my almost six year old was more interested in the relationship between wall-e and eeeevaaaa! the lazy people in planet b-n-l had to be explained and made no sense to her until the end. she wished wall-e had more action and energy in him…. mommy agrees.

I went with my wife, daughter, niece and my wife’s brother. I thought the movie was very bleak in the beginning but Wall-E gave me such a warm feeling while he was working. That’s what kept me interested. I think my daughter took away how caring Wall-E was and to me that’s an important lesson.

After walking out of the movie theater my 9 year old who obviously totally enjoyed the movie said “That was made to teach humans a lesson” I of course pushed him a little further and he explained “we can’t keep being mean to the Earth”

Wall-E was my 3-year-old daughter’s very first theater movie, and she loved it. She was much more concerned with the relationships between the characters, particularly Eve and Wall-E, than with the greater message of the movie. She categorized the bleak landscape of earth as “scary” but loved Wall-E’s home. She seemed only vaguely interested in the spaceship and fell asleep just a few minutes after the action shifted to the ship. Her favorite part of the movie was the short before it actually started, but her father and I loved it. It’s really well done and enjoyable. I would definitely encourage others to go — even if kids have questions, they’re easy to explain.

I took my five-year-old son to Wall-E and he hated it. He cried most of the time and asked me to take him home. I would not say that this is an upbeat, kid’s movie. What I thought would be a nice mother-son bonding experience ended up being torturous for my son.

I took a 3 and 7-year old to the movie. This discussion is way over the three-year old’s head. She just likes the robots.

The 7-year old is smart enough to pick up on what’s going on. But he realizes it’s fiction. It’s just a story. It’s not real. It doesn’t bother him. I think he handles it better than some of the adults have.

I took my seven year old. He loved it. When asked what it was about he simply said ‘take care of the world.’ I think he got it.

My two nephews, ages 11 and 9, both told their aunt that they had more fun taking a crap than watching “Wall-E”.

The combination of a half an hour of no talking and subtitles bored them to tears. I understand the movie is getting rave reviews from critics, but I know my 6-year-old would be fidgeting like crazy.

However, I wouldn’t make it a blanket rule. My 8-year old desperately wants to see it and I think he’d enjoy it and understand the point of the non-dialog action. My 6-year-old and her cousins, though, just don’t have the patience I think is required to sit through something like that.

So, it really depends on the child. Reminds me of when Disney thought kids would enjoy “Hunchback” but instead much of the content of that movie went wayyyy over most kids’ heads. Still an incredible work of animation, though.

So far the reactions with the four or five youngsters I know have been mixed; understanding some of the implications seems to be hit or miss. A lot of them are bored; the movie tends to lack to dramatic action scenes, doesn’t have excessive dialog, and there are not as clear cut good and bad guys (Auto, after all, is only following his directive and the BNL executives are 650 years expired); all of which I personally find wonderful, but I can see how kids might lose attention. In the words of our 8-year old friend, Mark Anthony, “There was no point, the movie didn’t have enough explosions.”

My 4 year old daughter was so bored with it she was asking to leave the theater 30 minutes into the movie. We made her stay and she had no comments about it afterward. It just didn’t strike a chord with her.

We saw Wall-E with our 3 children, ages 8, 6 and 5. The movie hit home with our children on two topics: 1) what happens to people when they sit around all day watching TV, typing on the computer, or playing video games (ie. they become overweight and unhealthy b/c of lack of exercise) and 2) why trying to clean up our environment in any and every way possible is important. Our children were most intrigued by all the “space junk” or satellites floating around earth in the movie and they did not like that. They said, ” that would block all the stars.” We told them they were exactly right. Excellent movie that really drives hard learning points home to children, and on their level.

I took my 2 year old boy and 5 year old girl to this on Friday. The 2 year old fidgeted through out most of it, but enjoyed the part of the robots “flying” though space. The girl liked the story between the 2 “lead” robots but I didn’t know quite how to explain to her what was going on when one of them shuts down for awhile. There was a young girl about 6 behind us who kept asking if the robots were dead or had died everytime they were damaged or shut down in some way. Overall, I thought there were certainly many advanced themes that went over my kids heads and for the most part, the had forgotten all about it by the time we were home.

I took my 9 year twins (boy and girl) to see Wall-E and waited to see what their interpretation would be. Being an environmentalist and self proclaimed Power Recycling Tree Hugger I left it to them to form their own opinions. They left the movie with two completely different line of questions for me. My daughter grabbed right onto the fact that the human race had created their own mess of the planet. She wanted to make sure that it could be stopped and that it would never come to that dramatic of an ending. My son on the other hand was horrified that the people had become so lazy on the ship that they could not even walk and he particularly pinpointed that their bones had shrank. He required indepth explanation as to why bone mass decreases and mutliple reassuring that proper nutrituion and exercise would eliminate this from happening. They, however, both found their own comfort in that the movie showed people returning to the planet and working to fix the mess that had been crreated.
I loved the fact that Pixar is trying to reach a younger generation regarding our responsiblity to ourselves and our planet.
Also a highlight that brought chuckles on the way home was the character, John, who was voiced by John Ratzenberger.

My soon to be 4th grader has learned about conservation and recyclying at school so that part of the movie plot was not new to her. Those points are lingering though as she did mention things like “I would never trash our planet that way” and “Let’s watch the Planet Green network more to find out how we can be more green.” To which I say no problem. I would say she definately got the right message. I would recommend the movie.

The questions and problems posed in the background setting of Wall-E are not questions to be avoided, but to be considered. The wasted earth, the fat and coddled remnants of humanity, these are elements of a cautionary tale. Humans have used cautionary tales for thousands of years to guide children. Wall-E has some very clear messages that it will benefit kids to hear: rampant greed and consumerism is bad, ignoring damage to the environment in favor of pleasure and convenience is bad, and sitting around all day without getting any movement or exercise is bad. You shouldn’t shield a child from this movie, you should watch it with them and talk to it afterwards. And if they’re spending too many summer days in front of the TV or the computer, ask them if they really want to wind up like the people in Wall-E.

Take it for what you will, but my boys were excited to leave the theatre with two plastic Wall-E drink cups. *shrug*

We took our 6 and 3 year old. Our 6-year old greatly enjoyed the movie and particularly the characters of Wall-E (of course) and Eva. We provided the language for the context of the movie with questions like “why do you think the people in Axiom are so big” and “why do you think all of the garbage was left on earth.” Six year-olds are already aware of the ideas of Reduce-Reuse-Recycle so part of their own environment/human-impact understandings are reinforced by the themes in Wall-E. While our kids enjoy movies at home and some computer games for the 6-year old, they’re familiar (through our reinforcement) of ideas that “too much screen viewing” can be unhealthy. There’s lots of fictional characters (Mike TeeVee is one that comes to mind) that we can use to reinforce these ideas. Nothing seemed too confusing for our 6-year old. It’s hard to know what our 3-year old thought of it all. She also greatly connected to the affections and actions of Wall-E and Eva.

