Up - Every Pixar Movie Ranked, Reviewed, & Recapped

[@alexlazzerly3677]

"Thanks for the adventure. Now go have a new one." Everyone always talks about the opening but this is the scene that always gets me emotional.

[@michaelowens7726]

I always thought that the most vital line of the entire movie. It's his redemption that he gave her the life she always wanted even though he thought she was chasing something else. To me, it was the biggest gut punch of all.

[@jizzledoops6789]

This is the review Wall-E deserved

[@Amouroso]

IM CRYING DURING NICK READING THE PLOT 😭

[@rosh200]

The rest of Up is good, but that growing up montage may be the best thing Pixar has ever done

[@lexandersantana8089]

It’s unacceptably sad

[@PeterAtkinson]

Agreed. Should be middle of the road on the ranking in my opinion, but the intro is incredible.

[@henreebee6561]

It’s always been mysterious to me how sad the intro is, and after thinking about it, I’ve come to this conclusion: it’s sad because it’s about a life of unfulfilled wishes and dreams. Carl and Ellie dreamed of having kids, they weren’t able to, but they had each other so they were able to find happiness in being together all those years. Carl wanted to give Ellie the adventure that she always wanted, but then she got sick and died before that wish was fulfilled as well. Now Carl and Ellie didn’t get to realize their biggest dreams, and they don’t even have each other anymore, which was the last big reason they really enjoyed life. It’s why Carl is a bitter old man when he meets Russell. It’s even sadder because they were good people who deserved to realize their dreams, but weren’t allowed to, and that’s so brutal yet true to life. Pixar and especially Pete Docter have such a keen ability to dig into what it means to be human.

[@lexis4490]

@@henreebee6561 But then the next big cry was at the end of the movie, you see for Ellie she did have a great adventure being with Carl. 😭

[@captainb0nes]

Jesus, just hearing the opening DESCRIBED gets me nearly to tears. Don't generally cry at movies, but Up is one of the very rare examples that not only gets me, but gets me pretty much every time.

[@KBABZ]

When you hover over this video in the Video list it's the TMNT intro.

[@mabsali8770]

The opening is some of the finest filmmaking I've ever seen. The rest of the movie is just a fun Pixar movie.

[@henreebee6561]

I think the rest of the movie has a lot of substance as well. It’s about adoption- that you choose who your family is, and also letting go and moving on. I don’t think it boils down to just “fun.” But I agree the beginning is the best part.

[@looneybazoony673]

The movie starts off as romantic drama and turns into an action adventure movie. I love it. Pure Pixar art

[@lexis4490]

The ending is great too. The Ellie adventure book reveal was perfect.

[@robguppy4729]

Well I can safely say this is the first time I have cried during an “In Review” that wasn’t of laughter 🥺 much love KF! I think Up is a perfect film!

[@ItsGregKon]

I re-watched this one for the first time in a while a couple weeks ago and was pretty blown away. I always thought there wasn't much to this one beyond the opener, but I ended up feeling really fulfilled by the entire story. Beautiful movie.

[@MichaelROLeary]

I still recall so vividly sitting in the cinema for this movie and as Carl floats the balloon into Ellie's hospital room and the music quiets down to just a somber and gentle piano - the sound of everyone in the audience crying became a part of the score for me. That sound and feeling of a crowd of people having a collective release of emotion like that is forever beautifully - and intrinsically - tied to that music and moment for me.

[@mjchague001]

The power of KF is on full display here. I laughed ridiculously hard at Kevin describing himself as a prune man, then cried/wept at Nick's description of the plot 10 minutes later. Love you guys, love this community, love this series.

[@maynardofthejungle8031]

The opening of this film is psychological warfare, plain and simple. I teared up listening to the recap, that's how damn powerful it is. Perfect film, wouldn't change a thing

[@lobolink2772]

I've seen this movie once before a long time ago so I told myself I wouldn't cry at the beginning, and I didn't. Little did I know that the last 20 minutes would have tears streaming down my face. Damn you Pixar you did it again. Easily number 1 for me

[@TylerSampson51]

I'm glad Up got a rightfully good spot, but im still unreasonably angry Wall-E is so low. Lol

[@teddyholiday8038]

This is my favorite Pixar film. It just speaks to me on a very personal level . I cry at least 3x every time I watch it. People make fun of me and call me emo but I just really like this story, it just hits me hard. Hell, sometimes I cry a little just thinking about a few moments in the movie. I love Up.

