Release date: 18th July 2008

"The animation, music and vocalisation are all out of this world. "

A love story between two animated robots. Where does one begin with that?

Pixar as always starts with a short film. Presto, like all their shorts, makes you chuckle uncontrollably. They are so slick and clever you wonder if they have all the talented animators in Hollywood.

Then the main feature begins and again you gasp at what they are able to achieve with pixels.

The performance of WALL•E is outstanding, given that he doesn't say a lot and doesn't have a face as such.  He is a Waste Allocation Load Lifter - Earth Class.

He is alone on earth. The pollution and waste has made earth uninhabitable and so for 700 years he has been going about his job, squashing human rubbish into small squares and building skyscrapers with them. He has the work ethic employers only dream of.

His down time is spent in an broken down old rubbish lorry. He has been collecting knick-knacks over time and slowly going slightly insane with the loneliness. He continually watches a small part of 'Hello Dolly' on an old VHS tape. The whole time you are watching totally captivated by this animated robot.

Then a space ship arrives leaving behind a probe robot, EVE, that is looking for signs of life on earth. What ensues is the beginning of a courtship that does not go well to begin with. Just when things look like they could not get any worse for WALL•E with his amorous attempts, a green shoot is found
and EVE goes into shut down mode.

The space ship returns and WALL•E manages to get on board and returns to the giant mother ship Axion where mankind has been living for the last 700 years.

What we find on this ship is quite disturbing. Humans doing nothing but lounging around getting fatter and more inanimate by the century.

There is then a race against time and the film changes pace and direction. Slightly preachy but still, when you can entertain as well as Pixar, you are willing to let them get a few things off their chest.

What you have with WALL•E is the most adult based film they have done to date. The animation, music and vocalisation are all out of this world. You wonder how they can top this film but, as they keep producing such gems, all we have to worry about is the time between each new release.


Justin Mallinson
Media Planner/Buyer
TCS Media