Movie #107: Up

Movie #: 107
Movie Title: Up
Year Released: 2009

Director: Pete Docter
Notable Cast: Ed Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai, Bob Peterson

Short Description: Seventy-eight year old Carl Fredricksen travels to Paradise Falls in his home equipped with balloons, inadvertently taking a young stowaway. (IMDB.com)


Rank on the Top 100 Lists (as of 1/7/2013)

AFI.com: N/A
IMDB.com: N/A
Ranker.com: N/A
Lifed.com: #54
Empire.com: N/A
FilmCrave.com: #56
FlickChart.com: N/A



Date Watched: 6/6/2016

Grade: 3.5 out of 5 (Very Good)

Rationale: Most Disney/Pixar movies contain a sad point that pulls the viewer in and makes them become emotionally invested, but there’s always a strong rebound of happiness and laughter because it’s a kid’s movie after all. I never got that feeling with Up. It starts out very strong with the emotion tugging, and settles for moderately entertaining the rest of the way. I don’t recall laughing or chuckling as much as I’ve come to anticipate when I watch a Disney/Pixar movie. Though my rationale sounds harsh for a movie I gave a 3.5 out of 5 to, Up isn’t a bad movie. It’s just an odd duck in the Disney/Pixar universe and expectations should be different when watching Up compared to other movies from that power collaboration.