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WALL-E

Film · 2008 · Dir. Andrew Stanton; screenplay by Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon, story by Andrew Stanton and Pete Docter (Pixar). Voices: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, John Ratzenberger

All he wanted was someone to hold hands with. If you're lonely tonight, WALL-E gets it. 🤖🌱

Who it's for

For much of its first act WALL-E is alone on an abandoned Earth, with only a cockroach for company, doing his work and collecting small objects he treasures, which gives loneliness a gentle, recognisable shape.

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Feelings it meets

What it is

WALL-E is a 2008 Pixar animated film directed by Andrew Stanton. Stanton and Jim Reardon wrote the screenplay, and Stanton and Pete Docter wrote the story. In 2805 humanity has abandoned a trash-covered Earth, leaving WALL-E, a lone trash-compacting robot, still working to clean the planet.

Where to find it

Disney+ (Pixar) · also rent or buy on major digital stores. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.

Before you start

Heads up: Mild peril and robot action.

Age: G (MPAA; Common Sense age not verified)

Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think.L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, Chapter XIX. A Concert, a Catastrophe, and a Confe

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