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WALL-E
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94 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 39 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 39 out of 39
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 39
  3. Negative: 0 out of 39
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  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Kirk Honeycutt
    100
    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.
  2. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    100
    You leave WALL-E with a feeling of the rarest kind: that you've just enjoyed a close encounter with an enduring classic.
  3. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Phillips
    100
    While I may argue with the little guy's taste in musicals, it's remarkable to see any film, in any genre, blend honest sentiment with genuine wit and a visual landscape unlike any other.
  4. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Rene Rodriguez
    100
    This is a beautiful movie.
  5. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    100
    A charming, hilarious robot love story aimed at the entire family.
  6. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    100
    It can hardly be called a children's film, but a masterpiece of feature-film animation for all ages.
  7. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Claudia Puig
    100
    At once futuristic, funny and fantastical.
  8. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Ty Burr
    100
    The best American film of the year to date.
  9. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Liam Lacey
    100
    Mixing Chaplinesque delicacy with the architectural grandeur of a Stanley Kubrick film, director Andrew Stanton recycles film history and makes something fresh and accessible from it without pandering to a young audience.
  10. Empire
    Reviewed by: Olly Richards
    100
    To call WALL•E Pixar's best film would potentially denigrate films that deserve no scorn. But this is their most ambitious undertaking since "Toy Story" and storytelling of such charm and visual wit that it can stand proudly alongside the studio's best. Absolute heaven.
  11. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    100
    It whisks you to another world, then makes it every inch our own.
  12. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Michael Sragow
    100
    The movie does work, spectacularly.
  13. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: David Edelstein
    100
    The new Pixar picture Wall-E is one for the ages, a masterpiece to be savored before or after the end of the world.
  14. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Robert Wilonsky
    100
    A film that's both breathtakingly majestic and heartbreakingly intimate.
  15. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kenneth Turan
    100
    Daring and traditional, groundbreaking and familiar, apocalyptic and sentimental, Wall-E gains strength from embracing contradictions that would destroy other films.
  16. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    100
    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.
  17. Newsweek
    Reviewed by: David Ansen
    100
    Once again, the Pixar wizards have pushed the animation envelope in unexpected directions and come up with a winner. Wondrously inventive, funny and poignant, WALL*E is part sci-fi adventure, part cautionary fable, part satire and part love story, which may be the best and most improbable part of all.
  18. Time
    Reviewed by: Richard Corliss
    100
    It works; this is Pixar's most enthralling entertainment since "Nemo."
  19. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Joe Morgenstern
    100
    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.
  20. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: John Anderson
    100
    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.
  21. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Tasha Robinson
    100
    It's Pixar's most daring experiment to date, but it still fits neatly into the studio's pantheon: Made with as much focus on heart as on visual quality, it's a sheer joy.
  22. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: Sean Axmaker
    91
    A charmer of a film and a delightful piece of storytelling.
  23. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    91
    The story line for WALL-E is probably too convoluted for small kids, and sometimes it suffers from techie overload, but it's more heartfelt than anything on the screens these days featuring humans.
  24. NPR
    Reviewed by: Bob Mondello
    90
    The first hour of Wall-E is a crazily inventive, deliriously engaging and almost wordless silent comedy of the sort that Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton used to make.
  25. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Pete Vonder Haar
    90
    A thoroughly enjoyable film, and ranks with Pixar's best.
  26. The New Yorker
    Reviewed by: David Denby
    90
    Apparently, the movie has caused annoyance in some quarters because it criticizes the American way of life. This it does, and with suavity and supreme good humor. 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.
  27. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marc Savlov
    89
    This is Pixar's finest and most emotionally powerful film yet, and it draws on a wealth of cinematic resources that run the gamut from Chaplin's best to Buster Keaton, Jacques Tati, and even Martin and Lewis.
  28. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    88
    Succeeds at being three things at once: an enthralling animated film, a visual wonderment and a decent science-fiction story.
  29. ReelViews
    Reviewed by: James Berardinelli
    88
    Put simply, WALL-E is about as charming as movies get.
  30. Charlotte Observer
    Reviewed by: Lawrence Toppman
    88
    A potent environmental message wrapped up in an irresistibly cute romance between robots.
  31. Portland Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Shawn Levy
    83
    It's a justifiably G-rated film, but parents may have some 'splainin' to do.
  32. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Joe Neumaier
    80
    Rotates around a rusty little robotic hero who's built, as the movie is, with such emotion, brains and humor that whole universes exist in his whirring tones and binocular eyes.
  33. Slate
    Reviewed by: Dana Stevens
    80
    Wall-E is an improbable delight, a G-rated crowd-pleaser.
  34. Variety
    Reviewed by: Todd McCarthy
    80
    Walks a fine line between the rarefied and the immediately accessible as it explores new territory for animation, yet remains sufficiently crowd-pleasing.
  35. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Andrea Gronvall
    80
    The movie's first half is largely free of dialogue, playing like silent comedy, while the second act offers a breathtaking tour of the cosmos.
  36. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Steven Rea
    75
    With rich, detailed, cinematic animation and terrific sound effects, WALLE pulls this unlikely love story off.
  37. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    75
    In the moment, it's intermittently transcendent, heartrending and beautiful ... and busy, repetitious and boring.
  38. Premiere
    Reviewed by: Jenni Miller
    75
    When it works, it really works, but it's debatable whether its target audience will really enjoy anything more than the nifty robots. Which is fine, too. Robots are pretty cool.
  39. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Stephanie Zacharek
    70
    The picture feels weirdly, and disappointingly, disjointed, something that starts out as poetry and ends as product.
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8.9 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 1356 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 373 out of 450
  2. Mixed: 24 out of 450
  3. Negative: 53 out of 450
  1. B.W.
    10
    A lot of people seem to share my opinion about how incredible this film was. I personally feel that this may be the best film I've ever seen. I don't see this as bashing any one group of people based on their weight (...and I love that one person commented on how this movie would offend "fat people". Don't you think that some people might find that label offensive?). It does raise some important questions about the amount of time that we spend in front of our computer/screens these days, the lack of time that we spend playing outdoors and interacting with others face to face, and the nature of the "corporate beasts" that rule the retail market. More importantly, it's got great music, amazing graphics, and is truly endearing and hilarious. Watch this movie. And then go for a walk with family or friends.… Full Review »
  2. MetalMan95
    10
    Best kids movie ive seen in years. It has a great story and amazing visuals. I loved it to no end. All ages will enjoy. if your 1 or 100, you'll enjoy
  3. ArturB.
    10
    The Best Movie of Pixar & maybe of the decade!
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