. Forget the 'Short Circuit' and 'ET' referencing. Go and watch this film and see it for what it is: something unique.

    So Wall-E has finally arrived, after much hype and after having been in the Pixar pipeline since they first set out on their animation adventures. Always sceptical of 'the next big thing', I was surprised to find myself quite willingly swept up (ahem...) by this unconventionally cute waste disposal robot's tidal preliminaries.

    And this is where Pixar get there first lot of brownie points from me. In Wall-E they have created this adorable character, yet the film does by no means rely on 'cute' or 'giggle' factor. Do not get me wrong, there are laughs, chuckles, sighs, sniggers, and aww's galore. This, however, is in my opinion the least 'kiddy' movie Pixar have yet produced.

    The opening scenes are awe inspiring and set the tone. Earth is totally mounted in waste, desolate and abandoned- a Dystopia. Sweeping glides over an American futuristic city show only piles and piles of garbage, in places cubed and stacked up by the only moving thing in sight: Wall-E. Look closer and you get to meet his little sidekick, a cockroach that follows Wall-E around and lives with him. Yes, it is adorable, watching a robot pile up tons of our left over rubbish (human kind has long since escaped the planet), but taking the time to collect a few souvenirs (Rubik's cube, plastic spoons, video tapes of old fashioned musical movies). But with Wall-E switching on in the mornings, grumpy and sleepy before he goes to work, he is so very human like and yet not- down to the fact that he appreciates the 'little things' and is a true romantic.

    Enter Eve, the 'female' Robot sent to Earth on a 'secrete directive'- and Wall-E's love object to be.

    What follows is a blend of an estranged love story and rescue mission, any further details might spoil the story, so I will behave.

    The ingredients that will make Wall-E superior to other Pixar movies (and indeed films in general) are the absence of dialogue for a major part of the film. Clicks, whirls, electronic words maybe, but no snappy one-liners to keep you on board. Just a visual fest and details that are masterful and a characterisation of Wall-E and Eve that is so touching in places, it will melt even the biggest cynic.

    When the humans do enter, they are all but props- and just another reminder of the question: Is this what you want your future to be like?

    Wall-E is a masterpiece and deserves all the credit it will get.

    SEE THIS IF YOU LIKED

    * Toy Story

    * 2001 A Space Odyssee

    * Finding Nemo

  • 109 out of 129 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

    Numbs mind & bum in equal measure

    Boring, preachy, over hyped, over long, dull, irritating, dreary.

    How long are you prepared to watch one tin can gaze meaningfully into the eyes of another tin can?

      • A customer from 2nd row from the back, Lincolnshire
  • 59 out of 67 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    wall.e

    the trailer to wall.e was really good but could be better by making it different to other cartoon film's . Evening so i can't wait to watch wall.e

      • A customer from Chatham
  • Most recent members' reviews (2) of WALL-E

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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    fab!!!

    This film was excellent! considering the main characters don't really speak the film keeps you with the story all the way . The 6yr old children we took to see this loved it so did the adults! Great story and love-able robots look out for the cleaning one on the space ship!

      • Filmfan from Bucks
  • 7 out of 8 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Oodles and oodles of Pathos

    The three stars are for the animation,which as usual with Disney/Pixar is peerless.The three stars are also for the first half of the film,where the depiction of a lone rubbish collecting robot on a desolate future Earth is both haunting and sombre. The three stars are not for the second half of the film,which for me was a cringe-inducing,wet hankerchief of forced pathos and sentimentality, by the end I was wondering if this could possibly be the same company who brought us Toy Story1/2,The Incredibles,

    Finding Nemo etc,etc. Because although this a Disney/Pixar co-production,I see more old style Walt Disney cheese than the usual cutting edge Pixar.The gushing reviews this film has received have baffled me,did I see the same movie? Everything is building nicely until Wall-E and his new robot friend Eve set foot onto a spaceship,before this no character has any dialogue. Maybe thats the problem,the script,and therefore the plot.because what starts out as a poignant,Twilight Zone style fable winds up being crass arcade game style tat. The 'Robinson Crusoe' style opening is worth the entrance fee alone,it's

    just a shame the rest of the film falls away so badly.

