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Anti-corporate rhetoric handblown by Disney? Audible hypocrisy at its most odious. But if you're gonna do it, at least make it adorable. Director Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo) achieves as much with WALL-E, the story of a trash compactor on tank treads who's developed some non-robotlike quirks after centuries of tidying up a planet destroyed by human negligence. Plugging along on a seemingly uninhabitable post-apocalyptic Earth, WALL-E's lonely day-to-day involves collecting tchotchkes, listening to the Hello, Dolly! soundtrack and living in a tin-can apartment with an inquisitive cockroach. A chase after Eve, a crushworthy droid who arrives searching for biomatter, leads WALL-E to where humanity's ended up: a big-business galactic cruise ship, where droves of obese, emotionally comatose humans zip around on automated Barcaloungers, sipping frankenfood out of Slurpee cups and relying on machines for everything from shaving to child rearing. Stanton, who also wrote the screenplay, has laid down one of the most cynical (and fascinating) views of the future in recent cinematic memory — peel away the G-rated surface and it's clear the movie is meant to convey the worries he carries for his children's children's children. Luckily, the winsome interplay between WALL-E and Eve is gratifying and sincere enough to at least subdue the not-for-kids undertones. —Drew Lazor

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Official Site: www.wall-e.com

Rating:	G
Director:	Andrew Stanton
Cast:	Fred Willard, Jeff Garlin, Sigourney Weaver, John Ratzenberger, Kathy Najimy
Release Date:	June 27, 2008 (Nationwide)
Running Time:	97
Distributor:	Walt Disney Pictures
Producer:	Jim Morris
Genre:	Animation, Action/Adventure