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The untouchable Pixar Animation Studios (WALL-E, Ratatouille, Monsters Inc, Toy Story, Finding Nemo) presents their latest film. Famed for stories about unlikely characters (ants, fish, rats, robots), they now turn their attention to old men.
Carl Fredricksen is our seventy-something hero, who one day attaches a whole lot of balloons to his house and takes flight. Along for the ride is a young clueless boy scout. Together they travel to South America to search for a legendary waterfall.
Starring Christopher Plummer, John Ratzenberger, Edward Asner, Paul Eiding, Jordan Nagai
Directed by Pete Docter ('Monsters, Inc.'), Bob Peterson
Written by Bob Peterson
Studio Pixar Animation
Festivals & Awards Academy Award, BAFTA and Golden Globe winner for Best Animated Film and Best Score, 2010.
Family, Comedy, Animated, Adventure | 1hr 36mins | Rated (G) | suitable for general audiences | Origin: USA | Official Site »
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5
Just among friends, I’m not ashamed to admit that Pixar Studio’s latest creation found me with ‘something in my eye’ at several moments. That one of those moments occurred within the first ten minutes is a testament to both my emotional fragility and the skill with which this charming adventure has been lovingly crafted.
Up, a tall tale about an elderly man attempting to fulfil his late wife’s dreams, is easily Pixar’s most affecting film. Refreshingly free of gimmickry, the modest film contains some ambitiously mature ideas.
Our hero, Carl Fredricksen, is a curmudgeonly geezer whose warmth is teased out by an ebullient (yet equally lonely) young boy, Russell, when they find themselves on a journey straight out of a ‘30s serial adventure, climaxing with zeppelins, aerial dogfights (literally) and, to top it off, a dashing sword fight.
All is painted with bright, colourful animation, conveying a storybook exoticism of rocky mesas, lush jungles and luxuriant waterfalls. Michael Giacchino’s musical accompaniment is whimsical and airy, childlike yet nostalgic.
Up is a ready-made classic; an imaginative, invigorating story that will transport you to a time in your childhood, like Carl’s, when dreams were just a handful of crayons away.
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Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
This is another masterwork from Pixar, which is leading the charge in modern animation.
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Dominion Post (Graeme Tuckett)
5
A glorious film - funny, moving, nicely inspirational, and gorgeous to look at. Whether you see it in 2D or 3D, I guarantee you will leave the cinema happy that you were there.
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Empire (UK)
4
If it had lived up to its golden first five minutes, Up would have been the film of the decade. As it is, it remains the best animated flick of 2009, a funny, moving, beautifully made argument that dreamers can move mountains.
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Hollywood Reporter
Winsome, touching and arguably the funniest Pixar effort ever, the gorgeously rendered, high-flying adventure is a tidy 90-minute distillation of all the signature touches that came before it.
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Los Angeles Times
Rarely has any film, let alone an animated one powered by the logic of dream and fantasy, been able to move so successfully -- and so effortlessly -- through so many different kinds of cinematic territory.
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New York Times
Passages of glorious imagination are invariably matched by stock characters and banal story choices.
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NZ Herald (Russell Baillie)
5
Pixar's best film since, well, the last one.
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Total Film (UK)
4
A coming-of-old-age story that breaks the heart, tickles the funny bone and fires the imagination, Up is a captivating, exuberant delight. And did we mention it contains The Greatest Moment In Movie Animation? Oh.
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Variety (USA)
A captivating odd-couple adventure that becomes funnier and more exciting as it flies along.
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