At times hilariously wacky and deeply dramatic, this engaging adventure romp is entertaining from start to finish.
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04/04/07
Meet the Robinsons (2007)
66 %
Reviews Counted: 129 Fresh: 85 Rotten:44 Average Rating: 6.3/10
Consensus:
Meet the Robinsons is a visually impressive children's animated film marked by a story of considerable depth.
Rated: U
Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins
Theatrical Release: 30-03-2007
Synopsis: Based on William Joyce's beautifully illustrated children's book A DAY WITH WILBUR ROBINSON, this lively computer-animated Disney film follows the adventures of Lewis (voiced by Jordan Fry and Daniel Hansen), a young orphaned inventor who is determined to find his birth mother by using a... [More]
Genre: Animated, Animation, Comedy, Time Travel, Families, Animated Characters, Animated Worlds
Starring: Angela Bassett, Adam West, Tom Selleck, Harland Williams, Laurie Metcalf
Director: Stephen J. Anderson
Screenwriter: Jon Bernstein
Story: William Joyce
Producer: Dorothy McKim
Composer: Danny Elfman
Screenwriter: Michelle Spitz
Screenwriter: Jon Bernstein
Story: William Joyce
Producer: Dorothy McKim
Composer: Danny Elfman
Screenwriter: Michelle Spitz
Reviews
The first 20 minutes of this competently animated kids’ adventure are entertaining enough. But thereafter, the plot fractures, the pace goes into overdrive and the jokes wear thin.
03/31/07
Top Critic
Succumbs to the now standard overcaffeinated approach to storytelling that relies too much on rollercoaster thrills to stop the kids from fidgeting.
03/31/07
Top Critic
Brightly animated, inventive and frequently hilarious, this is an enjoyable adventure with colourful characters and a neat Back to the Future-inspired plot.
03/31/07
This wearisome tale of a lonely orphan who travels through time has a wacky exuberance small children will no doubt appreciate. Anyone older, though, will merely find it noisy and obnoxious.
03/31/07
Top Critic
Kids will enjoy the colourful animation and fun characters, but adults will wish it all made a bit more sense.
03/27/07
Top Critic
A baby being left on the doorstep of an orphanage has been done many times, yet Meet the Robinsons makes it feel new again, and not just because of the fantastic 3-D technology.
03/03/08
A hilarious and adorable science fiction film with great animation, top notch voice work, and sharp humor...
01/16/08
...the movie possesses an unusually bright and colorful sense of style that immediately sets it apart from its increasingly plentiful brethren.
11/23/07
Pleasant but insubstantial, and with characters whose eccentricities feel just a tad forced and artificial, this is a mild diversion of a film.
10/26/07
Despite its obvious shortcomings, Meet the Robinsons left me wanting a little more. It's been a long, long time since a Disney film without a little lamp logo at the beginning has made me feel that way.
10/23/07
...a movie with its heart in the right place and its computers heading off in all different directions.
10/18/07
A film of terribly alienating character design (so many pinchy faces and tiny eyes!) blended with very plastic-y backgrounds.
09/20/07
The film has a freewheeling, quick-hit absurdism closer to Airplane! than Aladdin.
05/02/07
This shrine to Disney is really the world's most overstuffed Hanna-Barbera cartoon, right down to its Gargamel-patterned villain.
04/25/07
Never convincing or compelling enough to stop us from keep moving forward past its ultimate position on the video store shelves
04/24/07
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