My kids (12 and 10) asked during the movie why everyone was fat, why they had a hard time walking, etc. They understood that people left because of what was done to the planet and understood why Wall-E was there but they didn’t quite make the connection as to the lifestyle that led to the condition of the people. I did not connect the dots for them but provided the most direct answers and over the course of the ride home they were able to conclude correctly that the people didn’t take good care of the planet, that they became lazy with the robots doing all the work and everyone suffered the consequences. Oddly though, they felt those people were “dumber” than we are and thus that fate wouldn’t happen to us. And yet, they were excited by the possibility of having robots like those depicted. We’ll see…

Wall-E was a giant disappointment. Not only was it’s preachiness annoying, but it was just a bad story. There was nothing “deep” or “sobering” about it; it was just hackneyed tripe, not to mention boring.

All three of my kids hated it. My son asked me half way through the movie if we could go just go home.

My six year old was horribly dismayed by the depiction of the future and cried inconsolably when she thought that Wall-E was not going to “live.” In fact, she ended up crying all the way home. I personally loved the movie, but for a sensitive young child, it is overwhelming on many levels. She says now that she liked it, but she does not want to see it again.

My 3 year old son LOVED it! He loved the robots, and how they interacted with the humans. He thought the spaceship was awesome. He didn’t make any comments about the negativity of the movie, he just thought it was thoroughly amusing and intriguing.

The more depressing elements of the movie were largely lost on my nine year old boy. What he remembers fondly are the more slapstick and humorous events of the movie. We certainly discussed the more somber elements of the movie, but he seemed largely focused on the more positive messages. We recycle and are as “green” as we can possibly be and we encourage him to play outside and move around so the dire scenarios were relevant in a “See what can happen if you don’t…?” kind of way. My 20 year old adult child and I enjoyed the love story, but are now even more concerned about the health and well-being of ourselves and our planet. Even so, I would have to say that the “Love conquers all” message of the movie is what remains paramount in our hearts and minds. I’ve yet to be disappointed by the Pixar studios. God bless them for making movies that can be enjoyed by people of all ages.

Despite taking place almost 800 years in the future, this movie should be a great launching point for environment responsibility conversations with your children. My daughter’s only 4 so her biggest concern with Wall•e was how he slept on that tiny shelf. But I’m hoping this movie segways into more realistic conversations as she gets older. Unfortunately our irresponsible lifestyle to date warrants that we have such advanced conversations with our kids these days… even though we may not want to.

Most children, although not all, will not be sophisticated enough to see any underlying ‘message’ this movie displays. They will blissfully and innocently watch a cute robot on a movie screen -nothing more.
For those children who do ’see’ deeper, I only hope they have parents capable of explaining.

As an 18 year old, I can say that I was pleasantly suprised with just how many layers Wall-E had. I believe it all went well over my little sister’s head, but (along with the main love story of course) it kept me very interested with it’s rather startling commentary. It’s not thrown in your face, it’s just there. You can choose to ignore it, but it sends a powerful message if you pay attention too it. I would recommend people of all ages to go see it, everyone will get something out of this movie.

My kids loved the movie. I myself thought it was cute, but knew my husband wouldn’t like it. (Pixar has done much better movies.) My 5 year old understood the message enough to look at his daddy while he was sitting on his lap to tell him he needed to walk more! That itself was worth the $40 to see the movie:)

Called to emergency child care duty for our 2-1/2 year old granddaughter, my husband and I decided to take her to her first movie. (She will sit and pay attention to a full DVD showing of Shrek, Madagascar, Cars, Cinderella, Snow White, Ratatouille, Tarzan, and others.) She sat pleasantly through 30 minutes of trailers but 45 minutes into Wall-e, she turned around and said “Done.” (A word that warns of possible meltdown if not heeded.) By that time, we were “done” too. I wouldn’t recommend this movie to anyone–adult or child.

It does suggest the need for some expert and widely publicized advice on what age level would appreciate a feature-length movie. The G and PG ratings really don’t do it.

When their kids ask questions about the film, I think that many parents will just say “It’s only a movie! Now eat your burger and fries…I want to do some shopping before we go home.”

“My two nephews, ages 11 and 9, both told their aunt that they had more fun taking a crap than watching “Wall-E”. ”

How eloquent…

my four year old son echos rick’s four year old daughter…..he LOVES the movies normally…..he says that he loves wall-e, but I think that’s because the marketing of the flick was so comprehensive. I thought the movie was sweet and the message was nice, but the color palette on earth makes it less spectacular for little kids.

And how many of the kids and parents that didn’t like this film spend their time zoning out on their couch being entertained by television and video games?

We took our four teenagers (two in high school, two in middle school) to see “Wall-E” this weekend. One daughter was charmed by the love story, but the other three were unenthusiastic (and they usually LOVE Pixar movies). My wife and I were both put off by the preachiness and inanity of the plot. Tubby human beings with stubby little legs that can’t support them? What freak genetic permutation caused THAT? Our entire planet evacuated to what looks like a giant cruise ship in the sky? Yeah, right. A decision to return to Earth because a single plant is found? Hmm, could be a bit premature, mebbe?

In short, yuk. Following the warm, nostalgic, and optimistic “Cars” with this human-hostile green diatribe was really surprising. Pixar has always seemed smarter than this. Could it be the Mouse’s influence? Disney’s ability to connect with its audience has been pretty hit-and-miss in recent years.

My Children (12, 8 and 6 years of age) loved Wall-E - they all thought it was a lot of fun! My oldest child did comment that the film had a “political” agenda involving the environment but he was not overly concerned that this was a direction as a society we were headed in. He went the opposite direction concluding this could never happen to our plant because as a society we ARE aware and concerned about the planet Earth saying frankly “Mom that is why we recycle”.

I’ve seen reactions of both kinds from kids. My older kids loved the movie - the younger ones liked the robots but didn’t connect with the story.

The issue is that Pixar made a movie that was more adult in sensibility, and thus the more mature kids will appreciate its context and nuance better than younger kids (or “less complex” adults).

Another problem is that some people think that since a movie is animated that it has to be bright, perky, funny, and targeted at kids to be anything other than a colossal flop. Pixar alienated many people with “Ratatouille” and now “Wall-E” because they weren’t as kid-accessible as, say, DreamWorks movies.

I personally loved “Wall-E” and appreciated it on many levels. The characterization that allowed me to connect with Wall-E and EVE even though they spoke a sum total of four words apiece was awe-inspiring. At the same time, a mother left the screening I attended midway through, telling her kids, “I didn’t know that this movie would be this awful.” Sad to see that the dumbing down of America is still so prevalent…

We just saw Wall-E yesterday - and I’m sorry to say, neither I, my husband or our 4 year old son liked it at all. My son was asking to leave a half hour into the movie - I nearly fell asleep myself a few times and I also wanted to leave but stubbornly stayed waiting for it to get better. I was disappointed as the Pixar movies are usually so enjoyable. On a positive note, I thought the animation was stellar, as always. And Wall-E was lovable. There just didn’t seem to be a capturing story.

