dir. Andrew Stanton
writ. Andrew Stanton & Jim Reardon, story by Andrew Stanton & Pete Docter
feat. Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard
Somehow, in this wild world, it has come to pass that the greatest force in mainstream animation is also the most daring group of filmmakers putting movies in the multiplexes? Following a glorious recovery to form with Ratatouille, a picture of surprising depth, invention, and humor (after an inversely pitiful offering with Cars), they chance a story of a desolate future, earth reduced to a trash heap, where we will follow a small garbage robot around without dialogue for about the first hour. When we finally meet our human counterparts, we discover that they've grown fat and lazy, losing bone mass as they suck down soda in this mad, unbelievable future time. Thankfully, WALL-E and his robot girlfriend, EVE, have our best intentions in mind and, amidst their dangerous courtship, manage to bring us back to earth with new hope.
With many considering silent films to be relics, creaky antiques tossed to the dustbin on the road of progress to bigger, louder shinier pictures, and with the trend toward faster, busier animation, packing in the obvious quips and knowing nods, Pixar takes a stand, reminding us how less can be more, in more ways than one.
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