Wall-E: Most adorable non-human since ET

"HUMAN" ANDROID: Its charm lies in the fact that it's about a robot who's gifted with humanity.

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Not since ET can I remember a non-human protagonist this adorable.

Set 700 years after humans abandoned the Earth, Wall-E is the story of the last robot on Earth who has been cleaning up the deserted planet, molding scrap metal into bricks and piling them up into neat towers.

Having watched a scratchy videotape of the film musical Hello Dolly many times over, Wall-E yearns for companionship, and, as luck would have it, romance arrives in the form of a white oval-shaped probe-droid EVE, who's been sent to Earth to find signs of life.

High-tech and armed with a laser weapon that destroys everything in sight, EVE fascinates Wall-E and he scuttles around her nervously, a tad afraid, but also totally smitten. When her job on Earth is done, she's summoned back to the mother ship.

Love-struck Wall-E follows her there and discovers a corporatized space colony that's inhabited by gluttonous humans.

Unlike any animation film you've seen before, Wall-E is a film with hardly any dialogue. Our hero himself doesn't speak at all, communicates at best in a few bleeps and other sounds. And yet the film itself has so much to say.

It makes a very pointed statement about the consumerist nature of humans and also about the state of our environment. But in the end, Wall-E is really an unconditional love story. Its charm lies in the fact that it's about a robot who's gifted with such humanity.

Telling you any more about it, I'm afraid I might spoil your experience of watching the film first hand and discovering for yourself all its little surprises. Let me just say, when I draw up a list of the most heartwarming films I've ever seen, Wall-E will feature prominently.

I'm going with four out of five and two big thumbs up for Wall-E. It's absolutely the most enjoyable film that's checked into cinemas since The Dark Knight. Go watch it right away.

Rating: 4 / 5 (Very Good)