It was time for another family movie night, and Charlie chose Up (2009).

Edward Asner…Carl Fredricksen (voice)
Christopher Plummer…Charles Muntz (voice)
Jordan Nagai…Russell (voice)
Bob Peterson…Dug / Alpha (voice)
Delroy Lindo…Beta (voice)
Jerome Ranft…Gamma (voice)
John Ratzenberger…Construction Foreman Tom (voice)
David Kaye…Newsreel Announcer (voice)
Elie Docter…Young Ellie (voice)
Jeremy Leary…Young Carl (voice)

There are some parts that are very funny, but at its core it’s not a funny film, it’s melancholy.

The issues that are significant parts of plot are about infertility or the loss of a child, the loss of a spouse, the abandonment of a child by his father, and the descent of a childhood hero into murderous obsession.

It is well scripted, well animated, and visually arresting, and it is in its own way rather sweet and touching, but I found it to be a basically sad film.

It’s a good film, but it’s much darker than the normal animated fare.