The biggest weepy since Casablanca

Rating: 10/10 (26 May 2010)

I work in a library, and like Ratatouille this is a movie which will not go in the children's section - it is an adult movie that kids will enjoy.
I saw it yesterday in 3d (but that doesn't matter) with my son who had highly recommended it having seen it several times. After 10 minutes I was a mess, and stayed that way for the whole film. From the introduction of the utterly charming Ellie to Carl's devastation when she died, through the silly but endearing adventures in Venezuala, and finally the clear and close relationship between the Grumpy Old Man and the boy it was completely involving.
In a sense it was of course highly exploitative - my comment afterwards was that it was a full frontal assault on the lachrymals!
And I'm a Grumpy Old Man!