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Robots (2005)

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Reviews Counted: 172 Fresh: 109  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.
 

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Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins

Theatrical Release: Mar 11, 2005 Wide

Box Office: $128,107,031

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 hopes to make his fortune by moving to Robot City and working among the nuts and bolts of the... 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 hopes to make his fortune by moving to Robot City and working among the nuts and bolts of the robotics industry. Rodney fantasizes about building robots for his boyhood hero and master inventor Big Weld (Mel Brooks), but when he meets him, Rodney's dream threatens to turn rusty. Big Weld reveals that his company is now being run by the evil Phineas T. Ratchet (Greg Kinnear), a merciless moneymaker who wants to rid the world of the antiquated robots that clutter up the streets of Robot City. This leaves Rodney's aspirations needing a major oil change, and with little chance of finding work, he feels about as useful as a broken spare part. So he takes to the streets, where he finds some unlikely salvation in a group of robots lead by Fender (Robin Williams). Fender urges Rodney to help save them from the scrap heap, while Ratchet and his company create threatening new policies on robot reconstruction. The ensuing action leads to a breathtaking set of adventures in the futuristic city. A fun, dizzying delight, ROBOTS benefits from the many voices of Robin Williams, who is the perfect comic foil to Ewan McGregor's central character. The special effects are masterfully handled, and the rendering of Robot City is a true sight to behold. A film that should find a broad audience among adults and children alike, ROBOTS is fast-paced animated entertainment at its finest. [More]

Genre: Animated, Animation

Starring: Halle Berry, Ewan McGregor, Robin Williams, Jim Broadbent, Terry Bradshaw

Director: Chris Wedge
Screenwriter: Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, Ron Mita, Jim McClain, David Lindsay-Abaire
Producer: Jerry Davis, William Joyce, John C. Donkin
Composer: John Powell

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Jul 10, 2007

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Mark Halverson
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3/4

A computer-generated animated adventure featuring few product placements, which is quite a departure from the norm for such children's fare.

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02/02/07
Kam Williams
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10/03/06
Joseph Proimakis
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2.5/4

A fun ride with plenty of laughs, excitement and touching moments about living out your dreams no matter your make, model or build.

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10/02/06
Todd Hertz
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05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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02/09/06
Time Out
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2.0/4.0

... in a world populated by living machines, not a single soul can be found...

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01/12/06
Kevin A. Ranson
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4/5

Priceless special effects of the cast talking about doing the voices of these mechanical 'bots with a heart...

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10/14/05
Michael Szymanski
International Press Academy
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6/10

Although Robots has great animation, wonderful visual invention, and a few clever jokes, it has no compelling characters or story to hold them together.

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09/24/05
John J. Puccio
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2.5/4

"Robots" is fraught with silly one-liners, plot contrivances and predictable solutions. There's nothing for mature minds except toilet humor.

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08/07/05
Wesley Lovell
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3/5

If only they had taken another year to create a story worthy of the design!

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06/28/05
Uri Lessing
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Julian Roman
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Sydney Morning Herald
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The attention is in the detail, and what detail.

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04/30/05
John Larsen
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What makes Robots enjoyable is its constant whimsy, the clever visual and verbal puns the animators make, filling every scene with blink-and-you-miss-‘em gags.

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04/23/05
Jeremy C. Fox
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Does not suffer from Shark Tale syndrome; instead a good story with a good message and great performances.

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04/21/05
Karina Montgomery
Cinerina
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The story holds it back from the "classic" status... All the same, Robots is cute and colorful. Kids will love it and parents will be entertained enough not to mind.

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04/20/05
Jeff Otto
IGN Movies
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Far more interested in yelling 'look what we can do!' than in developing any of its characters or livening up its recycled story.

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04/15/05
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
Goatdog's Movies
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The film is very imaginative and you need to see it several times to appreciate the humor.

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04/14/05
Vince Koehler
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