Brisk, funny and smart about its themes without going too far. What doesn't compute are strained fart jokes and the mania of Robin Williams. He should be outmoded.
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03/10/05
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
161 - 180 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
It is what the film’s lacking – characters or real drama - that keeps it from becoming something better.
03/10/05
a lot of fun, I just wish that these tin men had a bit more heart.
03/10/05
A picture made by artists who have some imagination wrestling with a screenplay by professional hand-crankers Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel that doesn't have any.
03/10/05
Robots isn’t so much a movie as it is a wild theme park ride disguised as a feature film.
03/09/05
Parents do talk to each other and word will spread...this one is good!
03/09/05
Long after androids have rebelled against human subservience and destroyed us all, predictable stories and sugar-sweet endings will live on.
03/09/05
Basically a bunch of recycled gags from Matt Groening’s woefully under-appreciated Futurama.
03/09/05
if you miss out on Robots this year, you’re missing out on a lot
03/09/05
...most of these robot gags were already done, and better, on TV’s Futurama.
03/09/05
Futuristic cityscapes animated to cutting-edge perfection and a narrative paced like a well-oiled machine.
03/09/05
The movie bops along with a happy, jumping, kinetic vitality. Is it a coincidence that R2-D2 looks as if he would fit right in with the misfit bots?
03/09/05
Robots more or less confirms that production studio Blue Sky is likely to be remembered as the Jan to Pixar’s Marcia and PDI’s Cindy.
03/07/05
With its expensive but largely characterless voice cast and an off-the-shelf follow-your-dreams plot...Robots is lucky to have spectacular production design...
03/07/05
Despite a script with more second-hand parts than many of its title characters, Robots inspires sufficient wonderment to impress as spectacle.
03/07/05
Top CriticDazzling landscapes feature Rube Goldberg contraptions and visual gags that turn our world on its head.
03/07/05
Top CriticShares more in common with an average episode of Scooby Doo than it does with Monster's Inc.
03/07/05
Wonderfully entertaining! Visually tantalizing! Musically upbeat! A modern animation with the spirit of The Wizard of Oz and Willy Wonka.
03/06/05
A smart, snappy energy to the dialogue that gives the film a zesty flavor rarely found in the genre.
03/06/05
Witty, smart, and neither written down nor schmutzed up in order to appeal to a particular demographic. . . the writers have given themselves over to pure sense of fun.
03/05/05
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