Pixar's "Up" Soars with Emotional Depth

Christa Banister
Crosswalk.com Contributing Writer
May 29, 2009

While I’m a big fan of movie trailers that manage to save a few of the really good scenes for the actual movie, I couldn’t help but feel a bit hoodwinked when watching the first 15 minutes of Up.

Much like the trailer for Marley & Me, which was all golden retriever cuteness sprinkled in with doggie hijinks without any indication of the sadness waiting in the wings, (guess I should’ve read the book first, after all), there’s so much more to Up than the brightly colored balloons and sassy barbs traded between an over-eager boy scout and a really grumpy old man. the rest