Originally Posted By: Vilan
Has a bit more of a mature/thoughtful message than I'd expect from a kiddie flick
Well, it's really not a kiddie flick, and the only thing I would be inclined to criticize is that the folks at Pixar feel they have to appeal to an audience that is to a large degree made up of children. Pixar movies are supposed to be family movies, which is somewhat of a constraint. The medium itself, animation movie, should really not make a movie automatically a kids' movie. See anime etc, yada yada.
While a Pixar movie like Toy Story is a kids' movie that is also appealing to adults, the later Pixar movies, like Wall-E and Up are really movies for anyone (who likes animation), but they are also appealing to kids. In terms of marketing, Pixar is doing very well. Creatively, they could push beyond what they have been doing by not feeling the need of having to appeal to the large, very young audience. Then again, Pixar is doing an excellent job at producing very good movies that are universally liked and not too much of a commercial/artistic compromise.
Kudos to Pixar for making a geezer the unlikely and likable hero of their movie.
The Pixar movie that I enjoyed the least, and I still liked it, was Cars.