Pixar makes it ten gems in a row with this enchanting animated story of 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen, a recent widower who decides to fulfill his (plus his late wife’s) lifelong dream of tying thousands of balloons to their house and floating off to a mountaintop in South America. But he soon discovers a stowaway in the form of Russell, a precocious eight-year-old “Wilderness Explorer” who he reluctantly allows to accompany him on his journey. Together the unlikely pair embark on the adventure of a lifetime, encountering Kevin, a rare, 13-foot tall-flightless bird; Dug, an overly-friendly talking pooch; and Charles Muntz, a once-famous adventurer who now lives alone in a massive airship, surrounded by a pack of attack dogs.
Could Up, which just became the first animated film to open the Cannes Film Festival, also become the first to be nominated for the Best Picture Oscar since Beauty and the Beast in 1991 (before the Animation category was even established)? At this point in the year, it’s actually a good bet. Whatever the case, expect Up to earn several nominations come Oscar time.
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