Up (2009)
92%RT Audience Score: 90%
Awards & Nominations: Nominated for 4 Oscars
16 wins & 87 nominations total
An exciting, funny, and poignant adventure, Up offers an impeccably crafted story told with wit and arranged with depth, as well as yet another visual Pixar treat.
Up” is the perfect movie for anyone who wants to laugh, cry, and shout “Squirrel!” all in one sitting. It’s a heartwarming adventure that will have you soaring high and tugging at your heartstrings. The first 20 minutes alone will leave you feeling all the feels, and the rest of the movie is just as good. Plus, who doesn’t love a movie with a talking dog? “Up” is a true masterpiece that will leave you with a smile on your face and a tear in your eye.
Production Company(ies)
Columbia Pictures,
Distributor
Walt Disney, Pixar Animation Studios
Release Type
Streaming, Theatrical, Theatrical (Wide)
Filming Location(s)
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for language throughout, some sexual content, graphic nudity and drug content.
Year of Release
2009
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Atmos Dolby Digital
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:1h 29m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): May 29, 2009 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 10, 2009
Genre(s)
Comedy/Adventure
Keyword(s)
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Worldwide gross: $791,863
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $861,236
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,628
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 93,919
US/Canada gross: NA
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
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US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
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Christopher Plummer – Charles Muntz – Voice
Jordan Nagai – Russell – Voice
Bob Peterson – Dug, Alpha – Voice
Delroy Lindo – Beta – Voice
Jerome Ranft – Gamma – Voice
Director(s)
Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
Writer(s)
Bob Peterson, Pete Docter
Producer(s)
Jonas Rivera
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 4 Oscars
16 wins & 87 nominations total
Academy Awards
Oscar Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures Winners, Oscar Best Animated Feature Film Winners, Oscar Nominees, Oscar Original Score Winners, Oscar Winners
All Critics (297) | Top Critics (76) | Fresh (290) | Rotten (7)
Funny and poignant and full of life, Up easily qualifies as one of the best movies of the year so far. Go with someone you care about.
July 6, 2010
Tom Charity
CNN.com
TOP CRITIC
A hugely enjoyable work, whose care, craftsmanship and creative courage are rarely found in mainstream films – animated or otherwise.
October 16, 2009 | Rating: 4/5
Cosmo Landesman
Times (UK)
TOP CRITIC
If it had lived up to its golden first five minutes, Up would have been the film of the decade. As it is, it remains the best animated flick of 2009, a funny, moving, beautifully made argument that dreamers can move mountains.
October 9, 2009 | Rating: 4/5
Ian Freer
Empire Magazine
TOP CRITIC
What’s so impressive about Up is that the film-makers never lose sight of their adult concerns.
October 9, 2009 | Rating: 4/5
Toby Young
Times (UK)
TOP CRITIC
Another original, boundary pushing story. It’s not quite Nemo, but it will have you shouting ‘Squirrel!’ at every opportunity.
October 9, 2009 | Rating: 4/5
Limara Salt
Little White Lies
TOP CRITIC
The humour gets weirder as it goes on and it’s among the lightest of Pixar’s films, but the first 20 minutes offer the saddest, most poignant sequence seen in an animation film since Bambi’s mother died.
October 9, 2009 | Rating: 4/5
Jonathan Romney
Uncut Magazine [UK]
TOP CRITIC
A perfect blend of visual designs and imaginative storytelling.
November 29, 2020 | Rating: 9/10
Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins
First Up gently tugs at your heartstrings, then it sends you soaring aloft.
November 24, 2020
Jason Best
Movie Talk
An absolute triumph.
September 26, 2020 | Rating: 4.0/4.0
Richard Propes
TheIndependentCritic.com
‘Up’ is an adventure from start to finish that… deals with many things that complement each other, making up a whole that would be impossible not to consider a masterpiece. [Full Review in Spanish]
May 8, 2020
Sergio Benítez
Espinof
There is not a moment in this film where there’s not a smile on your face or in your heart…24 kt. Oscar gold.
November 3, 2019
Debbie Lynn Elias
Behind The Lens
Here’s a movie that ultimately goes to the dogs (Dug!), and it still deserves enthusiastic thumbs up.
June 20, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/4
Matt Brunson
Film Frenzy…
Plot
Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence), an astronomy grad student, and her professor Dr. Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio) make an astounding discovery of a comet orbiting within the solar system. The problem – it’s on a direct collision course with Earth. The other problem? No one really seems to care. Turns out warning mankind about a planet-killer the size of Mount Everest is an inconvenient fact to navigate. With the help of Dr. Oglethorpe (Rob Morgan), Kate and Randall embark on a media tour that takes them from the office of an indifferent President Orlean (Meryl Streep) and her sycophantic son and Chief of Staff, Jason (Jonah Hill), to the airwaves of The Daily Rip, an upbeat morning show hosted by Brie (Cate Blanchett) and Jack (Tyler Perry). With only six months until the comet makes impact, managing the 24-hour news cycle and gaining the attention of the social media obsessed public before it’s too late proves shockingly comical – what will it take to get the world to just look up?.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Ed Asner voices the main character, Carl Fredericksen, in Up.
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