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Written by: Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon (screenplay by), Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter (story by)
Directed by: Andrew Stanton
Starring: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard, John Ratzenberger, Kathy Najimy, Sigourney Weaver
Rated: G
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Plot
A robot responsible for cleaning a waste-covered Earth meets another robot and falls in love with her. Together, they set out on a journey that will alter the fate of mankind.
Verdict
It's such a cute movie about two robots becoming friends that manages to create a broader sci-fi story exploring over consumption and consumerism to serve as the backdrop. The lone robot left on Earth embarks on a wild adventure with a friend. Part of it is a desire for companionship and tired of being alone. Despite the lack of dialog, or because of it, this tells such a compelling story. WALL-E is instantly likable and endearing.
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Review
A lone trash robot is left on an abandoned Earth overrun with litter. Humans fled to space long ago to escape the problems they created on Earth. This develops WALL-E well as Earth items he's collected while watching Hello Dolly. He's the only trash robot still functional. It's a simple, cute robot with a lot of character.
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A sleek robot EVE arrives on Earth and WALL-E is smitten. He tries to communicate with and impress EVE with his collection of Earth artifacts. It's clear to the audience that EVE is a robot created to find and detect life and report back. WALL-E is just following his new friend, and he ends up in a whole new world, a ship inhabited by all kinds of autonomous robots and humans. Humans have become sedentary, never leaving their motorized chairs, while all their needs are fulfilled by robots.
EVE is the first probe to bring back a living organism, a plant. This event is a signal that Earth can be recolonized, but the plant disappears and EVE is diagnosed as faulty. WALL-E's adventures on the ship to free EVE don't fare so well. WALL-E keeps getting them into more trouble, and EVE thinks WALL-E took the plant but realizes he didn't when he's nearly destroyed in saving it. This plant is monumental event for this ship, both for the humans and ship's autonomous computer. Probes were never expected to find life on Earth and humans weren't meant to go back as the ship wasn't programmed for that. Robots on this ship exist to keep humans satisfied and compliant.
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There's very little dialog, but it doesn't diminish the story. The movie doesn't need it to convey what's happening. It's such a cute movie, a love story between robots, but it also touches upon themes of over-consumption, human evolution, and the planet's destruction. The desire for comfort driven by consumerism has driven humans to be nearly anti-social. The evolution of humans is a deep theme for an animated movie.
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