[@henreebee6561]

Were you adopted, by chance? Sorry for the personal question, I just always thought that this movie would hit really hard for adopted families, as that basically what Carl and Russell are.

[@mattpoppenhouse3878]

I watched the beginning of up tripping on acid and it was so beautiful

[@jareddessert9162]

This movie already can make me tear up so it’s not like it needs help but hearing and seeing the crew recap it and tear up broke me harder than the movie, seeing anyone you care about cry always breaks me harder. When Joey first wiped away a tear I started tearing up but then nick broke and it got me man. Damn you Pixar and Kinda Funny! You’re the best!

[@segabon2023]

I'm crying just listening to the opening.

[@able4698]

I love love love this movie! The last time i watched it i also saw a theme of searching your new goal after acomplishing your dream. Its beatifull how Carl helps Russel and the bird. And that soundtrack! The piano theme is used in so many different ways. I am learning it right now

[@Jrod42008]

It's been a few years since I've seen this movie, but just thinking about that opening is enough to get me teary eyed.

[@CRTurtle]

I chose a bad day to listen to this in work today, didn’t expect to hear Joey start to cry near the start about Ellie 😭 this film gets me so badly every time dude!

[@ElCriCri97]

This is the review I have been waiting for!

[@SuperBrentendo89]

Dammit. Just hearing about that one scene makes me have to fight off the tears.

[@josephgreen1083]

I'm really excited for the review of Inside Out and Finding Dory Edit: Thank you Nick for that joke, cutting them tears damn

[@aoe41015]

Finding dory had better be low. That film is so forgettable. Moreso than cars or bugs life.

[@josephgreen1083]

@@aoe41015 You can get off the rock, Gerald.

[@RumbleBee1102]

I hope they do a video for their individual rankings of these movies, like they did with MCU

[@marirod7849]

I haven’t watched this movie in years, now you guys got me wanting to try it out again 🥺

[@MightyMike2509]

I’m tearing up at work listening to the start of the recap. Damn

[@comic_sports8878]

There is sooo much of Richard Connell's "The Most Dangerous Game" in "Up" that it's actually impressive.

[@ronaldlo8818]

My favourite scene is when he walks into the house in Paradise Falls, after telling off Russell, and he realizes how empty it is. The house is a disaster, the life is gone from everything, and most importantly he sits in his chair alone. He looks through that book and realizes how empty this victory is. And one last time, as I imagine she has done throughout their life together, Ellie saves his soul and gives him a reason to keep going. He crosses his heart and carries on. Nothing happened, but he has completely changed.

[@xxBrent87xx]

I’ve never cried so much during a movie. What an impactful film. Great in review!

[@bennetthasty7886]

Jesus! So many tears 😭 listening to this one

[@sTeeevenD]

Did Tim ever mention the easter eggs about the pizza planet truck and a113 in each of these movies?

[@TyranBatten]

He's aware of them. I think he stopped mentioning them to keep up the pace of the podcasts

[@gregbellin6676]

When Tim told Kevin to role the opening for the next In Review, youtube played an ad for twizzler gummies. I was very confused. Lol

[@stanco4ever]

Currently rewatching Its Always Sunny so had a good chuckle when they brought up bird law. Accidental reference, maybe, but a chuckle is a chuckle.

[@michaelowens7726]

The whole chocolate hurting dogs thing is basically a myth. It's only a very specific kind of chocolate, and even then, they'd have to eat like 20lbs of it to actually die from it.

[@ollie511]

44:53 I misheard Nick saying "Map Surveryors" and thought he said Napster lol

[@TomG1013]

If Andy stops carrying snakes in his pockets, he wouldn’t get bit. Snakes! They’re like lizards without feet.

[@graememowat2322]

At 50:30 I couldn't tell if Nick was making a joke or was actually trying to Mansplain to Joey the joke which she very clearly understood...

