Reviews

If you're a film critic, for instance, and a studio won't return your calls about a movie, you assume that movie is a steaming heap of garbage. Sometimes, though, it's just nerves. The plot of "WALL•E" may be about a steaming heap of garbage, but the film is a garden of unearthly delights.
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But "WALL•E" is really an art film, which may be bad news for Disney. It is besotted with its own technology, its own art -- almost, but not quite, to the point that it allows technology to sublimate story. This has been the key to such Pixar films as "Toy Story," which boasted breakthrough execution while relegating the software to the backseat and letting the narrative drive.

By John Anderson, from The Washington Post

Despite an intriguing story idea, at some point the picture falls from the realm of Art to the realm of kiddy-film fare. It could be that the story itself simply wasn't feature material. It probably would have made an excellent hour-long short, though. I'd have loved to see Pixar limit the dialogue to two words: "Eva" and "Wall E." What a juicy challenge that would have been! What a potentially impactful film it could have been! Pictures, great timing, and a very beefy sound track -- do you think family audiences would have been able to handle that?

By Ross Anthony

Eco-friendly, pro-exercise and featuring a glorious use of a fire extinguisher, Wall-E sparks with genuine creativity.

By Dir Andrew Stanton