WALL-E Critic Reviews

The first 40 minutes or so of Wall-E -- in which barely any dialogue is spoken, and almost no human figures appear on screen -- is a cinematic poem of such wit and beauty that its darker implications may take a while to sink in.Read the full review

At once futuristic, funny and fantastical.Read the full review

Wall-E is an improbable delight, a G-rated crowd-pleaser.Read the full review

Put simply, WALL-E is about as charming as movies get.Read the full review

The first half hour of WALL-E is essentially wordless, and left me speechless. This magnificent animated feature from Pixar starts on such a high plane of aspiration, and achievement, that you wonder whether the wonder can be sustained. But yes, it can.Read the full review

The idea that a company in the business of mainstream entertainment would make something as creative, substantial and cautionary as WALL-E has to raise your hopes for humanity.Read the full review

Daring and traditional, groundbreaking and familiar, apocalyptic and sentimental, Wall-E gains strength from embracing contradictions that would destroy other films.Read the full review

The visual design of Wall-E is arguably Pixar's best. Stanton, who wrote the script with Jim Reardon from a story he concocted with Peter Docter, creates two fantastically imaginative, breathtakingly lit worlds.Read the full review

In the moment, it's intermittently transcendent, heartrending and beautiful ... and busy, repetitious and boring.Read the full review