After the movie my 7 year old said she really liked it. I said, “It was different, wasn’t it?” She said, “What do you mean, Daddy?” While she was watching it, the movie was just a cartoon with a cute robot. However, as we were leaving the theater, she said, “We really have to take care of things, or the world may get like that.”

I went with twin girls that are turning 4 in three weeks. One of them, sobbed from the time Eve left the earth surface until the ending credits.

While she was sobbing, I would ask her why she was so sad, and she would whimper, “I want wall-e to find his friend” or, “I want wall-e to go home”. And I would find myself, sniffling and saying, “me too”.

Afterwards, I was expecting her to hate the film and asked if she liked it. She responded by saying, “I loved it, can i see it again sometime?”.

When I asked her, her favorite part, she said holding hands. The other twin did not get emotionally invested in the film and said her favorite part was, “the silly cleaning up.”

I’ve told everyone that listens that they should see it. But I’m curious if adults without a crying three year old sitting on their lap were as touched by it as I was.

I took my 4 year old grandson to see Wall-E. We both enjoyed the movie very much. His thoughts after the movie was that, “everybody needs somebody to love.” He was completely entertained throughout the whole movie.

It’s funny to see the comments about kids fundamentally not enjoying the movie… A friend of mine yanked her family out after 45 minutes due to the absence of dialogue. My kids and another family saw it after hearing about this, but nobody had any issues with it. The action and the subtext was very enjoyable for everybody.

With regards to the content, both of my boys (9 and 7) understood the environmental aspects but completely missed the social commentaries. Regardless, it’s a spectacular, many-layered film.

I read this blog and asked my 6 year old daughter what she thought of the movie. Here are her exact words: “Wall-E is about friendship because Eve and Wall-E are friends. And its about not taking care of the earth. That means if you throw too much junk away, it will trash up the city. Then it is a bad thing. Because littering for the earth and making robots clean it up is not good. The people on the ship got fatter while they sat. That means they are not getting so much exercise. Thats not good about them. They should get up and exercise while NOT sitting in a chair. The movie was fun because whenever the computer robot was turned off, he didn’t talk and that was good because he told the people what to do.” That is how she saw the movie and she thought it was great. She understood a lot of what was going on and asked questions during the movie. I think she learned several good lessons from it.

I am a mother to a six year old and 15 year old who both saw the film.

The 15 year old was as dispirited by the world of tomorrow of “Wall-E” as I was, recognizing that the window onto the future didn’t seem so far fetched, pondering our current trajectory and state of affairs in the global economy and mountains of waste we have already created from mass produced goods and the present multi-faceted threats to existence on earth under Global Warming.

Our six year old was utterly enchanted and delighted by “Wall-E” and wanted to see the film again as soon as it ended. Her thoughts about the movie reminded me of how I used to look at the world as a kid, a world beset with problems, choked with 70s era pollution, and the despondency of the 60s hang over, and yet I never saw it that way at all, but recalled being attracted to and delighted by that which seemed good, true, or beautiful. And by this, I do not mean the things that are purchased.

My daughter’s attention was spent on the characters of Wall-E and Eve. I believe the hope and awe which all children are born with allowed her to disengage from the depressing set piece and to embrace the theme, which is love, which is what Wall-E and Eve embodied.

Love is what will resonate with the younger ones when they see Wall-E.

As for my son, he was moved, frightened, and then also in thrall with the story and the animation; he was entertained but he was also jolted. and this is good.

It is important for children of all ages to know the world we are inheriting. If the movie inspires us to do as Wall-E does and pitch in and clean up before it is too late, then the price of being disturbed for a little while is well worth it.

My son and I went last weekend. I was surprised at the depth of the theme of the movie - but did my son notice? He’s 9 and yes he did. He wasn’t too interested in the “love” blossoming between Wall-E and Eva, but he wanted to know at first, why are all the people so fat - then he took a look around…a lot of fat people watching a movie.

When we got into our car on the way home, he said “is that what our planet will look like when all the polar bears die?” I said, “No”, then he said “what about if all the plants died?” I said yes, because the plants make the air that we breathe - then we got into a discussion in regard to death and on and on it went…with the ending a little like this…”So, mommy? If the plants all die, can we get a wall-e?” And the other thought was, “Who was your favorite?”

I think it made both my 12 and 8 year olds more aware of the discussions we have frequently about trash, plooution, eating right and staying physically fit and active. Unfortunately, they didn’t show how they got rid of all the trash - that would be a great movie!

I took my son , 13, and two other 13 year old boys to Wall-E. They mainly thought it was pointless and boring, though they liked the little robot, and I thought it was just about the most boring stupid movie I’ve ever seen. The only humor was seeing how many times and ways this robot could get squished, smashed, etc. I only went since it got such good reviews… are these reviewers being paid off by Disney???!!! The whole thing just didn’t make much sense either broadly or in the details, and there was certainly no sympathy generated for the bloated stupid humans. How much time and money was wasted making this thing? I guess Pixar has become a big bureaucracy. The half hour episodes of most cartoons on Cartoon Network are way better. At least they could have made a few original songs for the movie to liven it up instead of using ‘Hello Dolly’ ad nauseum. As for the bigger meaning? That gets lost in the total boringness of it all.

My children (boys ages 8 & 4) enjoyed the movie, but they haven’t talked about it as much as they did previous animated movied. When we saw Cars, for instance, everything they boys did from the moment the movie was over revolved around Lightning McQueen & Mater. It was a comical, light movie and my boys focused on the funny statements and actions (tractor tippin’).

With Wall-E, the comedy was mostly slapstick with no comical dialogue. I don’t think they got it, at least not all of it. They laughed at a few things. They watched the movie intently and they said it was good, but that was the last thing they mentioned. I don’t think they remember a lot of it because there was no dialogue to tie the action to. They haven’t asked any questions, I think it was too “deep” for them to have grasped.

Overall, it’s a good movie and we all enjoyed it.

Man you guys are lame. This movie was a masterpiece.. Try to get a hold of your children. If you have half of a brain, you would understand the movie. My son loved the movie. My son is 7 Years oldHe knows he has to get off his ass and exercise or he will become fat like most of the kids I see today. Also he learned about companionship. And finally he learned how pollution can in time ruin the world.

Some of this stuff is not far from the truth.

