WALL-E charms the critics

Source: Agencies  |   2009-1-15  |     NEWSPAPER EDITION

CRITICS loved a love-struck robot and a tightrope-walking Frenchman in 2008. The sci-fi romance "WALL-E" and the documentary "Man on Wire" took top honors at the 10th annual Golden Tomato Awards.

The awards honor the best-reviewed films of the year as determined by the Website RottenTomatoes.com, which compiles reviews from critics to measure the percentage of favorable critiques.

"WALL-E" won the Golden Tomato for wide-release with a "Tomatometer" score of 96 percent. "Man on Wire," a film that recalls Philippe Petit's tightrope feat between the World Trade Center towers in 1974, scored 100 percent and won the Golden Tomato for limited-release films.

The Moldy Tomato - given to the worst-reviewed film of the year - was awarded to the horror film "One Missed Call." That movie had the unfortunate distinction of not finding a single positive review, earning a goose egg on the Tomatometer.