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Pixar-Disney’s latest animated feature would have to be very good indeed to live up to the hype accompanying it. Fortunately, it is.
In effect, this magnificent science fiction-romantic-comedy-adventure, directed by Andrew (Finding Nemo) Stanton, is two films.
The first is set on a post-apocalyptic Earth long abandoned by humans, who now coast through space in a luxury spaceship. Here the eponymous little robot WALL*E — Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class — has spent 700 years impacting and storing rubbish. Enter sleek penguin-styled robot EVE (Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator) sent to Earth to investigate the state of the planet, and it is love at first sight.
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