WALL-E (2008)
94%RT Audience Score: 90%
Awards & Nominations: Won 1 Oscar
94 wins & 95 nominations total
Wall-E’s stellar visuals testify once again to Pixar’s ingenuity, while its charming star will captivate younger viewers — and its timely story offers thought-provoking subtext.
WALL-E is the ultimate love story between two robots, and it’s not just for kids. This movie is a masterpiece that will make you laugh, cry, and think about the future of our planet. The animation is stunning, and the attention to detail is impressive. The way the story unfolds is both heartwarming and heartbreaking, and it’s impossible not to fall in love with WALL-E and EVE. This movie is a must-see for anyone who loves great storytelling, beautiful animation, and robots with personalities.
Production Company(ies)
Forty Four Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures,
Distributor
Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Wide)
Filming Location(s)
Walt Disney Animation Studios – 2100 Riverside Drive, Burbank, California, USA
MPAA / Certificate
G
Year of Release
2008
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:DTSS DDS Dolby Digital Dolby Atmos
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:1h 37m
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Language(s):English, Hindi
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jun 27, 2008 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 18, 2008
Genre(s)
Adventure/Comedy
Keyword(s)
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Worldwide gross: $521,311,890
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $718,087,209
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 170
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 78,308,311
US/Canada gross: $223,808,164
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $308,287,194
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 181
US/Canada opening weekend: $63,087,526
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $86,900,656
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 95
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $180,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $247,943,122
Production budget ranking: 38
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $133,517,371
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $336,626,715
ROI to date (est.): 88%
ROI ranking: 986
Elissa Knight – Eve – Voice
Jeff Garlin – Captain – Voice
Fred Willard – Shelby Forthright, BnL CEO
John Ratzenberger – John – Voice
Kathy Najimy – Mary – Voice
Director(s)
Andrew Stanton
Writer(s)
Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon
Producer(s)
Jim Morris
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
Won 1 Oscar
94 wins & 95 nominations total
Academy Awards
Oscar Best Animated Feature Film Winners, Oscar Nominees, Oscar Winners
All Critics (261) | Top Critics (70) | Fresh (249) | Rotten (12)
The tale of a trash compactor from the future who’s desperate for connection isn’t just one of Pixar’s unlikeliest successes, but its most arresting and prescient.
June 17, 2022
Adam Nayman
The Ringer
TOP CRITIC
Much of the film is wonderfully imagined, and there is something utterly winning about this tin can topped with binoculars… It’s just a shame that, at the end, it trips itself up with its own SENTIMENTALITE.
August 23, 2018
Deborah Ross
The Spectator
TOP CRITIC
Although Wall-E ends with a very apt and moving nod to City Lights, it is in fact Pixar’s answer to Modern Times-both a bravura summation of everything the studio is great at and a “You ain’t seen nothing yet!” statement of purpose.
December 13, 2017
Glenn Kenny
MUBI
TOP CRITIC
Director Andrew Stanton has pulled off a remarkable achievement here.
July 29, 2015 | Rating: 4/5
David Stratton
At the Movies (Australia)
TOP CRITIC
It indeed feels ‘new’, moving out of Pixar’s comfort zone while retaining the brand’s populist virtues: loveable characters, crafted jokes, aw-shucks niceness and wonderful images.
August 13, 2014
Andrew Osmond
Sight & Sound
TOP CRITIC
Much of the joy here comes from the aesthetic clash between the metallic sweethearts.
August 13, 2014
Ryan Gilbey
New Statesman
TOP CRITIC
WALLE stands as the studios crowning achievement.
February 14, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
Brian Eggert
Deep Focus Review
Gorgeous visuals, unmatched animation, and wondrously moving scenarios mask a relatively simple story of love.
November 28, 2020 | Rating: 9/10
Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins
Hollywood gets it right and kudos go to Pixar/Disney for the beautiful, touching, funny, and unforgettable Wall-E.
September 26, 2020 | Rating: 4.0/4.0
Richard Propes
TheIndependentCritic.com
A charming love story of two lonely robots surrounding a satire of consumer culture. Strong stuff.
June 29, 2020 | Rating: 5/5
Michael J. Casey
Boulder Weekly
WALL-E is one of the best animated films of the century.
February 17, 2020 | Rating: 5/5
Danielle Solzman
Solzy at the Movies
A delightful family film full of wonder and plenty of heart.
October 29, 2019 | Rating: B+
Micheal Compton
Bowling Green Daily News…
Plot
In a distant, but not so unrealistic, future where mankind has abandoned earth because it has become covered with trash from products sold by the powerful multi-national Buy N Large corporation, WALL-E, a garbage collecting robot has been left to clean up the mess. Mesmerized with trinkets of Earth’s history and show tunes, WALL-E is alone on Earth except for a sprightly pet cockroach. One day, EVE, a sleek (and dangerous) reconnaissance robot, is sent to Earth to find proof that life is once again sustainable. WALL-E falls in love with EVE. WALL-E rescues EVE from a dust storm and shows her a living plant he found amongst the rubble. Consistent with her “directive”, EVE takes the plant and automatically enters a deactivated state except for a blinking green beacon. WALL-E, doesn’t understand what has happened to his new friend, but, true to his love, he protects her from wind, rain, and lightning, even as she is unresponsive. One day a massive ship comes to reclaim EVE, but WALL-E, out of love or loneliness, hitches a ride on the outside of the ship to rescue EVE. The ship arrives back at a large space cruise ship, which is carrying all of the humans who evacuated Earth 700 years earlier. The people of Earth ride around this space resort on hovering chairs which give them a constant feed of TV and video chatting. They drink all of their meals through a straw out of laziness and/or bone loss, and are all so fat that they can barely move. When the auto-pilot computer, acting on hastily-given instructions sent many centuries before, tries to prevent the people of Earth from returning by stealing the plant, WALL-E, EVE, the portly captain, and a band of broken robots stage a mutiny.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Nothing specific is given, so here’s a tidbit about WALL-E himself: the sound effects for WALL-E’s movements were created by recording actual sounds made by a forklift and a cherry picker.
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