The Film Buzz Official Review

The much anticipated computer-animated comedic adventure film, Disney and Pixar‘s collaborative brainchild has finally come alive in cinemas from 9 October and boy, has it hit the box office hard.

Ranking number one at the box office in it’s opening weekend, and eventually Up proved to be Pixar‘s second highest grossing film following behind Finding Nemo. Right now it is holding 1st place in Top Ten London Films, 98% on the Tomatometer  on Rotten Tomatoes, and has even made the IMDB Top 250 scoring in at a sweet #46.

With earth-shattering reviews and votes – this film cannot possibly disappoint.

The Plot

This film starts with a young Carl Frederickson realising his dream to be an explorer, aspiring to his hero Charles Muntz  the famous explorer, he chances upon his dream when he meets a young, bubbly and slightly peculiar adventurer named Ellie. As their spectacular friendship grows, they start to focus in on a common goal – to venture to the Lost Land in South America to Paradise Falls and eventually they fall in love and get married.

70 years later, Ellie has died and Carl feels devastated that they did not fulfil their true dream to visit South America together, and as he is forced to go to a retirement home he decides it’s time to take things into his own hands – for Ellie.

He ties thousands of balloons to his house and takes right off into the sky – his aim to fly to South America and perch his and Ellie’s house on the cliff of Paradise Falls, as pictured in Ellie’s Adventure Book.

However mid-flight, he hears a knock on the door and bewildered, he opens it to reveal 8 year-old Russell – the overly enthusiastic and not-so-bright Wilderness explorer. Russell is Carl’s biggest nightmare come true as all Carl wants to do is be left alone to complete his mission however things don’t go as planned and soon Carl realises he needs Russell more than he thinks…

Brought to you by Academy Award®-nominated director Pete Docter (Monsters Inc), Disney Pixar‘s Up will bring you humour, joy, adventure, tears on a journey into a lost world with the least likely but most likeable duo on the planet.

Featuring star voices including Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai and Bob Peterson.

The Thoughts

Even in the very first minute, I was captivated unlike any film had captivated me in a very long time. The first five minutes made me grin so hard it hurt, but also managed to reduce me to tears. The rest of the film was golden, pure Disney and Pixar magic unlike any other Disney Pixar film yet. They have definitely outdone themselves this time. Breathless action, endless humour, penetrating emotional depth and the most lovable, believable and brilliant characters all packed into a vivid, dream-like and fluid story being told in the most beautiful colours and graphics, there is nothing to fault of this film at all.

In times where everything has been done before, any film will struggle to come up with something original, yet Pixar has done it again in the most heart-warming and visually-stunning way, making it by far the best film of 2009 for me so far.

I strongly recommend adults, children alike to go and watch this film, and to watch it in 3D for this diamond of a film cannot be missed by anyone.

The Film Buzz Review Rating: 10/10

Release Date: 9 October 2009

Director: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson (co-director)

Writer’s: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson

Links: IMDB, Official Site, Rotten Tomatoes