Director Chris Wedge has thrown everything but the kitchen sink — wait, I think there is a kitchen sink — into "Robots," a clever, fast-moving animated feature brimming with metallic brio. Tiny wind-up toy pigeons peck at miniscule metal scraps on well-buffed sidewalks. The Tin Man is greeted by his limo driver at the airport. Even the cigars are brassy. Read the full Review
Boy genius Rodney has a dream to endow the robots of the world with humanitarian programming. But in his way stands tycoon Big Weld, a master inventor in his own right, and Cappy, one of Weld's most alluring creations.
Director: Chris Wedge
Starring: Voices by Ewan McGregor, Mel Brooks, Greg Kinnear
Run time: 90 minutes
Release date: March. 11, 2005
Rating: PG for some brief language and suggestive humor
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: B
" ... nimble and imaginative. "
Dayton Daily News: B-
"... like yet another product of the Hollywood assembly line."
Austin American-Statesman: 2 stars
"Young children will enjoy this film ... but older kids and adults are likely to be disappointed."
The Palm Beach Post: A-
"A frenetic, joke-stuffed story of robot achievement, rendered in eye-popping computer-generated animation."
The Palm Beach Post "Flick Chick"
"If you like imaginative wackiness and Robin Williams, you'll love Robots. If not ... then not so much."
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