WALL·E
A robot who is responsible for cleaning a waste-covered Earth meets another robot and falls in love with her. Together, they set out on a journey that will alter the fate of mankind.
Directed by Andrew Stanton · Animation · Adventure · Family · 98 min · 2008
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Director
Andrew Stanton
Studio
N/A
Release
27 Jun 2008
Runtime
98 min
Genres
Animation, Adventure, Family
Full Plot
In a distant, but not so unrealistic, future where mankind has abandoned earth because it has become covered with trash from products sold by the powerful multi-national Buy N Large corporation, WALL-E, a garbage collecting robot has been left to clean up the mess. Mesmerized with trinkets of Earth's history and show tunes, WALL-E is alone on Earth except for a sprightly pet cockroach. One day, EVE, a sleek (and dangerous) reconnaissance robot, is sent to Earth to find proof that life is once again sustainable. WALL-E falls in love with EVE. WALL-E rescues EVE from a dust storm and shows her a living plant he found amongst the rubble. Consistent with her "directive", EVE takes the plant and automatically enters a deactivated state except for a blinking green beacon. WALL-E, doesn't understand what has happened to his new friend, but, true to his love, he protects her from wind, rain, and lightning, even as she is unresponsive. One day a massive ship comes to reclaim EVE, but WALL-E, out of love or loneliness, hitches a ride on the outside of the ship to rescue EVE. The ship arrives back at a large space cruise ship, which is carrying all of the humans who evacuated Earth 700 years earlier. The people of Earth ride around this space resort on hovering chairs which give them a constant feed of TV and video chatting. They drink all of their meals through a straw out of laziness and/or bone loss, and are all so fat that they can barely move. When the auto-pilot computer, acting on hastily-given instructions sent many centuries before, tries to prevent the people of Earth from returning by stealing the plant, WALL-E, EVE, the portly captain, and a band of broken robots stage a mutiny.
Cast & Characters
WALL-E (Waste Allocation Load Lifter: Earth-class), a compactor robot who has achieved sentience, and is the only one still functioning on Earth. He is a small mobile compactor box accompanied by his cockroach friend Hal. He collects trinkets from the garbage and displays them at his home, where he watches a video cassette of 20th Century Fox's Hello, Dolly!, mimicking the dance sequences.
Ben Burtt
EVE (Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator), a glossy white egg-shaped probe robot with blue LED eyes, whose directive is to verify the habitability of planets for humans. She moves using antigravity and is equipped with scanners, specimen storage, and a cannon which she is quick to use.
Elissa Knight
Captain B. McCrea, the captain of the Axiom. (While McCrea's name was never spoken, it does appear on a portrait of him in his quarters. He is only ever referred to as the Captain.)
Jeff Garlin
Burtt also voices M-O (Microbe-Obliterator), a cleaning robot.
MacInTalk, the text-to-speech program for Apple Macintosh computers, is the voice of AUTO, the Axioms rogue AI autopilot which handles command functions of the ship. Loyal only to directive A113, he and GO-4 are the only computers not influenced by WALL-E.
John and Mary, who live on the Axiom, so dependent on their automatic services as to be oblivious to their surroundings. They are brought out of their trances by encounters with WALL-E and fall in love with each other.
John Ratzenberger and Kathy Najimy
the Axioms computer. Stanton joked to Weaver: "You realize you get to be 'Mother' now?" referring to the ship's computer in the film Alien, starring Weaver.
Sigourney Weaver
Shelby Forthright, CEO of the Buy n Large Corporation and President of Earth. He is the only major live-action character, appearing only in videos recorded around the time of the Axioms launch in the 22nd century. Forthright proposed the plan to evacuate Earth's population and then clean up the planet so they could return within five years. Discovering that Earth had become too toxic to support life, the cleanup and recolonization were abandoned. Forthright issued directive A113, preventing anyone from returning to Earth. To date, Forthright is the only live-action character with a speaking role in any Pixar film.
Fred Willard
Michael Crawford and Marianne McAndrew appear in an archival recording performing "It Only Takes a Moment" from Hello, Dolly!.
Did You Know?
Made on an estimated budget of $180.0M, WALL·E has grossed $521.3M worldwide — about 2.9x its budget.
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Here's a summary of the article about the making of the film WALL-E:
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Ben Burtt, sound designer, recorded over 2,500 sounds for the film, including robot voices, wind, sandstorm, and other environmental noises.
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He experimented with filtering his voice to create unique robot sounds.
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Burtt used many of Disney's in-house sound designer Jimmy MacDonald's items on WALL-E.
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Critical Assessment
WALL·E holds 8.4/10 on IMDb (1,306,354 votes), 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, 95/100 on Metacritic.
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Ratings as of July 30, 2026
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AI Verdict
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is WALL·E's Rotten Tomatoes score?+
WALL·E holds a 95% critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes.
What is WALL·E's IMDb rating?+
WALL·E has a 8.4/10 rating on IMDb from 1,306,354 votes.
What is WALL·E's Metacritic score?+
WALL·E has a Metascore of 95/100 on Metacritic.
Is WALL·E good? What are critics saying?+
WALL·E holds 8.4/10 on IMDb (1,306,354 votes), 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, 95/100 on Metacritic.
How long is WALL·E?+
WALL·E has a runtime of 98 min.
Who directed WALL·E?+
WALL·E was directed by Andrew Stanton.
Where can I watch WALL·E?+
WALL·E is available to stream, rent, or buy on Disney Plus, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Rakuten TV, Sky Store, JioHotstar.
Fan & Critic Buzz
The public reaction to "WALL·E" is overwhelmingly positive. Reviewers praise the movie's unique combination of science fiction and emotional storytelling, its strong characters, and its well-crafted message about environmentalism and human indifference. The film's simplicity and lack of dialogue are also commended for their effectiveness in conveying a powerful narrative.
Viewer Reviews (TMDb)
A movie about robots and emotions? Pixar has made the unlikely combo work really well. WALL·E is the lonely robot, the last of his kind, left behind by the humans on Earth. His job - to clean up the garbage the humans have dumped. In 700 years, he seams to have developed one tiny…
Uknown · 10/10A must watch, will watch again, and definitely recommend for everyone, all ages. The first 30 minutes or so of this movie are pure and perfect magic. They establish the world, Wall-E, the human race with next to no dialogue. Wall-E and Eve meeting is wonderfully trip of social an…
Kamurai · 10/10Wonderful. <em>'WALL·E'</em> is beautifully made, despite a relatively simple premise and no real cast to speak of. A big reason for its charm is the strong message and adorable lead characters - WALL·E (Ben Burtt) and EVE (Elissa Knight). The run time of 98 minutes flies by, wit…
r96sk · 9/10**WALL·E is a surprisingly charming story that will warm your heart and make you chuckle.** WALL·E is a feel-good movie about a robot full of heart and full of love. WALL·E is the Ted Lasso of Pixar characters, puppy dog loyalty and eternally optimistic. WALL·E’s blundering kindn…
The Movie Mob · 7/10I reckon that despite many efforts made with way more worthy tones, this is probably one of the most effective stories depicting the dangers of mankind's indifference to our planet and it's future - and it's potently and charmingly effective. Our eponymous robot spends it's time…
CinemaSerf · 7/10"Wall-E" stands out as Pixar at its finest, delivering a captivating story with minimal dialogue and a strong focus on the journey and bond between two robots. Despite the lack of extensive verbal communication, the film successfully conveys a heartfelt narrative centered around…
tmdb51616167 · 8/10