[@harrystone8752]

Damnnm this movie hits so hard - my partners name is Ellie and I remember watching this in Rome with her absolutely balling my eyes out. Great film, as always

[@LookingForNostalgia]

Re: flossing - get a WaterPik!!!! I’ve been getting shit from my hygienist for not flossing for decades and i invested in a WaterPik last year and its LIFECHANGING. I now actually straight up floss after every meal. Its just a stream of water that makes it sooooo simple. (This is not a sponsored comment. I’m just really enthusiastic 😂)

[@watermelonslipstream5467]

I know I'm the weird one but I don't get the love of UP, I've never got past 30mins before I wana watch something else

[@ultanmcardle8068]

How far did yall make it before crying! I got to 21:03 and I was gone. Love you guys.! #committogreatness

[@TrimblyWimbly]

What a movie. What an In Review. I love Pixar and I love this show.

[@TrimblyWimbly]

Also #JusticeForWalle

[@Orson_Welp]

There is so much more to this movie than I remember as a kid. Absolutely beautiful for all the reasons you guys said, and easily the "most improved" movie for me so far on this rewatch. That said, I find that it also drags in spots, I think Carl's adversarial relationship with... well everyone, is necessary for his development, but it lasts too long and is kind of a bummer, tbh. Plus the South America setting isn't super creative (although the way they get there is, for sure) Liked it a lot, but I don't have the heart to let it dethrone the upper echelon. My list is: 1. The Incredibles 2. Monster's Inc. 3. Ratatouille 4. Wall-E 5. Finding Nemo 6. Toy Story 2 7. Toy Story 3 8. Up 9. Toy Story 4 10. Toy Story 11. A Bug's Life 12. Cars

[@bhargavpatel2995]

The first 20 minutes are a masterpiece but the rest of the movie is average and never really hits the highs of other pixar movies. So I assume KF will rank it at #1 after THEY FUCKED WALL-E (I'm just salty guys)

[@sinaito8462]

Kevin could have chosen any language in the world to make that joke land, and he picked Portugal.

[@tapatito2770]

Amazing review!

[@meximoan]

Ugh hearing you guys choke up is making me emotional 🤧

[@kilodi]

I am sure that Andy did not join this one cause knowing how he reacts to such emotional moments, he would have been bawling throughout this review and not be able to say a word, like all of us, thus "not feeling well"

[@DoingOK]

My 6 year old niece wanted to watch this movie while my fiancé was babysitting. Her mom said it was fine cuz she’d seen it before. Turns out she was wrong so my fiancé had to explain death, old age, infertility, and poverty to my very inquisitive niece haha.

[@johannesmeier5550]

absolutely love the music by Michael Cappuccino!

[@michaelowens7726]

52:30 No mention about how them fighting in the air is called "dogfighting"?!

[@BartyCrouptonJr7745]

Best Pixar movie ever made. I never willn't change my mind.

[@lexis4490]

Just you all talking about the movie making me crying.

[@grkpektis]

I am begging you please also do Batman vs TMNT movie

[@christystout2539]

When you're at work minding your own business and have to stop yourself from crying while listening to people talk about the first 5 minutes of this movie

[@icymoe1024]

Not for nothing - when I first saw this movie I always thought Carl died and Russel was his angel allowing him to accept what happened and let him pass peacefully to the other side. I'm sorry if I made anyone even MORE sad

[@KBABZ]

I realize I'm in the minority on this but IMO the talking dogs thing is 100% a cheap gimmick to get people who like dogs to like the movie but they otherwise contribute absolutely nothing to it.

[@CheefChaos]

28:33 Ballonfest 1986 Cleveland, a total disaster that even killed someone.

[@daverooney86]

HOLY CRAP THE NINJA TURTLES KF VERSION!

[@Sithwarl0ck]

Cried during the In Review

[@jermainenoneya134]

My all time favorite Pixar film!

[@MelodicQuest]

"You should have called this movie DOWNER!"

[@sergiogaleano1800]

this review is good for the floss joke alone

[@CodySahs]

Like Kevin I went straight to Portuguese

[@jordanmiller3535]

YES TMNT IS APART OF THE REVIEW!!

[@FreightTraiin]

The Toy Story movies got done dirty by just lumping in the last ranking. 3 is the perfect ending to the toys time with Andy and should be way higher.

[@AloisWeimar]

Joey is the new Andy

[@Antreu]

1:11:35 what do you mean his vote doesn't matter? that's not how voting works guys, you should average out your rankings

[@Antreu]

(1+1+1+4+8)/5 = 3, so Up is number 3, not 1

[@nawawie4159]

They've been doing a majority vote for all of inreview.

