From the producers of <i>Wall-E</i> comes <i>Up</i>, Pixar Animation Studio's newest creation, released on May 29, 2009. Earning more than $64 million in its opening weekend, <i>Up</i> rose to be one of the top ranked movies of the week. The movie revolves around Carl Fredricksen and his lifelong dream of reaching South America. Using balloons and his house that contains unforgettable memories to start off his dream, Carl experiences life on an entirely different level.

Carl Fredricksen (Edward Asner) meets the love of his life, Ellie (Elie Doctor), through their shared love for the famed explorer, Charles Muntz (Christopher Plummer) and Paradise Falls, a waterfall in South America. However, after the unfortunate death of Ellie, Carl’s life falls apart. But one day, Russell (Jordan Nagai), a Wilderness Explorer trying to earn his last badge comes knocking into Carl’s life and alters it forever. As the two strangers embark on their new adventure, Carl goes through a process of restarting his life and steps out of his past to start something new.

There are many great things about this movie.  Although it's an animated film, <i>Up</i> still contains a lot of action that keeps the audience on their feet, but it also contains enough emotional scenes to give it the original Pixar look. The film does an amazing job of portraying the happiness and the losses throughout Carl’s life in the first few minutes and leaves the audience nearly in tears. Also, with the introduction of Russell, the movie brings the audience back with laughter. This appearance allows the audience to reconnect with the Pixar film, and to bring back the idea that it is a happy movie. The entrance of the talking dogs is hysterical, filling the entire movie theater with laughter. The graphics in this movie, without a doubt, are astonishing. Each scene looks like it has been plucked out of real life, making the audience able to connect to the
world inside of the film. This film can almost be called perfect because it manages to capture every detail from the good guys to the villains, and from laughter to sadness.

This is the perfect movie to bring the family together, or to  bring back the joy in a person.  This movie could be viewed over and over again without ever getting boring.

(5 out of 5 stars)