The first hour of Wall-E is a crazily inventive, deliriously engaging and almost wordless silent comedy of the sort that Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton used to make.

Bob Mondello

NPR

Put simply, WALL-E is about as charming as movies get.

James Berardinelli

ReelViews

Mixing Chaplinesque delicacy with the architectural grandeur of a Stanley Kubrick film, director Andrew Stanton recycles film history and makes something fresh and accessible from it without pandering to a young audience.

Liam Lacey

The Globe and Mail (Toronto)