The 2009 animated movie Up follows the adventures of Carl Fredricksen as he strives to achieve his deceased wife’s and his life-long dream of living near Paradise Falls. However, the story’s primary focus is not only the adventure but the grief with which the main character is dealing. As the movie shows, Carl met the love of his life, Ellie, when he was a young boy. The beginning part of Up shows the progression of their relationship. They grow from friends into a romantic couple, get married, and want to have children; however, they find out that Ellie is infertile. Determined to live their life happily, Carl and Ellie decide to save enough money to move to Paradise Falls but have to spend this money on trivial problems in their adult lives. The couple grows old together, and as Carl finally saves up enough to surprise his wife with tickets to Paradise Falls, Ellie suddenly dies from an illness (Keogh, 2010). The rest of Up shows Carl’s grieving process and his eventual acceptance of his wife’s death. It is unclear how many months or even years pass where Cark is completely isolated from social interaction. His behavior is indicative of a person who cannot let go and go through a healthy process of grieving. In particular, the largest part of the movie depicts Carl’s inability to let go, which leads to him prioritizing possessions that hold memories of Ellie over his and other people’s lives. Analysis In the scenes following Ellie’s death, Carl is completely different from the happy man who has been just shown to the audience. He is grumpy, unsociable, and rude – he avoids interactions with people, does not express positive emotions, and has a pessimistic outlook on life. It is clear that Carl feels sadness and anger over his wife’s passing. Possibly, Carl also felt numbness following Ellie’s death, as he quickly sequestered himself in his house. As for cognition related to grief, Carl’s main symptom is preoccupation. While he does not express guilt about Ellie’s death, he believes that he is responsible for not achieving their childhood dream. Thus, he obsessively thinks about Ellie’s ideas and ruminates on what they could have accomplished in their younger years. His behavioral symptoms are defined by social withdrawal and aggressiveness toward people. A particular sign is that Carl carries and surrounds himself with objects that remind him of Ellie. He leaves Ellie’s favorite chair in its old place and does not allow anyone to sit in it. Carl also wears a handmade pin that Ellie gave him. As he decides to lift his house in the air and physically move to Paradise Hills, the whole place becomes a way for him to further distance himself from society and deny moving on with his life. One of Carl’s limitations is that he does not appear to have any other relatives or friends left in his life. Another problem is his lack of desire to reach out for help or conversation. Nevertheless, Carl continues living and performing daily tasks – his routine of caring about his basic needs is not disturbed. He also does not show any stronger symptoms of depression, such as self-harm and suicidal ideation. Following Worden’s (1996) description of grief mediators,