WALL-E

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.

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.

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.

Director Andrew Stanton has pulled off a remarkable achievement here.

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.

Much of the joy here comes from the aesthetic clash between the metallic sweethearts.

It’s a remarkable accomplishment, and it only gets better with time.

Stanton directs a masterpiece that is to behold forever among the greatest animated films.

Clever and endearing. I would not call this essential viewing but I enjoyed it more than I expected.

WALLE stands as the studios crowning achievement.