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Empire - Ian Freer | Screenrush Barometer:  |
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'If it had lived up to its golden first five minutes, Up would have been the film of the decade. As it is, it remains the best animated flick of 2009, a funny, moving, beautifully made argument that dreamers can move mountains.' |
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Total Film - Neil Smith | Screenrush Barometer: |
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'a captivating, exuberant delight. And did we mention it contains The Greatest Moment In Movie Animation? Oh.' |
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Little White Lies - Limara Salt | Screenrush Barometer: |
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'Pixar may have several sequels in the pipeline but Up is yet another original, boundary pushing story. It's not quite Nemo, but it will have you shouting ?Squirrel!' at every opportunity.' |
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The Sunday Times - Cosmo Landesman | Screenrush Barometer: |
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'about as uplifting as half a bra. Still, it's a hugely enjoyable work, whose care, craftsmanship and creative courage are rarely found in mainstream films ? animated or otherwise.' |
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The Observer - Peter Bradshaw | Screenrush Barometer: |
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'a masterclass in narrative exposition, and the moments explaining their childlessness will bring a lump to your throat' |
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The Financial Times - Nigel Andrews | Screenrush Barometer: |
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'Quiet genius isn't enough. As in Wall.E, an opening section perfect in its stealth artistry, followed by a time/space lift-off heady with promise, lead to main-action middle and final parts that throw the picture-book at us. Someone at Pixar, or parent company Disney, must have screamed: "Kids! We're doing this for kids!" So Up ends up climbing the mayhem tree. There is a multicoloured big bird choreographed for lovable zaniness. There are knockabout frogs and madcap monkeys. Finally, as if to give the 3D goggle-wearers value for money and migraine, there are gravity-defying, wit-defying, sense-defying aerial fights between Team Muntz and Team Carl. Sound and fury take over from art and insight, signifying that a big fat cheque from Crédit Kiddyland is more important to some Hollywood studios than swooning critics hailing another example of laptop miracle-working.' |
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The Guardian - Peter Bradshaw | Screenrush Barometer: |
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'a lovely, charming and visually stunning family comedy which can leave no heart unwarmed, although very young children might be a bit scared at some of the chancier moments.' |
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The Sun - The Sneak | Screenrush Barometer: |
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'packed with cliffhanging scenes, colourful creatures, tender moments and big laughs'
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Time Out - Dave Calhoun | Screenrush Barometer: |
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At Cannes: 'Pixar triumphs again with a delirious fantasy that has one leg in the real world of hopes dashed and realised and the other in the cartoon tradition of journeying and adventure. The crisp 3D is never gimmicky and the detail of the animation as loving as ever.' |
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Evening Standard - Nick Curtis | Screenrush Barometer: |
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At Cannes: 'Up is a delightful combination of wry humour, deft characterisation and adventure (believe me, the 3D format really pays dividends when it comes to exploiting the many vertiginous possibilities provided by aerial pursuits at 20,000ft).' |
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