The feature that should have been a short.

Rating: 6/10 (9 March 2010)

I can see the managers at Pixar sitting around a table in the war room arguing about this film, "Listen! We need a feature, dammit, not another stinkin' short!" At which point somebody else chimes in, "Well, we might be able to... er... um... *expand* on that 'Up' project a bit..." ...and so we get a movie with a good beginning and ending--both of which tug at the heartstrings--and a long, completely unflattering middle that casts a shadow over what might have made an excellent short. The characters we meet during this middle section are so over-the-top, and their motives so bizarre, that there's just no identifying with them. We quickly lose sight of the plot line that got us started on our adventure (or stop caring about it) only to be surprised when we rejoin it shortly before the credits roll.
Anyway: See it once, but don't expect to feel any attachment. This one won't be appearing in my DVD collection.