Odd

Rating: 6/10 (27 December 2009)

I am torn about this movie. The ideas herein are great but somehow this film does not quite work for me. Maybe it is the voice-overs-Holly Hunter and Craig T. Nelson are not really up to it. As for Bird voicing a character himself I think that too was a bad idea. There is certainly something lacking for me. The humour is not as sharp as other Pixar movies and there were times when I was actually bored. It was too much like a Bond film at times, far too derivative. Pixar has made some of the most enjoyable movies of the past few years and the standard is so high it is difficult to achieve expectations - this film fell short for me as did Wall-E. Both are the sort of film I would normally love but neither quite float my boat. I look forward to seeing Up as I am told it is excellent.