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Wall-E

posted by Jason Kottke   Jul 02, 2008

Wall-E was wonderful?best new film I?ve seen in a long time. With it, Andrew Stanton joins Brad Bird in Pixar?s top tier of directors, with the much-heralded John Lasseter in third place. But I can see where Tyler Cowen was coming from when he stated in his short review that the film was ?not recommended for children? and that ?some bold genius at Pixar will be fired?. Wall-E was funny, charming, and endearing but also subversive, disturbing, and dystopian. That combination that usually doesn?t play well at the box office but some of my favorite films ride that fine line between comedy and disconcerting drama.

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