Robots [2005]
Studio Twentieth Century Fox
Country USA
Language English
Audience Rating Universal, suitable for all
Running Time 86 mins
Format DVD
Color Color
Cast
Ewan McGregor
Robin Williams
Jim Broadbent
Lowell Ganz
Halle Berry
Crew
Director Chris Wedge
Director Carlos Saldanha
Plot
The delightful designs of William Joyce (writer/illustrator of such popular children's books as George Shrinks and Bently & Egg) make Robots a joy to behold. The round, bouncy, and ramshackle forms of hero Rodney Copperbottom and his computer-animated friends are part of an ornate and daffy Rube-Goldberg universe of elaborate contraptions and gleaming metallic surfaces. Rodney (voiced with a hint-of-Scottish lilt by Ewan McGregor) is a young inventor who sets off for Robot City to work for Big Weld (Mel Brooks), the supreme inventor of the mechanical world. But upon his arrival, Rodney discovers that Big Weld has disappeared, and the slick, shiny Ratchet (Greg Kinnear) is phasing out the spare parts that lumpen robots need to function and replacing them with "upgrades"--expensive and glistening new exoskeletons. Unfortunately, from this suitable beginning, the story degenerates into a series of action sequences that make very little sense, though some are kinetic and fun (though others are only there to serve the inevitable Robots video game). Most kids will enjoy the sheer visual pleasure of the movie, but compared to the narrative richness of Pixar movies like The Incredibles and Toy Story, that pleasure is pretty short-lived. Also featuring the voices of Robin Williams, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Amanda Bynes, Jennifer Coolidge, and many, many more. --Bret Fetzer, Amazon.com
Personal Details
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Index 2
Collection Status In Collection
Purchase Price £19.99
Links Amazon UK
Edition Details
Distributor Twentieth Century Fox
Barcode 5039036022682
Region 2
Release Date 19/09/2005
No. of Disks/Tapes 1