By Kelly Jane Torrance
Up (Disney-Pixar, $29.99 for DVD, $39.99 for two-disc DVD, $45.99 for four-disc DVD/Blu-ray) — "Up" is a rareness: a blockbuster (with $293 million in box section, it's the third-top-grossing movie of 2009) that's also one of the year's in the most suitable way-reviewed films (with 98 percent at RottenTomatoes, a Web install devoted to reviews and information on new films). Of execution, it seems every Pixar film manages this act. Last year's hit "Wall•E" ended up on many critics' top-10 lists, as "Up" seems predetermined to do.
Ed Asner voices Carl Fredricksen, a curmudgeon who at the end of the day fulfills his promise to his much-loved deceased little woman when he attaches thousands of helium balloons to his outfit in the hopes of moving it to South America. As with "Obstruction•E," there's a bittersweet despondency to this film that even some adults find severely to take. However, Pixar's gorgeous animation makes children and their parents similar fall for grumpy old Carl, whose feat becomes a journey of self-disclosure.