Mini-Review: How can a film about such an interesting and insane subject be so average? Borut Strel's narration seems more concerned with creating a myth out of his father than telling an involving or truthful story, and the film itself is artless and clumsy--how it won a cinematography award at Sundance I don't know. A real let-down: this story had great potential, but it's squandered by filmmakers more intent on creating Herzogian drama than compelling documentary.

Mini-Review: I'm not sure what I expected, but what I got was a badly-written, badly-executed, over-long piece of shit.

Mini-Review: I wondered at first where the dogs element was going, and whether the film would transition after a beautiful opening to pure, disjointed slapstick, sacrificing the adults in its audience for the kids. I needn't have worried: "Up" treads perfectly, as seemingly only Pixar can, the delicate balance between its two audiences--and between pathos and hilarity. Muntz as the corrupted idol is a fantastic, and fantastical, villain, and Carl's final closure and redemption is beautiful beyond words.