Fairly Good

Rating: 7/10 (11 July 2009)

This new entry into the Pixar vault admittedly doesn't make it to the level of animation or fun of some of it's Pixar predecessors but it gives a good time nonetheless, and tries it's best. It's by no means a bad movie, but the story wasn't focused enough - what is the point of the movie? - pieces of information sort of patched together - what does the movie want say thematically - the movie has trouble flowing or connecting well. This isn't meant to be a huge criticism, and it's not to say it's not entertaining. "Up" has some genuinely funny moments (especially with the dog collars and whole dog scenes). The Russel character wear's thin sometimes contrasted with moments with "Kevin" that are interesting, alive, and well paced. "Up", as with any pixar movie is worth a look, but in a baseball analogy it's a double instead of a home-run.