Here’s an interesting perspective…that of a teenage girl. My best friend went to see this movie, after much anticipation. When she came back, she was very disappointed. The fact that there was no talking for the first 30 minutes contributed to that, also the fact that it wasn’t as funny as suggested. Add on unrequited promises of Disney-esque jokes for the adults, and you have Wall-E: the let down children’s flick of the year. I usually trust her judgment completely, and she’s not a hard critic…but her review along with the ones you provided convinced me to skip it, at least until it comes out on DVD.

I don’t have kids. I am an adult and I would like to see it.
However, I do get tired of movies preaching that the world is ending especially to kids. Can’t kid’s movies just be fun without dragging them into adulthood and all it’s worries?
I am holding out hope that maybe this is not that way, but according to what I have seen so far, I am not sure.

My 7 and 9 year old loved it. I think the animation / characters / story i.e. Wall-e and EVA relationship far outweigh the somewhat sombering backround issues. As a 46 year old I too found the movie fascinating and incredibly well done. Is it really so terrible for a Pixar movie to have some environmental material. The next generation needs to be made aware of these things and if it can be done while they are being entertained more power to them. KEEP IT UP PIXAR.

My wife an I took out 7 year old son to see the movie over the weekend. While he was interested in the robot and the space ship. He understood the movies message: that human’s destroyed the earth. We took this as an opportunity to discuss the importance of recycling, not littering etc. with him. Hopefully, his generation will do a much better job than ours (and those before us) at taking care of the planet.

Took my 13 year old son and 13 year old niece. Both got the movie, both enjoyed the movie. I do not think it was “preachy” at all. What’s wrong with a movie that shows us what can become of our planet and human race if we continue on the path we are on? At least it also depicts hope. Stop wasting, start recycling, turn off the video games and TVs and get some much needed exercise!

My 7 year old daughter made me take her home halfway through the movie, and said she would rather “take a dump than watch Wall-E”. There is no sound and that pissed her off…

My kids (4 & 7) loved it, and I did too. My youngest wanted the book to keep reading the story, but in that version the “message” was lacking. Disney marketing?

Personally, I liked the reference to 2001:.

We went as an extended family outing with visiting relatives. My 11 year old totally got the message about the damage to earth, loved Wall-E and the action sequences - and wants to buy the game. My 7 year old daughter was consumed with the relationship between Wall-E and EEEeeevaaaa - and was very sad when Wall-E was damaged (She’s hugely empathetic). My nieces (6 and 3) were totally unphased, but enjoyed the movie. The parents all loved the movie and the messages.

Grandpa thought it was cool - and Grandma pondered “If there is no physical contact on the ship, where’d the babies come from?”

Oh - and a good friend who saw the movie before us didn’t like it because she said “It had no real dialogue. It was like watching R2D2 for 2 hours”

My wife and I disagreed. We loved the movie. I think it pushed the right buttons without being ‘preachy’.

I took my son (6 and and they both loved it! Of course, they like little things like robots and related a lot to Wall-E’s collection of trinkets. They saw it as a love story. I think we are seeing through the lens of current events. Andrew Stanton, the director and writer, said the movie is about the love between Wall-E and Eve, which seem to be the most “human” characters in the story. The environmental message was not intended (according to his interview on ChristinaityToday.com). It seems like most kids relate most to the author’s intent - a love story. I also took our 20 month old daughter, who now runs around the house yelling “wall-we!”

My children, 7 and 8, were not thrilled. They loved Wall-E and Eve and did find many of the scenes humorous. I’m not sure that the 7-year-old understood the environmental message. They were both upset about the danger to Wall-E and Eve, and they did not understand why Eve shut down after being given the plant. What really disturbed them was the ending, when it seemed that Wall-E would not have the same personality or remember Eve after he received another card. Both left the theater quite sad and declared that they did not want to get this on DVD. My husband and I enjoyed it quite a bit, however. I did find it ironic that the movie’s message was about humans destroying the world with trash, and yet at the ticket window we received two rubber Wall-E watches for the kids that never worked and had to be thrown in the trash.

My wife and I recently took our 5 year old son to see Wall-E. He was completely mesmerized by the movie from beginning to end. I thought it was the best of the Pixar movies.

He didn’t seem bored by the first half hour or so…yes, there’s zero in terms of dialogue, but a LOT is going on in those first few minutes as we learn of Wall-E and his life on a devastated Earth.

I think a lot of the overall environmental message went over his head but he seemed to grasp the concept that we need to take care of our planet or one day, we might have to leave it.

My first thought as a parent was “What a load of propaganda” - reminded me of that old kids’ cartoon - Captain Planet? - the big bad corporation destroying the earth, etc. - you can write this tired old storyline in your sleep. My 10 tear old thought it was stupid - he pointed out the obvious - a bunch of overweight humans with little or no bone mass suddenly stand up and walk around a desolate lifeless Earth - hoping to save it? He also wanted to know who the bad guys were supposed to be - BNL, the red eyed robot, or US????

My 5 year old daughter loved the movie and so did I! She was intrigued the most by the relationship between the two robots and understood how badly Wall-E wanted to hold Eeeeeva’s hand. She kept looking at me and saying “Awwww” whenever he tried and failed. She didn’t fidgit or complain one bit. She understood that the people on the ship had gotten “big” because they didn’t exercise and eat right. Both of us enjoyed the movie on 2 different levels, which I think makes the movie perfect.

This is not Toy Story or Nemo so not the best for 5-6 year olds and under.

Otherwise, great movie, even with the limited dialogue, it was visually and mentally engaging. Many friends have seen and agree. I have encouraged others to go. My children 7 and 9 understood many points the movie made.

What is wrong with a movie having a sobering yet meaningful message? Take a look at Discovery’s World in Peril. Folks the reality is here! BnL parents can really use it as a reminder to themselves and as a teaching point for their children…this is the ONLY planet we have treat it kindly or the consquences will be far worse than this story shares.

I understand that this thread is specifically about how children are relating to Wall-E, which is excellent, but I think the discussion presupposes that this film is aimed primarily at children, which isn’t necessarily the case, just because the medium chosen to tell this story is animation. No doubt children are a target demographic, but they’re not the only one, nor are they, in all likelihood, the primary target. I saw this film in a theatre filled primarily with adults, relatively few of them with children in tow, and the adults clearly appreciated and enjoyed the multiple themes and messages presented in the movie.

It seems that children have different reviews on how the movie was. Mysell being 21 and loving Disney movies went with a few family memebers of mine. From a ‘grown-ups’ point of view I thought it was a lovely movie. It had all the classic lines of any Disney and it taught not only gown-ups but children a lesson. I think, even though some beleive the movie was bleak, that it taught each generation that understood it something. We are showing adults that we need to start taking care of things because although we may not be the generation that has to deal with issues similar to these we will be setting it up for our children and grand-children to deal with. For the childrent that saw the movie I am sure they went home and asked questions and I believe that is a good thing. We will need to get back to the point where we are teaching our children lessons instead of stepping aside and forgetting about them.

