WALL-E

Disney and Pixar join forces for this computer-animated tale about a wide-eyed robot who travels to the deepest reaches of outer space in search of a newfound friend. The year is 2700, and planet Earth has long been uninhabitable. For hundreds of years, WALL-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter ...more

WALL-E, an early model robot designed for allocating waste, is the most soulful, lovable non-human to hit film since E.T., thanks to his expressive and soulful android eyes. In this case, the cliché is correct in its assertion that eyes are the windows to the soul, with WALL-E's being a pair of mechanical doe peepers which reveal the layers of the sweet and sensitive droid’s soul. In WALL-E, Pixar’s animation genius is combined with Disney's knack for humanizing storylines. It's the year ...more

A G-rated synthesis of A.I., Idiocracy, 2001, and Chaplin's Modern Times, WALL-E tells the tale of a robot left behind to clean up Earth while the human race bides its time in space, waiting for machines to fix the mess they've left behind. But this being Pixar, the deeper issues are handled just as expertly as the conventional storyline, which in this case is a simple love story between two robots. A first-time viewer could be forgiven for not grasping the consistent vision of WALL-E's subtext ...more

WALL-E
Nominee - 81st Oscars®:
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)
Achievement in Sound Editing
Achievement in Sound Mixing
Original Screenplay