Pixar genius reigns in this funny romantic comedy‎,‎ which stars a robot who says absolutely nothing for a full 25 minutes yet somehow completely transfixes and endears himself to the audience within the first few minutes of the film‎.‎ As the last robot left on earth‎,‎ Wall‎-E ‎(‎voiced by Ben Burtt‎)‎ is one small robot‎-‎-with a big‎,‎ big heart‎-‎-who holds the future of Earth and mankind squarely in the palm of his metal hand‎.‎ He‎'‎s outlasted all the ‎"‎Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth‎-Class‎"‎ robots that were assigned some 700 years ago to clean up the environmental mess that man made of earth while man vacationed aboard the luxury spaceship Axiom‎.‎ Wall‎-E has dutifully gone about his job compacting trash‎,‎ the extreme solitude broken only by his pet cockroach‎,‎ but he‎'‎s developed some oddly human habits and ideas‎.‎ When the Axiom sends its regularly scheduled robotic EVE probe ‎(‎Elissa Knight‎)‎ to earth‎,‎ Wall‎-E is instantly smitten and proceeds to try to impress EVE with his collection of human memorabilia‎.‎ EVE‎'‎s directive compels her to bring Wall‎-E‎'‎s newly collected plant sprout to the captain of the Axiom and Wall‎-E follows in hot pursuit‎.‎ Suddenly‎,‎ the human world is turned upside down and the Captain ‎(‎Jeff Garlin‎)‎ joins forces with Wall‎-E and a cast of other misfit robots to lead the now lethargic people back home to earth‎.‎ Wall‎-E is a great family film with the most impressive aspect being the depth of emotion conveyed by a simple robot‎-‎-a machine typically considered devoid of emotion‎,‎ but made so absolutely touching by the magic of Pixar animation‎.‎Also well‎-worth admiring are the sweeping views from space‎,‎ the creative yet disturbing vision of what strange luxuries a future space vacation might offer‎,‎ and the innovative use of trash in a future cityscape‎.‎ Underneath the slapstick comedy and touching love story is a poignant message about the folly of human greed and its potential effects on earth and the entire human race‎.‎ ‎-‎-Tami Horiuchi‎,‎ Amazon‎.‎com ‎-‎-This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title‎.‎