Review of Up

Rating: 8/10 (6 June 2009)

The previews for Up were not enticing.
They showed a grumpy old man and a dumpy little boy. This seemed a very pedestrian odd couple. They inspired little or no anticipation.
Up is Pixar Animated Studio's latest and 10th effort. I loved Finding Nemo (2003) and, especially, Ratatouille (2007).
I thought Up probably would follow in WALL-E's (2008) intermittently clunky footsteps.
Fortunately my preconceptions about Up were wrong. Way wrong. It shouldn't work, but it does. Buoyantly.
Up is an engaging, exciting, warm-hearted trip at the movies. Up starts slowly, but picks up helium and soars.
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Tony Macklin
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