[@icymoe1024]

All the feels! 🤗😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@pinoyguy75]

Yall need to do the DCAU. Then you could watch TMNT vs Batman

[@michaelpduggan]

The beginning and end of this is amazing, but the middle is not as fun or interesting as Finding Nemo, the rightful number 1

[@stevensuddreth540]

Not me thinking this was about to be a review of the Cardi B song. 💀

[@chazwwe]

Man I'm so against their rankings this time around, its so strange. It might be because of how close they are all together. I think Up is a great watch, but I don't have the desire to watch it, I would probably chose a good 7-8 films in the Pixar franchise before this.

[@jasonc2341]

I agree with Andy.

[@henreebee6561]

The golden era is over guys, it’s mostly mediocre Pixar movies from here on out. :(

[@pgs9407]

Why does Nick's dentist call him Joe?

[@Woozie87]

why not pirates in review?

[@mcswiss87]

The list is a mess at this point. They have FIVE movies above Toy Story 3! Crazy. I get it, there’s a lot of great films from Pixar, but 5 better than TS3?

[@jonathanmalka9998]

I'm not crying ur crying

[@maricejayo]

Lovely film. But as Wall-e it is not rewatchable for me. It’s a masterpiece in storytelling, but if I want to watch a Pixar movie I wouldn’t pick this one.

[@julioarmadillo]

Can’t fucking wait for TMNT

[@TheOlympicHero1]

The 1990 TMNT movie will be number 1 at the end.

[@kylemelendez358]

I actually think this movie is overated. Dont get me wrong like tim keeps saying every single one of these pixar movies is amazing, and this one is amazing, but i dont feel like its in the top tier pixar.

[@TaeInfinite]

This movie is extremely boring, especially for a Pixar movie. The only good part was the Old Man’s past with his wife. That’s it.

[@alextownley9388]

WHERE THE FUCK IS ANDY

[@DrewV5150]

Unpopular opinion... Up is overrated, it's not a bad movie, but it doesn't land in my Pixar top 5. I will give it credit for the opening sequence being GREAT, but after that it's just alright.

[@agentahmed7350]

Hot take: Up is the beginning of Pixar's downfall. Yes, Toy Story 3 came just a year later (TS2>TS3 anyway), but Pixar never have reached their prime again. IMO, the prime Pixar movies are TS2 - WALL-E, because they were able to not just be critical darlings, but also balanced that by having a ton of joy, heart and sense of adventure in them. And starting with Up and even with TS3, Pixar have relied too heavily on being emotional and downbeat, like with Brave, Good Dinosaur, Inside Out. Or if not that, they've churned out really disappointing sequels, like Cars 2 (shit), Finding Dory (terrible), Incredibles 2 (again, terrible), and Toy Story 4 (I never thought a movie could piss me off more than The Last Jedi, but here it is), or have been forgettable and not really added anything intriguing like Cars 3 or Monsters University. And as for the movie itself, the only good chunk is the amazing first 5 minutes, perhaps the greatest beginning to a movie ever, if not definitely one of the greatest. However, the characters aren't memorable or likeable, the plot isn't anything unique like other Pixar movies, the pace plods along, and the worldbuilding isn't creative or imaginative like previous Pixar movies. IMO, Coco is the only Pixar movie since TS3 that belongs with Pixar's classics.

[@nikkieg158]

Some really odd takes here. You say Toy Story 3 relies heavily on emotion when it only does in the third act and for good reason- it was supposed to be the end. On the other hand, one could argue that Toy Story 2 does it way more (love the move, don't get me wrong). The entire crux of the movie (choosing Andy over the museum) requires the audience to be emotionally invested in the relationship between Andy and his toys, and to empathize with Jessie. Furthermore, the suggestion that the characters in Up aren't likeable or memorable is silly. Carl may not soften up until the end, but Russell is a sweet boy (irritating or no), and everyone loves Dug and Kevin. All of whom have memorable moments, to be sure.

[@aoe41015]

Who hurt you?

[@BartyCrouptonJr7745]

Toy story 3 was a shit

[@bvick22]

This list just got wack 😅

[@PapoOv]

After the first 5 minutes this movie is garbage. Russell is such an annoying character. No way in hell this is num 1. This is one of Pixar's worse movies for me

[@brandonfoster2793]

They way overrated this movie , the opening is great but the rest is just a mediocre adventure story