Our 9 year old son is still discussing the movie with us and asking questions, a week after we saw the movie. It raised some very relevant topics for family discussion, and he had some very interesting questions and answers. His questions ranged from: Why is the earth so barren and polluted? What happened? Could this happen? Why are those people shaped like babies? Why did they lose bone mass?, to: do you like Wall-E better than Eve? Who do you think is stronger? What are the strengths of Wall-E and the strengths of Eve? When did Eve first decide she loved Wall-E? Who do you like better? Wall-E or Eve?

This was clearly a very thought provoking film for our son, and a great family movie.

IT IS A MOVIE……..why can’t we let our children play in make believe? Why do we always have to get them to grow up so fast. To everyone that has to “explain” the movie to their children I have a simple saying…….LET YOUR KIDS BE KIDS!!!!!! I do my part to change the world so my daughter can enjoy swimming in our backyard and riding her scooter, the day will come when she will be in my shoes and worry will come whether she likes it or not so I choose to let her be a young child with no worries.

We took our 3 year-old to see the movie at my urging. The reviews we saw were great … said it was Pixar’s best movie since Finding Nemo. I couldn’t disagree more. It was an extremely bleak movie and very confusing for young children … not at all what I was expecting. The bright spot … every so often our son can be heard saying, Eeeeva or Wall-E in a robotic voice … which makes us both laugh.

This movie was very dissapointing. Hence the Oscar Buzz. My wife and I took our 5 and 3 year old to the movie. The 3 year old fell asleep and the 5 year old was wrestless the entire time. These are the same children that loved Bee Movie, Horton and Kungfu Panda. The Short Circuit robot ( renamed Wall-E) had a nice personality but the story was lacking. I think its hard to use a childrens movie as a platform for a GO GREEN campaign.

My 8-year-old daughter won’t throw anything away since seeing the movie! I had to buy a bin for all of her recycled items, and she has made some interesting art projects! I’m proud of her for not just thinking about the earth, but for actually doing something constructive…all without being told what she should do.

My 2 daughters, 11 and 6, loved the movie and understood the message very well. I wonder what the kids that hated the movie usually read and watch on TV. There might be a relation between background information they have before they walk in the theatre and the movie’s message itself?

My wife and I took our 9 year old son to see Wall-E over the weekend. He thought the first half of the movie was a little slow, but the end had him laughing and enjoying himself. At home I asked him what he thought about it. He said he loved the robots, and was glad that the story about what happened on earth was just that, only a story. I asked him if the BnL company reminded him of any place he knows. He quickly answered no. Then he thought about it for a minute, and in that totally surprised kid kind of way, he said, “YES! WalMart.”

the lessons in the movie are OBVIOUS. Take care of the Earth and most importantly take care of YOUR body. With the obesity rates going through the roof for all age groups this movie is an eye opener for adults and kids. How many people sit around constantly, eat excessively and and haven’t bothered to exercise in who knows how long?

Most people are missing the point. Teach kids healthy eating habits, get them active and maybe they won’t end up helpless and unhealthy like the characters in the movie. How can there possibly be more action scenes when the people can’t even get out of their chairs to do anything?

Tell your kids the truth about personal health. It may require some personal reflection but you’re kids will be better for it.

My wife and I were very disappointed, limited dialogue and bleak portrayal of the future (gloom and doom)!! The message being conveyed was too obvious, Disney movies typically relay a message throughout their movies but they are more subtle and don’t override the story line. My daughter (6 year old) wanted Eva and Wall E to be together and was happy at the end when it all worked out. Al and all it was ok but should be listed as a Drama!

Took my kids (son 8 & daughter 6). They loved it. They both seemed to get the message, but were not bothered by it. They do understand that we need to care for the Earth as well as ourselves.

They particularly enjoyed the interaction between Wall-E and Eve. (They immediately decided afterwards that this is one that they’d like to buy when it comes out on DVD.)

I thought the animation was spectacular. The story line was quite good and held my interest throughout. (The animated short at the beginning was very funny.)

Over all, two thumbs up.

My 8 year-old daughter loved it. She thought Wall-E was cool - and loved EVE even more. She pointed out that we had to be better in taking care of the Earth, and that sitting around and inactivity in general, would cause your legs and arms to evolve away. She wants to go back and see the movie again, and has already said she wants the DVD for Christmas. I admire Pixar for targeting the younger audience, although I was initially put off - paying $30-plus to be preached at for 1.5 hours - still enjoyed it anyway.

I appreciate that you brought up the dark side of Walle. I love Pixar movies but this one was very dark. I took by eight year old granddaughter and when we left she said, “That was kind of strange”. She enjoyed some of the movie but for the most part was disturbed by the Walle’s loneliness, the dirty Earth, and the lazy people how wouldn’t get off their chairs.

Certainly their are a lot of things to discuss with children after seeing the movie; however, I don’t think this should be a G movie. The dark nature of it makes it more of a PG movie in my book. There was very little laughter in the audience except during the more slapstick moments. I can’t recommend this to families with children under the age of ten.

My three year old wanted to see the Panda movie again, and kept asking to go watch the Panda moving. She lasted about 10 minutes and she started asking.

My 11 year old daughter went to see Wall-E last Friday with her day camp. I can tell you she was none too pleased with this idea earlier in the week, actually she was annoyed. When I picked her up after camp on Friday she refused to give me the slightest idea about the movie, no kidding, she wouldn’t tell me anything about it. She would just smile and say, “I guess we need to go see the movie this weekend, together.” While not quite an answer, I’ll take it as she loved the movie.

My 2 year old grand daugther enjoyed the film and was moved to tears near the end when she thought Wall-E wasn’t going to make it. There seemed to be some borrowed themes in the film (i.e. the auto-pilot was too much like HAL-9000, including the red “eye”). A few other observations…fat people flying through space for 700 years would not walk off the ship onto Earth and I guess they would still depend on the ship to provide food and potable water…opps, it’s just a cartoon!

Wow…I am astounded by some of the comments made by supposed adults here. You people are raising kids? If grown adults can’t sit still for 30 minutes without much dialogue, even with amazing visuals and music, then there is no hope for their kids. Get those kids some Ritalin, a greasy hamburger and sit them in front of the TV or video game. A tragic comment on 21st century life. Glad to see they are a small minority.

My 6 year old daughter and 9 year old son both enjoyed the movie very much. After it, they both commented that we weren’t taking care of the earth very well. My son gave a bunch of examples of things most people can do to help prevent things from turning out the way depicted in the movie. Neither of them understood how anyone could get so lazy as to never get up and walk around, or how they never noticed what an amazing spaceship they were living on.

Someone commented that most kids won’t get the message… I strongly disagree. Sure, maybe some kids won’t get it, but a lot of them do, and that’s the point! Maybe they’ll figure out how to do the right things that most adults haven’t learned yet.

