Up – 2009
Up is a beautifully crafted film, full of childs play and adult in jokes, the magicians at Pixar have again triumphed and added another winning film to a growing list of previous hits.
Carl Fredrickson is a 70s something old man whose spent his life in love with Ellie, an aspiring day dreaming adventurer he met when he was a small boy. The pair marry and seem to live happily ever after.
When Ellie dies Carl loses the biggest piece of his life yet, but must battle on and keep a promise he made to her years before, to reach a set of falls deep in the Sout-American jungle.
The setting for story is portrayed in the opening montage of the film which lasts a few minutes, and is extremely moving. It shows Ellie and Carl growing up together and facing lifes troubled times and happiest moments, even for the most hardened film critic Pixar knows where to find the water works.
As with any Pixar film its the characters that make it, and Up is no different. Russell is an over enthusiastic Wilderness scout who teams up with Carl on his adventure. Russell too harbours a secret in his life which is not that dissimilar to Carl’s. Dug is a loveable but slightly dimwhitted talking dog, and as for Kevin, well, his (or should I say her) inclusion is the icing on the cake.
The moment Carl unleashes the balloons from his house (must watch in Blu -ray) in a explosion of colour you know that you’re in for the ride of your life. What follows is a true adventure story, chases, a fight atop a huge airship and most of all the emotional roller coaster that comes with making new friends.
The humour flows right from the begining, and the quirkly simplicity of the jokes are brilliant, there are more tear jerking moments and of course a happy ending.
Up may surely be Pixar’s finest work yet!
View the trailer
Stars: Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai, Bob Peterson, Delroy Lindo
Rating:
(5/5)
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