Director: Andrew Stanton. Screenplay: Andrew Stanton. Stars: Ben Burtt, Jeff Garlin, Kim Kopf, Kathy Najimy, Garrett Palmer, John Ratzenberger, Sigourney Weaver, Fred Willard. Released: June 27, 2008.
Summary
A garbage disposal robot on an abandoned world explores his surroundings and unexpectedly encounters Eve, a robot from a society of robots.
Comments
Wall-E, Pixar's latest attempt to imbue inanimate objects with quirky human characters, is perceived as a bit of a gamble for partner/distributor Walt Disney Pictures: for one thing, there's hardly any dialog in the film (the garbage-sifting robot Wall-E says things like 'Ooo!' and 'Whoa!'), and at first blush it looks a little cutesy and twee compared to, say, Bee Movie or Cars. The director, though, is Andrew Stanton (the hugely enjoyable Finding Nemo, another movie that focused on strange characters). In a way, the story of the futuristic Wall-E and his love interest Eve isn't so much a departure as a return to Pixar's roots: after all, that first short with the lamp, Luxo Jr., had no dialog at all.
