Wall-E!

Took the wife to see Wall-E today and Pixar's winning streak continues (if you forget Cars, which I've tried my best to do). I was actually quite surprised by how complex the story was (for once, the trailers didn't give everything away). The first half of the film is perhaps the most charming, and has almost no dialogue. Wall-E (who has only a cockroach for company) is even more adorable than his lookalike Johnny 5 and the depiction of an abandoned Earth overstuffed with refuse is spectacular. When WALL-E meets a sleek female robot called EVE, love blossoms and it soon leads to them both being brought back to a spaceship where humans have been living for the last 700 years. Without giving too much away, this segment of the film raises plenty of big issues (such as society's increasing laziness and over-reliance on machines) while still offering plenty of action and laughs. I particularly liked MO, the little cleaner robot who freaks out when Wall-E leaves a trail of contamination behind him wherever he goes.
The animation is the best yet in a Pixar movie, and Ben Burtt brings the same class to the sound effects that he did for the Star Wars movies. There are lots of great little touches in the movie, such as the various junk items that Wall-E collects and the Mac boot sound he makes when he starts up. It's not really a kid's movie, more a thought-provoking sci-fi epic that appeals to all ages. It's probably my favourite Pixar film after Toy Story. Highly recommended.