Up (2009)
Animation, Comedy, Family, Adventure
88Kernel Score — Universal Acclaim, 0 reviews
The Kernel take
Up's 88 Metascore represents a rare critical consensus for a $175M animated gamble, one that's paid off spectacularly with $735M in worldwide gross—a 4.2x multiplier on budget that few films, animated or otherwise, manage to achieve.
Director track record: Pete Docter
Up (88) sits well above Pete Docter's own 85.3-point average across 3 scored films, though it trails his best-reviewed work, Inside Out (94), by a meaningful margin.
Lead track record: Ed Asner
Up (88) marks Ed Asner's highest-reviewed film across 12 scored performances, a remarkable +32.5-point leap over his 55.5-point average and a clear career peak in critical estimation.
Box office
Budget $175M · Box office $735.1M