Disney/Pixar collaborations continue apace, producing adult-friendly children's films in which the cutesy visual elements are leavened with streaks of verbal wit or worldly allusions, and the much-lauded Up is very much in this vein, mixing fantasy and pathos as an elderly widower sticks a finger up at property developers by attaching balloons to his house and sailing off to South America, with a bumbling boy scout in tow.It's certainly rare to find bereavement handled at all in a kids' film, and the vertigo-inducing aerial scenes in particular are visually stunning. But it all stretches a bit thin at feature-length, and the introduction of some villainous talking dogs feels uncomfortably close to merchandising. Pleasant, but don't go expecting innovation or bellylaughs on a par with Toy Story or The Incredibles.
6/10
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