Winner of two Academy Awards, including Best Animated Feature. Carl Fredrickson, a retired balloon salesman, is part rascal, part dreamer who is ready for his last chance at high-flying excitement. Tying thousands of balloons to his house, Carl sets off to the lost world of his childhood dreams. Unbeknownst to Carl, Russell, an overeager 8-year old Wildnerness Explorer who has never ventured beyond his backyard, is in the wrong place at the wrong time -- Carl's front porch! The world's most unlikely duo reach new heights and meets fantastic friends like Dug, a dog with a special collar that allows him to speak, and Kevin, the rare 13-foot tall flightless bird. Stuck together in the wilds of the jungle, Carl realizes that sometimes life's biggest adventures aren't the ones you set out for.
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| As buoyant and richly tinted as the balloons that figure so prominently in its story... —Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly |
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As buoyant and richly tinted as the balloons that figure so prominently in its story...
—Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly
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Kids will delight at the exciting chase sequences and dog antics. But the film will resonate most with adults, who can appreciate its many levels and message about the precious adventures in life.
—Matt Stevens E!
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Pixar extends the longest winning streak in Hollywood history with Up, an exquisite work of cinematic art that also happens to be the funniest, most touching, most exciting and most entertaining movie released so far this year.
—Lou Lumenick New York Post
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...a wonderful film...
—Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times
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...a breathtaking ride into the realm of pure imagination.
—Peter Travers Rolling Stone
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...an artful blend of exhilaration and poignancy.
—Claudia Puig USA Today
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...pure delight from start to finish.
—Leah Rozen People
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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.
—Todd McCarthy Variety
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It's not only good, it's one of Pixar's best.
—Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times
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The first 10 minutes of Up are flawless; the final 80 minutes, close enough.
—Robert Wilonsky Village Voice
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Winsome, touching and arguably the funniest Pixar effort ever, the gorgeously rendered, high-flying adventure is a tidy 90-minute distillation of all the signature touches that came before it.
—Michael Rechtshaffen Hollywood Reporter
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...marvelous...
—Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune
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In its opening stretch the new Pixar movie Up flies high, borne aloft by a sense of creative flight and a flawlessly realized love story.
—Manohla Dargis New York Times
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It's Pixar, a studio that makes producing brilliant movies look simple, so right off the bat we expected an adorable, feel-good film with easy laughs and stunning eye-candy graphics. Up goes, well, above and beyond.
—Krista Soriano Maxim
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...challenging, emotionally and narratively, but it trusts viewers to keep up; Pixar has never been interested in talking down to children or their parents.
—Tasha Robinson Onion AV Club
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A mini-masterpiece...
—Ed Gonzalez Slant Magazine
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...opens with an extended sequence, lasting no more than ten minutes, that is probably the best thing the studio has ever done.
—Peter Rainer Christian Science Monitor
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It's good, not great, Pixar...
—Sean O'Connell Reel
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It's good, not great, Pixar...
—Sean O'Connell filmcritic.com
Movie Blogs
Pixar Grows Waaaay Up
Posted on 2007-06-12 by reelz
Pixar's core demographic may skew a little older than usual come 2009.
According to Variety, Pixar announced their next project, titled Up. The story centers around a 70-year-old man who joins a park ranger in an epic battle against an array of evil villains and monsters.
Peter Doctor (Monsters, Inc.) is set to direct with Pixar regular Bob Peterson on as co-director.
The announcement fills the gap for a full slate of Pixar projects through 2010. Next summer will see the release of Wall-E, about a young robot searching for home sweet home in the vastness of outer space, while 2010 brings the return of Buzz Lightyear, Woody and Co. with Toy Story 3.
Check Out the New Trailer for Disney/Pixar's Up
Posted on 2008-07-26 by reelzToday Disney/Pixar debuted some incredible new footage from their latest animated offering Up, about an elderly adventurer who travels the world fighting deadly beasts of all types. They also debuted a brand new trailer, available NOW at www.disney.com/up.
New Trailer for Pixar's Up
Posted on 2008-11-25 by reelzTrailers for some of the summer 2009 movies are dropping. Here's the trailer for Pixar's Up.
Looks like they're taking the old-man-inspired-by-kid plot convention and Pixarizing it.
What do you think?
New Up Clip
Posted on 2008-12-16 by reelzAfter the phenomenal success of Wall-E, a film many believe could garner a Best Picture Oscar nomination, Disney/Pixar is bound to take a step back with their next release, right? Not so fast. Reportedly, sneak previews of footage from Up, their latest computer-animated dazzler, have sparked mass hysterics on par with your average Robert Pattinson sighting. What's all the buzz about? See for yourself:
Which Super Movies Will Have Spots at the Superbowl?
Posted on 2009-01-09 by reelzA report at Variety lists which movie trailers we'll be seeing at this year's Superbowl.
Confirmed for this year's roster are high-profile titles like Paramount's Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Star Trek and G.I. Joe; Sony's Angels & Demons; DreamWorks Animation's Monsters vs. Aliens; and Universal's Land of the Lost and its fourth installment in The Fast and the Furious franchise. Disney is also planning to use the game to raise the profile for Pixar's next toon, Up, while a Wolverine spot is likely from Fox.
As of this report, warring studios Fox and Warner Bros. haven yet bought space. This is an interesting development since both have some big titles being produced in 2009 such as Watchmen, Wolverine, Night at the Museum 2, Terminator Salvation, and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince to name but a few.
One has to wonder if the much-publicized legal dispute between the studios is having some effect on their ability to buy advertising.
Keep it right here, where we'll have the Superbowl trailers and highlights when available.
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