WALL-E Wins Golden Tomato Award, Favorite Wide-Release Feature

The animated Pixar sci-fi romance "WALL-E" took the top wide-release honor from the 10th annual Golden Tomato Awards.

The award honors the best-reviewed films of the year as determined by the Web site RottenTomatoes.com, which compiles reviews from critics to measure the percentage of positive reviews.

"WALL-E" won the Golden Tomato for wide-release with a "Tomatometer" score of 96 percent. 
"WALL-E" is the fifth Pixar film to rank above all others. "Ratatouille" was the best-reviewed film of 2007, along with the musical Irish romance "Once." "Toy Story 2," "Finding Nemo" and "The Incredibles" are Pixar's other Golden Tomato winners.

"Wall-E" is described in press notes as "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".

He woos her during the film by sharing his love of the film Hello Dolly, he is mesmerized by Michael Crawford singing the show's classic songs "Put On Your Sunday Clothes" and "It Only Takes A Moment". The film opens with Crawford's voice happily singing out to the universe Jerry Herman's rich and emotional melodies.