UP Movie Reviews

It is so difficult to define beauty it must be well nigh impossible to create a unique version of beauty. For everybody other than the wizards at Pixar, that is. They are the fine folk that gave us Nemo, Woody, Buzz Lightyear and The Incredibles (among others). They are the people that made it possible for millions to watch a rat take over a kitchen (in Ratatouille [ Images ]) and not think about how disgusting that would be in real life.

The new Pixar offering Up, released both in 3D and 2D, blends inventive animation with old-fashioned values to deliver a dazzling and exhilarating family adventure that is impossible not to love. The film's hero, Carl Fredricksen, is a grumpy seventy-something year-old with creaking bones, who we first meet at the age of eight as a geeky kid with a yen for adventure. When little Carl meets Ellie, a sprightly young girl with exactly the same passions, they form a bond

Looks like Pixar was keeping the best for their 10th release, Up. A perfect mash-up of an adult love story set against the backdrop of a wild adventure, Up starts on a high note. Carl (Asner) sets off on a magical journey to South America with helium balloons tied to his shanty house. Having no idea who's going to knock on his door in mid-air, Carl is soon forced to take 'wilderness explorer' Russell (Nagai) under his wing. Grieving the loss of his wife

Every once in a while comes a movie as endearing as a grandmother's lap, as joyous as Tendulkar on song. UP is that kind of a movie: a magical joyride on 10,000 balloons that fills you with an unbearable lightness of being, and literally as well as figuratively, takes you to cloud nine. Crafted in the Disney-Pixar stable, Oscar-nominated director Pete Docter's flight of imagination evokes the feel of adventure, comedy and drama -- sometimes all at the same time