To quote from another post “In the words of our 8-year old friend, Mark Anthony, ‘There was no point, the movie didn’t have enough explosions.’”
I saw the movie this weekend and I thought the movie as well as the message was delightful. The statement above just goes to show you that we as a whole are not taking our children to thought provoking movies and rather exposing them to mindless “blow up, shoot ‘em up” movies.
I am not judging your choice of titles for your children, but movies like Wall-E should inspire an intelligent, thought provoking discussion between parents and children, topics other than the difference between Peter Parker and Spider Man.
It is a relief to have a simple story that exploits the wasteful and gluttonous behavior of the human race. It is somewhat disheartening to hear about the kids who get “pissed off” by the lack of sound, or is it imagination that they lack? And to that I say, the child is not the one to blame.
Wall-E is a fantastic film. Thank you for your vision Pixar! Maybe your simple story will help those parents who do not discuss reality (other than American Idol) with their children.

I brought my five-year old son and the two of us were bored silly. I knew nothing about the movie other than that it was a Pixar movie with a robot. I was thinking Nemo or Toy Story. Instead I get this dreck.

Hey, I get it, we need to take care of the planet. Thanks. Memo read. Next time I shell out $20 for the movie, please entertain me.

I took my 4.5 year old son and he’s usually upbeat at Pixar movies…he curled up in a ball and laid on my lap about 30-40 minutes in and didn’t smile, move or say anything for the rest of the film…I came away slightly depressed…the movie isn’t wrong and the questions it raises are good, but it’s pretty heavy stuff under the guise of a lighthearted children’s movie. If I’d known, I wouldn’t have taken my 4 year old.

Based on the moronic statements made by most parents’ 7 to 11 years olds, I’d say that those are the kids that will grow up to be anti-social, ill-mannered, dis-respectful, spoiled losers and the parents should be ashamed.

You should be nuturing, teaching and disciplining them instead of letting them run your life with their lack of patience, thoughtfulness and intelligence……….when an 7 and 11 year old says “they’d rather take a crap than watch Wall-E, then you know the parents have no control and cater to those whining, instant-gratification seeking little brats…….here’s a lesson, guess what the world will be like when those little retards are running the country……………………….

wow, a lot of you people suck. wtf is so hard to grasp? sorry its not stupid humor and pointless banter between two characters. mayeb if your children weren’t desensitised by stupid shiite thats on tv, they wouldn’t complain about how boring it was, or how much they’d rather take a crap (classy, that one is) than watch this movie. go back to fosters home or whatever they watch and watch them de-evolve throughout the years.

I took my 3 yr old grand daughter. She loved it!!! She loved the relationship between Wall-e and Eva. She asked why all the people were fat and i explained they watched tv all day. She couldn’t believe they didn’t play outside…lol….I loved it and so did she….an excellent movie!!

My kids, 5 & 6, enjoyed it OK, but not enough to really make a big impression on them of the lessons that were implied. They did like the “love story” between Wall-E and Eve. And they really enjoyed the curious gizmos that Wall-E collected.

As far as an adult view, first off I have to say that the “short” in front of Wall-E was soooooo well done, I laughed till I had tears rolling down my cheeks. That is the best short ever, I’ve seen Pixar do. I will never think of “Ta-dah!!” the same way again.

As far as Wall-E goes, I enjoyed some of the hidden implications, such as the fact that “Eve” means “mother of all life”, and this little Eve held a plant within her - a way to bring back life to the earth. Yeah, and ol’ John; I think his voice will be in every Pixar movie somehow. I started laughing just as soon as I heard his voice, and my kids were wondering why.

However, there is something that has disturbed me in this movie. If the WHOLE earth wasn’t worth living in, and ALL humans were up in that gigantic spaceship, then why didn’t we actually SEE more than an American culture up there? That really bothered me. I mean, if you’re gonna tell our kids that our planet is in trouble and we ALL need to do something about it, then how long are we going to blind our eyes that we’re a GLOBAL community. I wish that was part of the lesson too. I only saw one culture, and even that one was mightily skewerd.

Here we go again! Many adults here are agreeing with their kids that they were “bored.” Several kids rudely stated that they would “rather crap” or “take a dump” than watch “Wall-E.” First of all, my 12-year-old daughter is not allowed to talk like that.

Where I live, MORE THAN HALF of the adult population is OBESE, and their favorite hangout is Wal-Mart. Many of them prefer just to ask for the electric riding cart, even after I’ve seen them walking all the way across the parking lot. They’re out of breath, I guess.

When did we stop caring about movies that made you think? We are no better than the obese consumers floating in space. Paddy C. nailed it when he wrote that line for “Network.” Just brilliant. We want it yesterday, it has to taste good, it has to be in mass quantities, and it has to be fast-paced and cool. In other words, let somebody else do all the work.

My 12-year-old daughter cried through much of the movie because she feared “This is going to be my future, isn’t it?” She gets it. Of course, since she was a baby I’ve always get an open line of communication with her. For instance, when the video “I Kissed a Girl and I Liked It” came on VH1, I watched it with her, then asked her how it made her feel. She said, “I don’t care if somebody is homosexual, but this video makes me uncomfortable. It’s like it’s almost telling me to go out and try having sex with girls.”

I’ll get off my soap box now.

Me (35yo) and my 36 yo friend snuck in to see it after “Wanted” was over. We both enjoyed it more than “Wanted” and immediately noticed the social and political commentary behind the message. As a civilization, we all need to take care of this planet and ourselves. We can’t be led around like sheep by these big corporations who are out for one thing…money. Next to “Finding Nemo”, my favorite Pixar flick.

I took my 10 and 6 year old girls to see Wall E last week. They enjoyed the movie and when we were leaving, I made the comment that there were several messages in the movie, and asked if they had picked up on any of them. My 10 year old answered that we have to keep the planet green and healthy, and we can’t sit around watching TV all day or we will get fat and won’t be able to walk. I also think that the movie had a lot to say about perserverance as well. It was a nice change to sit through a movie that relied heavily on visuals instead of listening to a lot of dialogue.

We took our 2 year old. It was his second movie. He enjoyed all the action and the “big TV” was louder than at home! He exclaimed at all the explosions (rocket ships taking off) and seemed to love it. After one hour, my husband had to get up and walk around with him. He could not sit through the whole thing.

My husband thought that the movie was boring. I liked it. It was slow a bit at the front end, but I enjoyed the love story between the robots and Pixar did a great job!

i find it really amusing how hard people are trying to cover-up their political allegiances by labeling the movie boring or interpreting the reactions of children. well maybe less amusing and more disgusting.

does anyone here doubt those trying to say the movie was boring or their children hated it are conservative, climate change doubting, pro intelligent design anti-intellectuals? that you can so desperately cling to dogma to cloud your enjoyment of what boils down to nothing more than an entertaining film is a sad indictment on society.

my three year old niece got cranky in kung-fu panda and we had to leave, ergo she must disagree with olympics being held in beijing this year. give me a break.

