Up (2009)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2009
	Director: Pete Docter (Monsters Inc., Inside Out), Bob Peterson
	Actors (voices): Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer (The Sound of Music), Jordan Nagai, John Ratzenberger
	Country: USA
	Genre: Animation, Comedy, Adventure
	Conditions of visioning: 09.08.2015, HD VOD, Home cinema
Synopsis: The elderly Carl Fredricksen (Asner) sets on a trip to South America in his house lifted by thousands of Helium balloons to honor a promise to his gone wife. Russell (Nagai), a young Wilderness Adventurer, is determined to help him in his quest.
Review: For me the main interest in this movie, what makes it stand apart, is the heartbreaking opening backstory (that last for about 15 minutes), when Fredricksen meets his soulmate as a kid, they live their lives as a married couple and she passes away before they can accomplish their childhood's dream. And the consequent references to this backstory (Karl calling his house Ellie for example) constantly remind us of the motivation of the main character. This was something really unexpected for an animated film with an expected audience of 5 years olds. Around that, the rest of the movie is more what you would expect from such a movie: Adventure and flying machines, talking dogs (well, they made me laugh as well) and weird colorful birds, comic poses (Squirrel!) and those kind of things. The animation looks good and colorful and pleasant to watch, the house and cloud of balloons in particular. Another relative success for Pixar. I am curious to see their latest production Inside Out which I heard is really good.
Rating: 6 /10