The suburban nightmare is over.

After rigging your house with kiddie balloons, the neighbours get the finger and you rocket to the heavens, free to enjoy your sick  misanthropic fantasy… then you realise you have to share it with a tubby little tosspot.

Pixar’s cleverly titled Up is the tale of a pissed off 78-year-old who dreams of exploring the globe by using his house as flying ship. When Carl Fredricksen finally decides to eject from his pointless existence, he finds an eight-year-old stowaway named Russell hanging out on the porch.

Not only is Russell the dumbest little troglodyte you’ll ever meet, he’s also kind of cute and gives the film a warm yet slightly idiotic sentiment. The dodgy pair embark on the adventure of a lifetime, find themselves a talking dog and raid the jungles and other natural habitats of the world for no apparent reason. Some people call it kidnapping.

[story by Alex de Moller]