My 38 year old husband and I loved this movie on all levels, simple and complex. I’d take my nieces and nephews, probably Age 5 or older. Who takes a 2 1/2 year old to a 90 minute movie???? And, Who are all these parents with children/nephews using this “I’d rather take a dump than watch Wall-E” lanuguage? Is this from South Park or some other adult cartoon? I think I’d rather spend my time with a robot with only four words in his vocabulary than with these children…or their parents!

I think it says even more that there are so many responses to the question that state that kids were complaining there weren’t enough explosions. Would the movies of my childhood have enough action and explosions for the children of today?

Did anyone else get the feeling that the BNL (Buy N Large) was really a reference to the internet. Shift all the letters one place in the alphabet and you get COM. Is this a reference to the .com world and how we all buy online????

Very close to the HAL = IBM from 2001.

I could be wrong and it’s just a co-incidence

What an awful movie. I went reading reviews about it being the best movie of the year, Pixar & Disney did it again. However, my kids along with others in the movie theather were crying when Eva was shooting everything around. It should not been rated G. The movie is not for young kids.

I went with my husband and my 7 year-old son. My husband liked it, my 7 year-old did not. My opinion was somewhere in between. I guess we were simply expecting something else. More action? More humor? Not sure, but it seemed like something was missing. It’s more of an adult movie, and we were expecting a kids’ movie. It was not BAD, but we won’t be buying the DVD.

My kids are 7 and 4. They loved the movie. Loved the slapstick parts of it. After the movie, my son (who is a very sensitive 4 year old) asked why all the people were fat. He thought that it was funny that they were, but after my wife and I explained that the human race basically got lazy and did not get exercise, he said that it is just a movie, and it would never happen. My 7 year old daughter though seems to be riding her bike more. All in all they loved it and are still talking about the movie and it was over a week ago that we went to see it.

Wow…..
Talk about unintelligent people. Wall-E is a wonderful movie with a ton of layers. Obviously the majority of the people posting here didn’t learn any science in school or they wouldn’t be complaining about the fat people in the ship that can’t walk. Hasn’t anyone ever heard of bone degeneration due to space. It happens to all astronauts. Even exercise doesn’t fix it completely. So it shouldn’t be surprising that all the people on the ship including the babies would be fat/squat and unable to support themselves with their legs.

My 6 year old got it all. We watch science shows all the time (Beakmans’ world and animal planet stuff).

As an adult, I absolutely loved Wall-E. And please…..if you haven’t seen the movie don’t comment on it! And no hear say.

I thought my two toddlers viewed it primarily as a love story between two robots. When we got home afterwards, they played in the back yard as Wall-E and Eve. Then, much to my surprise, they went around cleaning and picking up the backyard, saying “We have to get the Earth clean!” I was bowled over.

I did have to tactfully answer one question about why the mobidly obese humans “looked like that.” I just told them that’s what happens when you eat too much candy and don’t play outside! I was relieved when the ship’s captain and the other humans rose to the occassion, cast off their complacency, and redeemed themselves. Without that component, the movie would be a tad awkward for some, er, gravitationally challenged people.

I thought the movie was very political and manipulative. We were all lulled to sleep over this cute little robot and his escapades while the film-makers attempt to convey a message about the laziness of the western world and the detriment of technology on the human race was penetrating the minds of the children, teens and adults who watched it. I may be one of the only people who hated this film!! I think it was motivated by the green movement. Wake up America, Hollywood is attempting to manipulate you again and everyone is giving rave reviews to an extremely damaging film. My kids liked what they saw, because they don’t know any better. Most of America will like what they see, because they don’t know any better either!!

Best thing about the movie was the 3 minute “short” before it started with the magician and the rabbit!!!!

I’ve seen all of Pixar’s movies with my children. Besides Finding Nemo, this was the only movie where you could here a PIN DROP in the movie as the end drew near. The movie is about the characters first. It’s obvious the characters in this movie gripped the audience. The messy nature of humans was evident all around us. Mostly overweight, popcorn and trash all over the place so if the massage about this is NOT understood, it’s up to us to explain it to our kids!
Folks, it’s mostly about being entertained and WALL-E did just that.
Thank you Pixar!

I am a college student and have no children, but went to see the movie anyway (and with much anticipation, I might add). I thought it was wonderful! I can’t give any feedback as to how my children reacted seeing as how I don’t have any, but reading some other people’s comments about themes being “over their children’s heads” made me think about movies I saw growing up. There were a lot of jokes and themes I didn’t get growing, but still loved the movie. I don’t think the child necissarily has to “get it” right now. If they liked it, they’ll watch it again when they’re older and then things will start to click. For example, I grew up loving The Sound of Music and watching it non-stop. I even knew every word to every song and sang them all the time. However, it wasn’t until a couple of years ago when I watched the movie again did I realize it was dripping with politics and nazi’s. Good thing I liked it then enough to get it now!

My 7 year old and I went and both loved it. He picked up on the fact that the people on the spaceship all became fat because they did nothing but float around and eat. It was a great time to talk about the earth and also how important it is to go outside and get away from the video games and the T.V. It was a great movie to start a conversation about a lot of issues.

While my children attended seperately with their grandparents, I attended with my husband. I think the child’s reaction depends wholly on the folks that are accompanying them to this movie. Myself, I was somewhat disapointed when the movie ended. I had believed this movie would be a comedy of sorts, given the previews I’d seen. I didn’t find a lot of humor and found myself wondering how my children were ‘enjoying’ the flick. In the end, although I’m not opposed to having to ‘think’ during a movie, I do get tired of these movie empires taking it upon themselves to do my job by teaching my children. Once, I’d be completely overjoyed to take them to a movie that was nothing more than fun and relaxing, a short hiatus from real life, as it were. The movie was okay and I wont’ say that I don’t recognize the depth in layering within the plotline but, again, I’d prefer to teach my children about any of their responsibilities in life. I don’t need a pixar or a dreamworks to motivate me to do so. I need a pixar or a dreamworks to provide me with an opportunity to treat my children to a moment’s rest amidst a world weary of political and social messaging.

My 11 year old daughter saw this movie with her swim team last week and she absolutely hated it. So, two thumbs down from her.

This is coming from a childless 25 year-old, so take my comments with that grain of salt…

Are you parents all oblivious to the fact that your children (who couldn’t sit through two hours of entertainment hinting that they might be a little spoiled)… ARE A LITTLE SPOILED?

I know. Let’s leave earth, and fashion moving seats with attached TVs to make sure that no one has to go about being mentally engaged ever again. This movie made a point straight into your faces, and all you can do is complain that your kids weren’t engaged.

Here’s the moral of the story: You’re not engaging your kids, you’re placating them. It is supposed that as a parent, you’re fashioning a decent human being… rather, in your cases, you’re complaining at a company who didn’t keep your kids entertained ENOUGH for the standards your households set.

