Made during Pixar’s miraculous run in the 2000s, Andrew Stanton’s WALL-E is, at its heart, an ecological wake-up call about how we’re destroying the planet, but it coats that alarming message in a sweet candy shell for the kiddies.
When I mentioned to a friend that I was making a list of the 50 greatest sci-fi films, his first and only question was: Where are you putting WALL-E? Well, here’s your answer. Made during Pixar’s miraculous run in the 2000s, Andrew Stanton’s WALL-E is, at its heart, an ecological wake-up call about how we’re destroying the planet, but it coats that alarming message in a sweet candy shell for the kiddies. The film’s transcendent opening 10 minutes are absolute perfection and a master class in narrative table setting. No notes.