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Release Date: June 27, 2008
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures • Pixar
Genre: Romantic • Comedy • Animated
Director: Andrew Stanton
Writers: Andrew Stanton, Jim Capobianco
Cast: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Fred Willard, Jeff Garlin, Sigourney Weaver, John Ratzenberger, Kathy Najimy
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,” “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 Review: Straight up this is the BEST romantic comedy EVER made!

Yeah you read that right, don't bother adjust your screen settings or clicking that back arrow I assure you that this is the review for Wall-E and not some glitch that brought you to a review of Love Actually...so keep reading.

While there is something extremely deep found in the message of Wall-E, everything about how we are becoming a cyber consumer based society and a very disconnected one at that. It something that plays out right in front of you through out the movie and it’s just disturbingly too close to becoming reality and it’s just plain disgusting. While I could sit here and dissect that idea for you I’m not going to do that.

I’m not going to do that because I think it’s far more important to talk about love and how it can effect change on massive scales. Trust me I’m going somewhere with this.

But before I do that I want to cover some other groundwork for this masterpiece of a film. YES I said MASTERPIECE. You see I am a man-child who still wishes he could have a robot best friend. I fell in love with the idea from my first viewing of Star Wars (shocking I know). I wanted R2-D2 as my little buddy and co-pilot. People will always argue about the worst thing about the Star Wars saga, is it the Ewoks or The Jar Jar you hate most? It’s nearly like asking if you like The Beatles of Elvis. Honestly I’ve always gone with answer C…C3-P0 that is. He’s by far the most annoying thing in the Star Wars universe. So much so that even as a kid when he gets blasted to bits on Cloud City I sat up in my chair with glee hoping it might be the end of him. I guess I just look at the relationship between R2 and 3P0 as an abusive one and R2 could do far far better than C3-P0.

What’s all that have to do with Wall-E? A couple of things; Wall-E and R2 could be distant cousins (in more ways than one); they emote in many the same ways and are both caring and feisty. Given that like a good friend should I want to see my best friend find love and happiness…right?

Wall-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) was designed for the single purpose of fixing the mess we left behind on Earth along with his fellow waste allocation units. A job he takes great pride in and has been doing for 700 years without a vacation day (one can only imagine the amount of floating holidays he’s accrued). Clearly these little bots were not designed to function outside of a few decades but Wall-E is a bit different and has managed to find ways to keep on working. Now mind you after soooooo many years alone you’d think he’d be a lonely disgruntled mess but he’s still a happy go lucky chipper little guy. Wall-E spends his days piling garbage and his nights watching Hello Dolly with his cockroach pal….that is until EVE (Extra-terrestrial Vegetation Evaluator) shows up and sets Wall-E on the path to discovering what he was always meant to do.

Watching the junked out Wall-E crush on the ultra sleek EVE robot is like watching the geekiest kid at school going after the hot chick in class, it’s sweet and while you are rooting for the guy to succeed you are half cringing waiting for the inevitable train wreck. Trust me I’ve been that guy….it’s a tough life. He follows and pesters EVE trying desperately to crack her egg like shell but this girl is all business and has no time for silly boys….or would he technically be a much older man? I dunno but before this review goes off the rails to pervy town lets just stay focused. For a small duration of the story Wall-E has to take care EVE while she’s in this shut down mode and seeing what he’s going through is just one of the most heart warming and endearing visions of love you’ll see on screen. Try not to cry.

Mind you there is a bigger story going on and Wall-E has no idea about it or his place in it. Wall-E is for lack of a better term the “accidental” hero of the plot. He’s just running around being himself not realizing how much he’s changing the lives of the people he meets. So sweet he’s infectious. Wall-E never really understands that he’s choosing to be a hero he’s just doing what he feels is right and will help EVE because he just simply loves her with all his robot heart. Again try not to cry.

The love between EVE and Wall-E is something you cannot pinpoint to one moment, it’s a dozen little moments that build on each other like a natural non-Hollywood relationship..real life through CGI…who knew? By the time you reach the end of the film you ache for them to be together and to save humanity from itself (literally).

I walked in expecting to see yet another great Pixar film and once again they delivered something far better. These guys just have some magic no other studio has and they know how put out deeper more soulful G rated movies than any studio at any rating.
Rating: 5 out of 5

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