Much too shallow for what i expect of Pixar.

Rating: 5/10 (1 December 2009)

Don't judge this by the standards of a Toy Story or Monsters. It barely reaches out for that. But even by normal movie standards it's a standard animation movie at best.
This time Pixar borrowed a lot from various sources and didn't pack it with enough own ideas. Did you see "Doc Hollywood"? Yes? Then you already know the story.
On the other side i had the feeling i was never meant to be the target audience of this flick. Too cute, too lovely, barely any mature ideas in there. Even the romance plot looks like written for twelve-year-old's. In contrast all the previous Pixars felt much more up for entertaining adults as well.
On the base of that the whole moral aspect of the movie looks much more unnecessary. I'm used to Disney shoving their morals into my face, Pixar usually delivered them in a more classy way. This time subtlety went overboard from start.
All in all, worst Pixar ever, but then again, it's up against great competition, so no big deal.