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Carl Fredrickson wants to fulfill a promise to his wife that they'd go on a grand adventure, so he ties thousands of balloons to his house and floats off for South America. Russell, a young wilderness explorer stows away on the house and the adventure and comedy ensue.

Pixar goes 10 for 10. This movie is completely random, very original and lots of fun. It has so much heart to it, the opening 10-15 minutes will definitely tug at your heartstrings, but it also immediately endears you to the characters. It's clearly evident, yet again, that Pixar spends so much time on getting the story just right, adding the heart and selling you on it emotionally. There's lots of funny and random moments and characters. Kevin the bird and Doug the dog are particularly random and very entertaining. The character design is great, the rendering is amazing, the voice cast is perfect and animation is very well done. I saw it in 3D, which adds a little depth to it, but isn't really necessary. Plus, if you see it in 3D, you don't get to see Pixar's new animated short about a baby-delivering stork titled "Partly Cloudy", which was very disappointing not to see, so I'll have to see it again. There's also a trailer for Toy Story 3, which was fun.

**** out of 4 - Oscar Worthy

(Rated PG for action, violence and adult themes)