      • citizenk from London
  • 203 out of 205 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Directive Completed - Mission Successful!

    Let's get it out of the way then: Wall-E is absolutely wonderful. Forget the 'Short Circuit' and 'ET' referencing. Go and watch this film and see it for what it is: something unique.

    So Wall-E has finally arrived, after much hype and after having been in the Pixar pipeline since they first set out on their animation adventures. Always sceptical of 'the next big thing', I was surprised to find myself quite willingly swept up (ahem...) by this unconventionally cute waste disposal robot's tidal preliminaries.

    And this is where Pixar get there first lot of brownie points from me. In Wall-E they have created this adorable character, yet the film does by no means rely on 'cute' or 'giggle' factor. Do not get me wrong, there are laughs, chuckles, sighs, sniggers, and aww's galore. This, however, is in my opinion the least 'kiddy' movie Pixar have yet produced.

    The opening scenes are awe inspiring and set the tone. Earth is totally mounted in waste, desolate and abandoned- a Dystopia. Sweeping glides over an American futuristic city show only piles and piles of garbage, in places cubed and stacked up by the only moving thing in sight: Wall-E. Look closer and you get to meet his little sidekick, a cockroach that follows Wall-E around and lives with him. Yes, it is adorable, watching a robot pile up tons of our left over rubbish (human kind has long since escaped the planet), but taking the time to collect a few souvenirs (Rubik's cube, plastic spoons, video tapes of old fashioned musical movies). But with Wall-E switching on in the mornings, grumpy and sleepy before he goes to work, he is so very human like and yet not- down to the fact that he appreciates the 'little things' and is a true romantic.

    Enter Eve, the 'female' Robot sent to Earth on a 'secrete directive'- and Wall-E's love object to be.

    What follows is a blend of an estranged love story and rescue mission, any further details might spoil the story, so I will behave.

    The ingredients that will make Wall-E superior to other Pixar movies (and indeed films in general) are the absence of dialogue for a major part of the film. Clicks, whirls, electronic words maybe, but no snappy one-liners to keep you on board. Just a visual fest and details that are masterful and a characterisation of Wall-E and Eve that is so touching in places, it will melt even the biggest cynic.

    When the humans do enter, they are all but props- and just another reminder of the question: Is this what you want your future to be like?

    Wall-E is a masterpiece and deserves all the credit it will get.

    SEE THIS IF YOU LIKED

    * Toy Story

    * 2001 A Space Odyssee

    * Finding Nemo

  • 109 out of 129 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

    Numbs mind & bum in equal measure

    Boring, preachy, over hyped, over long, dull, irritating, dreary.

    How long are you prepared to watch one tin can gaze meaningfully into the eyes of another tin can?

      • A customer from 2nd row from the back, Lincolnshire
  • 59 out of 67 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    wall.e

    the trailer to wall.e was really good but could be better by making it different to other cartoon film's . Evening so i can't wait to watch wall.e

      • A customer from Chatham
  • 26 out of 27 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Another Classic !

    WALL-E is the latest movie from the geniuses that are Disney Pixar. Unsuprisingly, once again the animation on this film is truly spectacular, possibly surpassing anything produced before. As usual these clever fellows have produced, in WALL-E, another masterpiece that captures the attention of young and old with many different layers of social commentary and entertainment. It really is a movie for the toddlers and there Grannies. No change there.

    What I did find surprising from the film though was the gloomy, melancholy tone to the start of WALL-E. Yes, the subject matter is deeply concerning, but there was a deffinate break from the norm when deciding to open the film in such a cheerless manner. Something I never expected from a Disney creation. Certainly nothing like the other DP films. Perhaps the unexpectedness of the opening minutes does really help to drive home the importance of the situation.

    Don't let me put you off with the talk of gloomyness though as the film is almost immediately lifted by the instantly loveable main charachter ( even if he does bare a remarkable resemblelance to E.T. ) and the usual clever humour that we have come to expect from DP. The film makers subtly remind us of our shortcomings whilst praising our most admorable human qualities via WALL-E.

    An important message delivered with fun and entertainment. These guys are good !

