Up (2009)

Directed by: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson

Starring: Ed Asner

Up doesn't quite rival last year's brilliant Wall-E by Pixar however, fortunately, despite the universal acclaim, my expectations weren't that high. What I expected was a great animated movie, nothing more, nothing less.

Pixar has earned every acclaim its gotten due to films as recent as Wall-E and dating all the way back to Toy Story. I look forward to this studio's releases as much as any great director's work.

Up was a perfect mix of humor, good and bad emotions and brilliant voice acting. As always, our main character is lovable and easy to root for. His conflicts becomes ours, his happiness and his sadness are shared with us.

If any live action movie could achieve this perfect formula as consistently as Pixar does, it would easily be considered one of the finest ever made.

This has been more of a review of Pixar than of Up but its because I feel like Up, rather than being just a great movie in and of itself, which it is, its a true testament of what Pixar has been so good at. Pixar makes great movies, thus Up is a great movie.

***1/2