Up
First screened in May 2009

---

Director: Pete Docter. Animated. With the voices of Ed Asner, Jordan Nagai, Bob Petersen, Christopher Plummer, John Ratzenberger, Delroy Lindo, David Kaye, Elie Docter. Screenplay: Pete Docter and Bob Petersen (based on an original screen story by Pete Docter, Bob Petersen, and Tom McCarthy).

---

Twitter Capsule: Prologue is as moving as you've heard. Unique character designs. Great bird, dog. End takes usual Pixar slide into antic mayhem.

VOR: ④  Pixar still pushing themselves, not just with emphasis on older character but with Ghibli-style surrealism and potentials of 3D.

---

Photo © 2009 Pixar/Walt Disney Entertainment

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B

---

Academy Award Nominations and Winners:
	Best Picture
	Best Original Screenplay: Pete Docter, Bob Petersen, and Tom McCarthy
★	Best Animated Feature
★	Best Original Score: Michael Giacchino
	Best Sound Effects: Michael Silvers & Tom Myers
Golden Globe Nominations and Winners:
★	Best Animated Feature
★	Best Original Score: Michael Giacchino
Other Awards:
	Boston Society of Film Critics: Best Animated Feature
	National Board of Review: Best Animated Feature
	British Academy Awards (BAFTAs): Best Animated Feature; Best Original Score

---

Permalink

Home

2009

ABC

Blog

E-Mail