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WALL·E

200898 minutesG
5.6
Arcplot Score
📝 Unconventional
Unverified
8.4IMDb
🍅 95%Rotten Tomatoes
Ⓜ️ 95/100Metacritic
🎬 8.1TMDb
📊 12.4Popularity
🏆Won 1 Oscar. 96 wins & 95 nominations total
Directed by: Andrew Stanton
In a distant, but not so unrealistic, future where mankind has abandoned earth because it has become covered with trash from products sold by the powerful multi-national Buy N Large corporation, WALL-E, a garbage collecting robot has been left to clean up the mess. Mesmerized with trinkets of Earth's history and show tunes, WALL-E is alone on Earth except for a sprightly pet cockroach. One day, EVE, a sleek (and dangerous) reconnaissance robot, is sent to Earth to find proof that life is once again sustainable. WALL-E falls in love with EVE. WALL-E rescues EVE from a dust storm and shows her a living plant he found amongst the rubble. Consistent with her "directive", EVE takes the plant and automatically enters a deactivated state except for a blinking green beacon. WALL-E, doesn't understand what has happened to his new friend, but, true to his love, he protects her from wind, rain, and lightning, even as she is unresponsive. One day a massive ship comes to reclaim EVE, but WALL-E, out of love or loneliness, hitches a ride on the outside of the ship to rescue EVE. The ship arrives back at a large space cruise ship, which is carrying all of the humans who evacuated Earth 700 years earlier. The people of Earth ride around this space resort on hovering chairs which give them a constant feed of TV and video chatting. They drink all of their meals through a straw out of laziness and/or bone loss, and are all so fat that they can barely move. When the auto-pilot computer, acting on hastily-given instructions sent many centuries before, tries to prevent the people of Earth from returning by stealing the plant, WALL-E, EVE, the portly captain, and a band of broken robots stage a mutiny.

Box Office

Budget:$180.0M
Revenue:$521.3M
Profit:$341.3M

Arcplot Score Breakdown

Beat Timing Precision6.4/10
Emotional Arc Impact5.5/10
Thematic Consistency5/10
Overall Score5.6/10

Beat Sheet

15 plot points

WALL·E Arcplot
1
Opening Image
1 min
2
Theme Stated
5 min
3
Set-Up
12 min
4
Catalyst
18 min
5
Debate
25 min
6
Break Into Two
30 min
7
B Story
40 min
8
Fun and Games
50 min
9
Midpoint
65 min
10
Bad Guys Close In
75 min
11
All Is Lost
85 min
12
Dark Night of the Soul
88 min
13
Break Into Three
90 min
14
Finale
95 min
15
Final Image
98 min

Emotional Arc

+100-10

Plot Points

#1

Opening Image

1 min

WALL·E tidily compacts trash on an abandoned, polluted Earth. Lonely, desolate atmosphere established.

#2

Theme Stated

5 min

WALL·E’s routine emphasizes loneliness and the theme of love and purpose in a forgotten world.

#3

Set-Up

12 min

Daily routine introduced. WALL·E collects artifacts, dreams of connection. Stakes: isolation vs. discovery.

#4

Catalyst

18 min

EVE arrives on Earth. Sparks curiosity and purpose in WALL·E. Adventure begins.

#5

Debate

25 min

WALL·E contemplates approaching EVE. Risking his safety and routine for connection.

#6

Break Into Two

30 min

WALL·E follows EVE into space shuttle. Crosses threshold into unknown and adventure.

#7

B Story

40 min

EVE’s mission revealed: search for life. Emotional and relational stakes deepen.

#8

Fun and Games

50 min

Space adventures, ship exploration, human ship interactions. Suspense, comedy, and growth.

#9

Midpoint

65 min

WALL·E is damaged and nearly lost. Stakes spike, emotional tension peaks. False sense of failure.

#10

Bad Guys Close In

75 min

Auto resists human return to Earth. WALL·E and EVE struggle. High stakes, action and tension.

#11

All Is Lost

85 min

WALL·E shuts down. Humans near despair. Emotional low point.

#12

Dark Night of the Soul

88 min

EVE mourns WALL·E. Contemplation of loss, love, and hope.

#13

Break Into Three

90 min

EVE revives WALL·E. Humans rally to return to Earth. Emotional catharsis.

#14

Finale

95 min

Humans return to Earth. WALL·E and EVE reunite. Restoration of purpose, hope, and life.

#15

Final Image

98 min

Earth is vibrant again. WALL·E and EVE together. Symbolic and emotional closure achieved.