Up, Up and Away

Rating: 8/10 (20 September 2009)

After last year's slightly disappointing trip to outer space, this heartwarming modern fairy tale shows the PIXAR team back in top form.
The visuals are as gorgeous and scrupulously detailed as ever, but the real winner is the clever, funny, bittersweet and highly entertaining screenplay which is both action-packed and touching without resorting to the preachy tone so often found in animated movies nowadays.
Yes, the story loses some momentum in the middle section, but otherwise the balance between colorful kiddie adventure and a more mature personal drama of lost and readjusted aims in life is brilliantly realized.
8 out of 10 talking dogs