Directed by Andrew Stanton
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Starz)
Wall-E is a cute little robot with big eyes that lives alone (well, there is the cockroach buddy) on a dead Earth overrun by toxic garbage. He dutifully performs his mission of recycling, building large pyramid-like structures in the process. He sorts through the garbage for treasures, including a VHS copy of Hello, Dolly, which teaches him the meaning of love. One day a ship arrives and releases a probe, which turns out to be the love of his life Eve. She was sent by the descendants of humans living on a giant cruise ship in space. Wall-E and Eve return to the ship with a plant, which triggers a centuries-old plan for the humans to return to Earth. Peppered with cogent insights/warnings on ecological and technological trends of the modern world, it's nonetheless hard to get away from the fact that this is basically a love story between anthropomorphic robots. I was getting a bit tired of hearing "WallEEEE!" and "Evaaaaaaa!" over and over again every time there was some "crisis". The cuteness may have family appeal, but it dumbs-down the movie.
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