The movie can be funny in fits, but too often the scripters go for the obvious and uninspired.
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03/13/05
Robots (2005)
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Reviews Counted:173
Fresh:110
Rotten:63
Average Rating:6.5/10
Consensus: Robots delights on a visual level, but the story feels like it came off an assembly line.
Theatrical Release:18-03-2005
Synopsis: The pixel-happy production company Blue Sky follows its successful feature ICE AGE with more animated antics in ROBOTS. Rodney Copperbottom (voiced by Ewan McGregor) is a talented inventor who... [More]
Starring: Halle Berry, Ewan McGregor, Robin Williams, Jim Broadbent
Director: Chris Wedge
Reviews for Robots
Finally, a smart, funny movie that's family friendly!
03/13/05
I sat in my seat for 90 minutes enthralled by the look of the film and laughing continually at the endlessly clever jokes. Robots is wonderful family entertainment.
03/13/05
'Robots' isn't a joyless experience, but the thought, effort and expense that went into casting Jay Leno as a fire hydrant might have been better placed elsewhere.
03/12/05
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03/12/05
Top Critic...an enjoyable waste of time
03/12/05
Kids will probably like it more than adults but this is a film that, for the most part, parents will be able to enjoy rather than endure.
03/12/05
If its story line isn't exactly novel -- a dreamer son sets off for the Big City to fulfill his destiny and make his poor parents proud -- its look is hypnotically visionary.
03/11/05
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03/11/05
Top Critic... boasts some of the same antic slapstick that made Ice Age such frosty fun, [but] this new animated feature represents a quantum leap forward in both heart and art.
03/11/05
Moves along at an entertaining, if increasingly familiar clip.
03/11/05
As miraculous as the setting is and the realization of Wedge's vision, the story fails to really engage on any level save the kinetic.
03/11/05
The innovative look is undercut by the predictable story and a drawn-out, overblown ending.
03/11/05
A well-calibrated piece of entertainment.
03/11/05
Feels shopworn and rote.
03/11/05
Will keep adults amused while the kids focus on Robot City's highway system.
03/11/05
Top CriticThe visuals have so much intrinsic motion that it's too bad Robots is oppressively rollercoasterish.
03/11/05
If you're looking for another Toy Story, with its winning combination of winking innocence, witty storytelling and wondrous virtual reality, you won't find it in Robots.
03/11/05
The script from Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, which provides enough sophistication, wit and, yes, a token flush of bathroom humor, to appeal to all age ranges.
03/11/05
For an animated movie accompanied by its own line of Burger King toys and sugary breakfast cereal, Robots certainly provides a lot of Kafkaesque moments for the kiddies.
03/11/05
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