Up is described as a "comedic adventure" starring a 78-year man named Carl Fredricksen, who's "spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest". Due to his age, he thinks life has "passed him by". One day, however, a "twist of fate", and an 8-year old "Wilderness Explorer" named Russell, changes his outlook on life. The pair go on adventures, encountering "wild terrain", "unexpected villains" and "jungle creatures".--©Pixar blog
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The Independent
Anthony Quinn
"Up is buoyant with thrills and spills, yet it's anchored, quite movingly, in the acceptance of mortality. This rollercoaster ride will leave everyone on an up, even those of us who've crested the apex and now, like Carl, see life's curve heading all the way down."
09/10/2009
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The Daily Mail
Chris Tookey
"Pixar's tenth film is one of the most uplifting ever made. It's an instant classic and one of those rare movies which will appeal to all ages and intellects. It has heart and intelligence, beauty and excitement, plus loads and loads of imagination."
09/10/2009
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The Mirror
Mark Adams
"The latest Pixar film - and their first in 3D - is a real joy... funny, beautiful, actionpacked and at times even poignant, it is wonderful family entertainment and likely to be another massive hit from the masters of computer animation."
04/10/2009
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The New Statesman
Ryan Gilbey
"Another year, another embarrassment of riches from Pixar, the computer animation studio purchased three years ago by Disney. Audacious concepts, mature and witty writing, sensuous animation that forces you to consider with fresh eyes the world right under your nose - this excellence is getting predictable."
08/10/2009
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The Daily Telegraph
Sukhdev Sandhu
"But then, along comes a film like Up, a film so fantastically buoyant, so soaring and so universal, that it’s hard to check the urge to get down on one’s knees before the cinema screen and give thanks for the joy of being a moviegoer in an age when this animation studio has produced a run of brilliant titles that compares with the golden era of late-1930s Disney."
08/10/2009
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The Observer
Philip French
"It's latest production, Up, made in 3D, is co-directed by Pete Docter and Bob Petersen, who have worked on most Pixar productions including both Toy Story films. It's one of its best: touching, funny and graphically exciting."
11/10/2009
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Variety
Todd McCarthy
"Depending on what you think of "Cars," Pixar makes it either 9½ out of 10 or 10 for 10 with "Up," a captivating odd-couple adventure that becomes funnier and more exciting as it flies along. "
12/05/2009
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The Scotsman
Alistair Harkness
"It's funny and sweet, but also a tad predictable, with Carl's initial irritation with Russell softening as he recognises the same reckless spirit of adventure in him that he had as a little boy. Where Up really wins out, as the film's action shifts to South America and this intrepid duo have to contend with a surprise villain, is the loving attention to detail its makers confer upon both the setting (a richly imagined wilderness, clearly fuelled by memories of 1930s serial adventures) and the additional characters."
09/10/2009
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The Times
Toby Young
"Seeing Up a week after Toy Story reminds you of just how much growing up Pixar has done in the past 14 years. The company’s animators have put away childish things and are looking through a glass darkly."
09/10/2009
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Time Out
Dave Calhoun
"Pixar’s latest animated marvel may not reach the same heights of wonderment as a ‘Wall-E’ or a ‘Ratatouille’, but those are tough boots to fill and this short, sharp and sweet fantasy still manages to reaffirm its makers as world leaders in the kind of popular animation that embraces ideas and the real world alongside fun and fantasy. "
08/10/2009
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The Times
Wendy Ide
"The result is a poignant little treasure, an album of shared happiness that will reduce 90 per cent of the audience to tears."
10/10/2009
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The Sunday Times
Cosmo Landesman
"In truth, Up is about as uplifting as half a bra. Still, it’s a hugely enjoyable work, whose care, craftsmanship and creative courage are rarely found in mainstream films — animated or otherwise."
11/10/2009
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Total Film
Neil Smith
"Walt Disney said for every laugh there should be a tear. (He also said there should be no unions in Hollywood, but we’ll let that one slide.) Lest you assume Up is one long sob-fest, we should hasten to add that once that gut-punching salvo is over the movie settles into a more traditional groove – one that’s wacky, exhilarating and consistently funny."
17/09/2009
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The Independent on Sunday
Nicholas Barber
"Don't get me wrong. Up is still a delight, and it boasts some of Pixar's funniest ever comedy, but it feels like well-trodden ground for a film about travelling to a far-flung wilderness. If you didn't know better, you'd assume that a team of script doctors had taken a classic 20-page picture book about an old man in a floating house and then brainstormed a new plot to tack on the end."
11/10/2009
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The Guardian
Peter Bradshaw
"The latest Pixar-Disney animation from director Pete Docter, available in 2D and 3D, is a lovely, charming and visually stunning family comedy which can leave no heart unwarmed, although very young children might be a bit scared at some of the chancier moments."
09/10/2009
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The Financial Times
Nigel Andrews
"Sound and fury take over from art and insight, signifying that a big fat cheque from Crédit Kiddyland is more important to some Hollywood studios than swooning critics hailing another example of laptop miracle-working."
07/10/2009
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The New York Times
Manohla Dargis
"...the movie remains bound by convention, despite even its modest 3-D depth. This has become the Pixar way. Passages of glorious imagination are invariably matched by stock characters and banal story choices, as each new movie becomes another manifestation of the movie-industry divide between art and the bottom line."
29/05/2009
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