Up...

...is quite a peculiar film. In that on one hand, it's a barnstorming Pixar
chase romp around a South American jungle plateau, involving an old man, a boy
scout, a house held up with balloons, another old guy, some dogs, and a big
comedy ostrich. And a zeppelin. But on the other hand, it's a rather touching
portrayal of an old man mourning the loss of his wife who was the love of his
life. Much in the same way as WALL-E was just as much about a lonely robot
care-taking the grave of the Earth, as it was about bleeping knockabout fun.

If this one has a problem, it's that there's no middle ground. There's the very
adult theme of bereavement, and there's an updated version of the Roadrunner
cartoons. Seemed quite an incongruity to me.

For all that, it's a great little film, and well worth seeing.