DOWN WITH "UP"! Trite, Saccharine, and Ugly...

Rating: 1/10 (27 February 2011)

After everyone ranting and raving about how wonderful and moving and poignant this film was, I put down my snobbery and, on the recommendation of a respected co-worker (I'm in advertising - We're supposed to be creative and discerning, right?), sat down to watch it.
I was horrified. A trite, treacly story, irritating and ugly characters, and an utterly predictable plot. Nothing good to say about this film at all except that it shows of the advances of 3D animation nicely.
Don't get me wrong - I;m not anti-sentimentality. I LOVE "It's a Wonderful Life", cried in "Old Yeller"... I even liked "Forrest Gump". But THIS... I hardly know what else to say. I only hope that my lonely negative review will help weight down the balloon of this ghastly offering.