Wall-E - The Little Tramp meets The Little Trash Compactor

Directed by Andrew Stanton
Written by Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter & Jim Reardon
Release Date: June 27, 2008

Wall-E and Eve dance among the stars outside the Axiom Spaceship.

Once again, Pixar brings enchanting characters to life in their ninth full-length feature Wall-E. The film is set in a desolate future almost 700 years after the Earth is deemed uninhabitable. The planet’s sole occupant: a small trash-compacting robot with such a lovable personality, Earth’s satellite-riddled atmosphere cannot contain him. Wall-E is a dreamer who, against all odds, discovers love when a strange, sleek robot named Eve is sent to Earth in search for plant-life so the human race may return home from their interstellar exile. 

While some viewers feel that the dialogue-deprived first act equates to a lack of story, the budding love affair between Wall-E and an unconscious Eve in standby-mode is a heartwarming exposition that can stand up to any Charlie Chaplin classic. The journey to the human’s ship (à la Carnival or Royal Caribbean) is a montage of breathtaking scenes past our gigantic sun, through Saturn’s icy rings, to the astronomical ship Axiom hidden in a cosmic cloud. Aboard the ship, a good old fashioned tale of mutiny threatens to keep the human race adrift in a sea of lethargy and complacency, void of genuine human contact. But in the end, Wall-E leaves its viewers with an overwhelming feeling of optimism, appreciation, and wonder.

Wall-E explores fascinating new places.

Wall-E voted #45 of Top 250 at IMDb
Wall-E gets 96% at Rotten Tomatoes
Wall-E at Wikipedia
Wall-E grosses $521m worldwide at Box Office Mojo

Excellent roundtable interview with director/writer Andrew Stanton:
Part 1
Part 2: Sci-Fi and Hello Dolly
Part 3: Environmental Themes in Wall-E
Part 4: Directing Animation