If your kid was confused by this movie you are an awful parent and this movie was made for you. Its a story about appreciating all that is good in human capacity and shunning all that is bad. If your kid can’t understand good vs. evil perhaps you shouldn’t be taking them to movies, you should be interacting with them and not staring at a giant TV screen for 2 hours.

My sons (3 and 5) were extremely excited to see Wall-E and have talked about it happily since. The setups on the environement and complacency seem to have gone over their heads.

Their main focus has been the relationship between Wall-E and Eve. My older son’s been drawing pictures of Wall-E thinking of Eve, while my younger son is a little mistrustful of her after the early scenes about her itchy trigger finger: “She was naughty to fire the boats. They didn’t like to be fired.”

I’ve seen some complaints on the lack of dialogue, but it didn’t seem to bother my guys. It was interesting to see how quickly they identified with Wall-E and what he was feeling. And as a parent, I was pleased: I’m continually amazed at the poor judgement of Pixar’s competitors when it comes to appropriate dialogue in a kids’ movie.

I think this will be the rare movie we actually purchase.

11 year old and 14 year old loved it. They were not bored at all, and they “got” the message. We’ve shown our kids many silent movies by Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin, so I don’t think the lack of dialogue bothered them at all. I thought it was extremely well done, it’s definitely going in our Pixar collection when it’s released on DVD. I wouldn’t recommend it to very young kids or for a “first time at the movies” movie, though.

I saw Wall-E on opening day by myself (35 years old) as I was killing some time while traveling on business. I thought the movie was wonderful on so many levels. From a comic point of view, the mai characters were perfect foils for each other and really helped move the movie along.

I thought the non-verbal “Acting” was great. It reminded me a lot of Tom and Jerry from when I was a kid and how they never spoke but let their expressions, their actions and the music help tell the story. Wall-E and Eve were just like Tom and Jerry in that aspect.

As for the story line of the Earth being over polluted… I applaud Pixar. I think everyone fro 3 - 93 can understand the idea of too much waste. I think a parent should be able to use the movie as a lesson after the fact… i.e. if a toddler uses too many paper towels they can say “wall-e would have to clean that up in the future”, etc. I don’t see this as preachy at all. I see it as PERFECT.

I took my 8yr, old grandson, i was moved by the wonderful message of this movie., that we need to take care of our earth. it went right over his head, he just thought it was a good movie. it gave me the opportunity to tell him the theme ans for us to talk about it. it was a good conversation, hopefully gave him something to think about.

My husband and I went to see the movie on the night it came out. We are your typical 25 year old couple with no children- and no personal stand on keeping the earth “green.” We both LOVED the movie, and were not at all bothered by the “under-lying agenda.” The movie was entertaining and I laughed more during Wall-E than I have during a movie in a long time. The love story was touching and I even found myself holding back tears at times.

The theatre was packed with kids of all ages and I did not hear any of them crying, complaining, whining, etc. And I did not see anyone get up and leave. There was a family with four kids behind us who seemed to completely enjoy the movie…the youngest one seemed to be about 3 years old.

Overall, another great Pixar movie with a point…and one we should all think more about.

My 8-year boy loved it. He had to go to the bathroom during the film but refused to leave till the end, (he made it!). I also enjoyed it and appreciated the skill the film makers took to make this enjoyable to both kids and adults. I think if kids were board with this movie they have watched to much TV. Finally a real G rated movie that can be very entertaining for all. For those that thought this was some sort of Green propaganda movie I really feel sorry for them, it was pure fun science fiction

My 14yr old daughter wanted to rent HELLO DOLLY afterwards! She also thought it was great that two “beings” as different as Wall-E and Eva could see the beauty in each other and fall in love. There’s a teenage girl for you!!

I didn’t take any kids to this movie and I wouldn’t.. I was really concerned that they would feed into that over-the-top environmentalist tripe. First off, it’s sending mixed messages: excitement over technology (which lead us to the “Fat Ship”) and a more fundimentalist lifestyle to avoid such a slothful outcome, which would ultimately feed our need to grow, create and in the end, fall right back into those comfy chairs whilst the machines did everything.

And it’s stupid.. we’re a species built on invention. The idea of us sitting around in space getting fat and stupid is just an obvious scare tactic. I happen to believe a lot more in the human race as a whole.

I wish Pixar and Disney would stick to intelligence and encouraging our kids to grow up smart and conscious of everything around them (the planet, history, cultures, animals, etc) and not just force feed them “end of days” BS with a political agenda.

I would not take a child to this.. yes, they may brush it off after the first viewing, but after the DVD and multiple viewings, we’re just brainwashing the next generation.

I took my grandson, he is almost 10. He did understand the concept of laying around makes you fat and if we do not keep the earth clean, it will look like the movie. He loved EVA and Wall-E but was bored because of no dialog even though he did learn some valuable lessons. He did really like the movie. I actually thought the message was too deep for most children and I did think it was cute, It really was not my favorite movie.

I am a sixteen year old and went to the movie with my parents and younger siblings, ages nine and twelve. We all loved the movie. I think that the messages presented were so important and the movie as a whole sent a wonderful message. The movie showed us how bad conditions could be if we continue to abuse our planet. It also showed us the importance of getting off the computer, cell phone, etc. and looking for companionship and enjoying the world around us. The movie was bleak to begin with but offers hope and shows that humans are capable of changing things and bringing the planet back to a healthy state. This movie was a masterpiece and anyone of any age will take something away from it.

My husband and I went with our eight year old, second grade daughter. We enjoyed it just as much as she did! I truly enjoyed seeing the relationships of the characters, and the two people who had “fallen and could not get up” new view of their surroundings. We should all take heart. The best animated movie to come out in a decade!

I brought my seven year-old brother to see Wall-e yesterday and he loved it. He seemed to follow the story line perfecting even without dialogue. He asked me during the movie,” is this what the world will look like in the future?” I told him that we need to more helpful towards the earth and not litter. He and I enjoyed the movie thoroughly. The symbolism and the messages within the movie address some rather intense issues such as global warming, love, and understanding reality. The kids might not be able to absorb all of the teachings but a large portion seemed to be understood.

My kids loved the movie, they are 6 and 8. They got it. I just wonder how many people that say their kids didn’t like it actually listened to their kids. It would be interesting to see a political break down of these comments on favorable v. unfavorable. I have a feeling it will be liberal v. conservative

My boys walked away from the movie with lots of the social commentary firmly cemented, and the love story just an interesting side bar. My issue with the Pixar folks is that the movie regails us on the evils of conspicuous consuption and then you see all these “Wall-E” toys, posters, games, etc. Talk about hypocracy…

Did anyone stick around for the credits? They illustrated the recreation of the new society on earth as they learned how to hunt and sustain themselves. Each new development was illustrated with a representation of classical art…the fishing