Fresh
I wonder a little what kids will make of the long silence of the first half followed by the disorienting mania of the second, but there's nothing here that's not wonderfully imagined and lovingly presented.
Dave Calhoun, Time Out
WALL·E
After 700 years of doing what he was built for, he'll discover what he was meant for.
2008 · 1h 38m · G
Animation, Family, Science Fiction
Directed by
Andrew Stanton
Overview
What if mankind had to leave Earth and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off? After hundreds of years doing what he was built for, WALL•E discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALL•E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet's future, and races back to space to report to the humans. Meanwhile, WALL•E chases EVE across the galaxy and sets into motion one of the most imaginative adventures ever brought to the big screen.
Director and cast
- Andrew Stanton Director
- Ben Burtt as WALL·E / M-O (voice)
- Elissa Knight as EVE (voice)
- Jeff Garlin as Captain (voice)
- Fred Willard as Shelby Forthright, BnL CEO
- John Ratzenberger as John (voice)
- Kathy Najimy as Mary (voice)
- Sigourney Weaver as Ship's Computer (voice)
- Teddy Newton as Steward Bots (voice)
- Lori Alan as Additional Voices (voice)
- Bob Bergen Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
95%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The most consistent production unit in Hollywood just hit another home run.
Tom Charity, CNN.com
Fresh
Among its many wondrous achievements, the animated WALL-E is a sci-fi trifecta: a vision of the future, a tale for our times and a blast from the past.
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Fresh
WALL-E is a classic, but it will never appeal to people who are happy with art only when it has as little bite as possible.
David Denby, New Yorker
Fresh
You'd have to be a machine for your heart not to melt.
David Ansen, Newsweek
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