WALL·E (2008)
WALL·E is a 2008 animation movie directed by Andrew Stanton, with a running time of 1h 38m. It stars Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight and Jeff Garlin.
Earth is a wasteland of stacked trash, and the last machine still working is WALL-E, a boxy little compactor who has grown a personality over centuries of solitude. He collects trinkets, rewatches an old musical, and keeps a pet cockroach. Then a sleek, egg-shaped probe named EVE lands on a mission, and WALL-E falls hard. Director Andrew Stanton tells the first act almost without dialogue, leaning on sound designer Ben Burtt's beeps and whirs. What follows is a chase across space and a gentle warning about consumption, wrapped in one of Pixar's most tender love stories.
Quick answers
What is WALL·E about?
Earth is a wasteland of stacked trash, and the last machine still working is WALL-E, a boxy little compactor who has grown a personality over centuries of solitude. He collects trinkets, rewatches an old musical, and keeps a pet cockroach. Then a sleek, egg-shaped probe named EVE lands on a mission, and WALL-E falls hard. Director Andrew Stanton tells the first act almost without dialogue, leaning on sound designer Ben Burtt's beeps and whirs. What follows is a chase across space and a gentle warning about consumption, wrapped in one of Pixar's most tender love stories.
When was WALL·E released?
WALL·E was released on 26 June 2008.
How long is WALL·E?
WALL·E runs 1h 38m.
Who made WALL·E?
WALL·E was directed by Andrew Stanton.
Where can I watch WALL·E?
WALL·E is available on Disney+, Amazon, AppleTV, Fandango at Home and Google Play.
Where to watch WALL·E
Stream: Disney+
Rent: Amazon, AppleTV, Fandango at Home, Google Play
Buy: Fandango at Home, Google Play
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Cast
- Ben Burtt as WALL·E / M-O (voice)
- Elissa Knight as EVE (voice)
- Jeff Garlin as Captain (voice)
- Fred Willard as Shelby Forthright, BnL CEO
- John Ratzenberger as John (voice)
- Kathy Najimy as Mary (voice)
- Sigourney Weaver as Ship's Computer (voice)
- Lori Alan as Additional Voices (voice)
- Bob Bergen as Additional Voices (voice)
- John Cygan as Additional Voices (voice)
- Pete Docter as Additional Voices (voice)
- Paul Eiding as Additional Voices (voice)
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A few thoughts on WALL·E
WALL-E's wordless charm and lonely-robot heart carry straight into Portal and Portal 2, where machines with real personality anchor an empty, automated world. For more silent, purely visual emotion, play Journey, a game about companionship across a vast and beautiful landscape.
Lonely robots that find an unlikely companion
WALL-E spends centuries alone before EVE gives him a reason to reach out, and these follow that same arc toward connection. Portal and Portal 2 pair a lone test subject with an AI voice that becomes real company, Doraemon sends a robot cat through time to befriend a lonely boy, and The Wild Robot strands a machine on an island until the wildlife becomes family.
Earth left behind: worlds nature or ruins have reclaimed
WALL-E's Earth is buried in stacked trash with no one left to clean up, and these imagine their worlds after people. Titan A.E. blows up Earth and follows survivors hunting a new one, Horizon Zero Dawn lets wilderness swallow a fallen civilization's machines, Breath of the Wild wanders the ruins of a kingdom a century after its fall, and The Boxtrolls builds a society out of what got thrown away.
Lone astronauts stranded far from everyone they know
WALL-E's first act is a near-silent story of one small machine alone in a vast empty place. Moon strands a worker with only a synthetic assistant on a lonely mining base, Lightyear leaves a ranger stranded decades from everyone he loved, Project Hail Mary sends a lone scientist on a last-ditch mission with an alien crewmate, and Journey lets a wordless traveler cross a vast unknown desert.
Unlikely bonds that form against impossible odds
WALL-E falls for EVE despite being built for different jobs. Elemental pairs two people made of literal fire and water who are never supposed to touch, Home follows a fugitive alien and a reluctant human learning to trust each other, Toy Story 5 keeps finding new reasons for its toys to hold onto each other, and The Time Traveler's Wife builds a marriage around two people living on different clocks.