Up, up and away...

Rating: 8/10 (29 September 2009)

Only Pixar studios can take the image of a house floating away in the clouds attached to 1 million balloons and turn it into an extraordinary, heart felt tale of wonder and adventure.
"Up", is the story of a very old man who has very little left to lose who embarks on a journey to South America (via a floating house) and un-intentionally includes a young boy as a travel companion!
The story is wonderful and is so unbelievably heart-felt that just thinking about the film afterwards fills me with warm fuzzies : ) The first 15 minutes alone will have you reaching for the tissues!!!
The film has some really funny moments in it too and many great supporting characters such as a crazy rare species of bird that has a sweet tooth for chocolate and decides to follow the young boy and old man along their journey much to the old man's objections and a "talking" dog called Doug who wants to take the bird as prisoner!
The animation of course is top-notch which just proves once again that Pixar are the leading studio in today's animated features.
"Up" is a wonderful story full of life lessons for the whole family and will have you laughing and crying right through till after the end credits.
Although it doesn't quite reach the same heights as "Wall-E"...it is still a must see and a welcome addition to the Pixar animated feature line-up.
Also, the short film before "Up" which was called "Partly Cloudy" was also brilliant and really cute!