      • A customer from Edinburgh
  • 21 out of 22 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars

    Fell asleep

    Strange idea, excellent graphics, bit of a thin story and I fell asleep ie not one of the alltime greats which most of the ratings would have you believe. My 8 year old son thought it was really a great movie and that is it (his words).

      • A customer from St Neots
  • 19 out of 19 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Wall - e

    I LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    A FEEL GOOD FILM WITH A MESSAGE

      • Beniakov from Leeds
  • 19 out of 20 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Quite dissappointing

    After classics like Toy Story, Kung Fu Panda and Monsters Inc. I was completely let down by this movie. Especially after all the hype building it up to be something spectacular. It was boring. The only great parts of the movie are with the humans. Now they were great!

      • Affinity from Caerphilly
  • 14 out of 14 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars

    Big Dissapointment

    Quality animation as you would expect from Pixar but really dissapointed with the film itself,I couldnt get involved with either of the main characters because you felt no emotion for them,I know it must be difficult to get robots to show or express emotion as you only really have their eyes and voice to work with,but for me it failed with both characters,the film itself is not really that funny either...shame,I was looking forward to it,its not a patch on Toy Story,Nemo ,Incredibles etc

      • A customer from Maidenhead
  • 14 out of 15 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars

    Very disappointing and a wasted opportunity.

    This film gets two stars only for the CGI. Beyond that, I am hard pressed to find any redeeming qualities. It drolled on forever, focusing on Wall-E cleaning up the trash left behind on a toxic Earth. A new generation robot comes to Earth, he falls in love with her and then follows her out into space. Pointless. The film did start to pick up towards with end with some semblance of a plot, but too little, too late and not enough to deserve higher rating. Purely for the kids and immature minds.

      • Suhail Ahmad from Leicester, England
  • 14 out of 15 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 0 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    A Pointless Tale

    I watched Wall-E with my children and asked them what they thought of this film. Whilst they enjoyed the visual effects and animation, they were both very unsure of the point of the story. As another reviewer has put it, two tin cans falling in love. We watched it a second time and they still didn't really see the point of this film, liked it a bit more because they saw things that they missed in the first viewing. So they will forget it pretty quickly and it will be consigned to the 'seen it but don't want to see it again' pile. The irritation for me was that they had looked forward to viewing this film, and were disappointed.

    I deliberately didn't air my views before giving my children their chance to rate it, because it actually made me quite angry. Once again Walt Disney churn out meaningless pap and look to achieve success through the visual impact. In order to be rewarded for selecting their films, I want to be involved in a story - give the Americans their mindless pulp, but save us Brits from any more of this dross. The film plays on corporate America's self-satisfying sentiment that they will be the saviours of the planet. The trouble I have with all that is that they are too ignorant and blind to see the problem they are creating in the first place. They wrap the idea in a conceited love story involving inanimate machines that develop personalities so irritating that I would rather see the movie makers being bold enough to allow them to expire gracefully. What the film does in huge measure is unashamedly plagiarise many better films and mince them into a combination that falls far short of its potential: One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, 2001: A Space Odyssey, ET, Short Cicuit, Batteries Not Included et al. It is most definately NOT an original movie, as another reviewer has suggested, as you simply cannot ignore the similarities of the characters in this to other films (Wall-E sounds like ET and looks like the main character in Short Circuit). You also cannot ignore the flimsy story line. What angers me about this is that most kids won't even be aware of those references so Disney/Pixar get away with it.

    Does the film have any redeeming features? Well, if you like grand scale scenery of our planet in a desolate state, or pristine space ships full of obese people then there's your ticket. For me, the film makers are getting far too lazy with their plots and not spending enough time writing good stories, so will not get my vote. My disappointment is that too many of us as viewers are prepared to accept this and allow them to continue.

      • iChief from Bournemouth
  • Critics' reviews (2)

  • Pixar is back and this time they've got a 78-year-old widower as the hero... read more »

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    • Tom Charity, 
    • LOVEFiLM
  • 5 stars out of

    Humans land a raw deal when it comes to animations. We upright, two-legged creatures regularly have to give way to the... read more on Time Out

    • Dave Calhoun, 
    • Time Out

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