“WALL-E”, 2009’s film from the amazing folks at Disney/Pixar, is a lot more serious than their usual movies and, for me, a bit of a disappointment.
WALL-E is a robot who’s been left behind on Earth to clean-up after all the humans leave to live in outer space. His name stands for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-class. He and a cochroach friend are all alone on the planet until a space ship returns to Earth to check things out. Wall-E immediately falls for Eve, a robot who’s job it is to look for new life.
The pair get separated and most of the movie is about them getting back together and trying to help the humans return to Earth.
I expected “WALL-E” to be much funnier than it is. It’s more of an adventure/love story. The animation, as always in the Pixar films, is phenomenal, especially the scenes in outer space. And the voices are good. You Pixar fans will be happy to know that John Ratzenberger makes his regular appearance.
“WALL-E” is rated “G” but I don’t recommend it for real young kids because I think they be bored by the lack of action and laughs.
On The Official Kid Critic Report Card, “WALL-E” gets a B, which is o.k., but it’s the lowest grade I’ve ever given a Disney/Pixar movie.
See it, but don’t expect to have as much fun as you did at “The Incredibles”, “Cars”, and “Ratatouille.”
And, the best part of the DVD collection Pixar is the short film “Presto”, which is about a magician and his rabbit. It’s hilarious, providing more laughs in 5 minutes than “WALL-E” does in 100.