Astro Boy (AstroBoy) (2009)
Astro Boy (AstroBoy) (2009)
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Critic Consensus: While it isn't terribly original, and it seems to have a political agenda that may rankle some viewers, Astro Boy boasts enough visual thrills to please its target demographic.
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Cast
as Astro/Toby
as Dr. Tenma
as Cora
as Hamegg
as Orrin
as Sparx
as Dr. Elefun/Robotsky
as President Stone
as "Our Friends" Narrator
as Mr. Moustachio/Burning Robot
as Mr. Squirt/Math Cowboy/Boxer Robot
as Mr. Squeegee/Scrapheap Head/Stinger Two
as General Heckler
as Stinger One
as Trashcan
as Zane
as Widget
as Mike the Fridge
as Grace
as Sludge
as The Little Stinker
as Zog
as "Oh No!" Kid
as Dr. Pigknuckle/Newscaster
as Bride to Be
as Cowboy Robot
as French Waiter Robot
as Billy
as Sam
as Press Secretary
as Metro City Sergeant
as Metro City Girl
as Cora's Mom
as Cora's Dad
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Critic Reviews for Astro Boy (AstroBoy)
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Like its supersonic, jets-in-his-feet hero, the movie itself feels totally robotic.
The animation bar has been raised, and not just by Pixar. Poor little Astro Boy hasn't a prayer of clearing it.
Bowers's play-it-straight attitude towards the material combined with the crisp, if unspectacular, animation doesn't allow 'Astro Boy' a moment to bob its head above the ever-swelling digimation pack.
I just felt like this was a mistranslation -- almost trying to combine the slightly sinister, cold world of Japanese anime with the warm, sentimental, fuzzy, bouncy world of Hollywood kid animation.
David Bowers' retro-cool update on the titular icon looks so great, it may take a while to notice it's a clunky political parable wrapped in a tonally confused fairy tale.
There's very little that the filmmakers haven't borrowed here, making Astro Boy feel as copied as its title character.
Audience Reviews for Astro Boy (AstroBoy)
Gah the ending -_-
Super Reviewer
Like TMNT, Astro Boy lacks originality and falls short of it's source material. So fans of the anime may be dissapointed but for the rest of us it's actually great to look at. It's not a great movie. But its a fun watch. It's a good kid's movie.
Super Reviewer
Astro Boy is a suitable first-entry into the SciFi genre, with all the charm, thrills and fun that its demographic needs in a classic premise of political morality straight from its source material. However, somewhere along the line when it was thrown through the "Hollywood/Pixar/Dreamworks" blender it comes out the other side as a bit of an emotional derivative for the older audiences. If anything? It could have (and should have) been hell of a lot darker. I guess the folks at marketing just couldn't bring themselves to making this cute little guy as mature and sophisticated as he was meant to be. Still, for what it is it's entertaining and more than watchable.
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Astro Boy (AstroBoy) Quotes
| Astro Boy: | I have machine guns in my butt? |
| Mr. Moustachio: | Just like his father. |
| Astro Boy: | I was made ready. |
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