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Robots (2005)
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Reviews Counted:64
Fresh:24
Rotten:40
Average Rating:3.6/10
Consensus: Robots delights on a visual level, but the story feels like it came off an assembly line.
Rated: PG [See Full Rating] for some brief language and suggestive humor.
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Genre: Childrens
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... 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]
Starring: Halle Berry, Ewan McGregor, Robin Williams, Jim Broadbent
Starring: Halle Berry, Ewan McGregor, Robin Williams, Jim Broadbent, Terry Bradshaw, Mel Brooks, Amanda Bynes, Drew Carey, Jennifer Coolidge, Greg Kinnear
Director: Chris Wedge
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
Studio: 20th Century Fox
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Release:
Jun 16, 2009
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- NTSC
- Keep Case
- Letterbox - 1.85
- Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
- Closed Captioned - English
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, Spanish
- Subtitles - English, Spanish - optional
Additional Release Material:
- Deleted Scenes
- Audio Trailer: ROBOTS soundtrack
- Making Of: ICE AGE 2
Featurette:
- 1. "You Can Shine No Matter What You're Made Of"
- 2. Blue Man Group Featurettes
Shorts:
- 1. AUNT FANNY'S TOUR OF BOOTY
- 2. Original ROBOTS pitch short
Audio Commentary:
- 1. Chris Wedge - Director, William Joyce - Producer
- 2. Mitch Kopelman - Technical Director, Animators (unspecified)
Trailers:
- 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
- 2. Bonus Trailers - 1. BRATZ 2
- 3. FERNGULLY SPECIAL EDITION
- 4. STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE
- 5. GARFIELD
- 6. MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE
- 7. ICE AGE 2
- 8. Forced Family Trailer: (GARFIELD/BECAUSE OF WINN DIXIE/FAT ALBERT)
- 9. PSA 15 sec. spot
Interactive Features:
- Interactive Menus
- Scene Access
- Multiple Angles: Characters 3-D Turnaround
- Set-Top Games (5)
- Set-Top Interaction - Meet the Bots
Text/Photo Galleries:
- Character Designs
- Character Interviews
- Character Profiles
DVD-ROM Features:
- DVD-ROM Link
Additional Products:
- Xbox Multi-Player Racing Game
Reviews for Robots
For the post-elementary school set, the source of Robots' appeal is its shiny, cog-filled, insanely inventive setting.
Technically, Blue Sky is there. Now they need to get a handle on the emotions that really bring characters to life.
Robots is one of the best-looking duds to come along in the nearly worn-out world of kidvid.
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