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Meet the Robinsons

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Meet the Robinsons (2007)

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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: G

Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins

Genre: Animated, Animation, Science-Fiction, Time Travel, Theatrical Release, , Families, Animated Characters, Animated Worlds, Science Fiction

Theatrical Release:Mar 30, 2007 Wide

Box Office: $97,690,955

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... 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 "memory scanner," a device of his own creation. When Lewis meets a boy from the year 2037 named Wilbur Robinson (Wesley Singerman), they begin a charmingly strange time-traveling journey that involves Wilbur's eccentric family, bowler hats bent on world domination, song-and-dance frogs, and a frustrated Tyrannosaurus Rex. Boasting the debut of cutting-edge 3D technology, MEET THE ROBINSONS is helmed by first-time feature-film director Stephen J. Anderson, who also voices numerous characters, including the mustachioed villain, Bowler Hat Guy. (Other notable vocal actors include Angela Bassett, Tom Selleck, Adam West, Harland Williams, and Laurie Metcalf.) ROBINSONS also marks Pixar head John Lasseter's first outing as an executive producer on a non-Pixar movie, resulting in a film that features some of that company's signature energy and wit, but stands on its own outside of that universe. While ROBINSONS' literally all-over-the-place plot can be a little difficult to follow at times, its stunning retro-futuristic visuals and amiably wacky characters easily keep viewers entertained. [More]

Starring: Angela Bassett, Adam West, Tom Selleck, Harland Williams

Starring: Angela Bassett, Adam West, Tom Selleck, Harland Williams, Laurie Metcalf, Tom Kenny, Daniel Hansen, Wesley Singerman, Jordan Fry, Rufus Wainwright

Director: Stephen J. Anderson

Director: Stephen J. Anderson
Screenwriter: Jon Bernstein
Story: William Joyce
Producer: Dorothy McKim
Composer: Danny Elfman
Screenwriter: Michelle Spitz
Studio: Buena Vista Pictures

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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
04/23/09
Tom Meek
Boston Phoenix

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.

Full Review Source: The Scorecard Review | comment Comment
03/03/08
Jeff Bayer
The Scorecard Review

A hilarious and adorable science fiction film with great animation, top notch voice work, and sharp humor...

Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
01/16/08
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

...the movie possesses an unusually bright and colorful sense of style that immediately sets it apart from its increasingly plentiful brethren.

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11/23/07
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

Pleasant but insubstantial, and with characters whose eccentricities feel just a tad forced and artificial, this is a mild diversion of a film.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
10/26/07
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

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.

Full Review Source: Movie Views | comment Comment
10/23/07
Ryan Cracknell
Movie Views

...a movie with its heart in the right place and its computers heading off in all different directions.

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10/18/07
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

A film of terribly alienating character design (so many pinchy faces and tiny eyes!) blended with very plastic-y backgrounds.

Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy | comment Comment
09/20/07
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy

A sweetly-rendered story that also happens to look terrific.

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06/25/07
Todd Gilchrist
IGN Movies

Typical Disney claptrap.

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06/12/07
Wesley Lovell
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Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses | comment Comment
05/03/07
Joseph Proimakis
Movies for the Masses

The film has a freewheeling, quick-hit absurdism closer to Airplane! than Aladdin.

Full Review Source: Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) | comment Comment
05/02/07
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

This shrine to Disney is really the world's most overstuffed Hanna-Barbera cartoon, right down to its Gargamel-patterned villain.

Full Review Source: Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) | comment Comment
04/25/07
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

Never convincing or compelling enough to stop us from keep moving forward past its ultimate position on the video store shelves

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04/24/07
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons

Prone to migraine headaches, I wish the frenzied pace of 'Meet the Robinsons' had been toned down. Still, youngsters will probably love the ride.

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04/19/07
Betty Jo Tucker
ReelTalk Movie Reviews

A breath of fresh air after 2006's The Wild and 2005's Chicken Little.

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04/18/07
David N. Butterworth
rec.arts.movies.reviews

Clever, fast-paced and kid-friendly, "Meet the Robinsons" if you want an enjoyable family outing.

Full Review Source: Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | comment Comment
04/17/07
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)

The animation strives for 1950s sci-fi retro, but the result is that everyone looks like a plastic animé doll.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
04/14/07
Toddy Burton
Austin Chronicle

It’s very expensive to take your whole family to the movies these days and this is one movie that you will not feel as if you’ve wasted your money.

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04/14/07
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel
3BlackChicks Review

I was so bored out of my skull than even a wayward reel of Raiders of the Lost Ark somehow slipping onto the projection booth platter probably wouldn't have stirred me out of my comatose state.

Full Review Source: Creative Loafing | comment Comment
04/11/07
Matt Brunson
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