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I went to see The Wild Robot on Monday and I did like it. The animation style is very pretty. But it just doesn’t feel outstanding — am I too much of a critic? It’s a bit Wall E (2008), Big Hero Six (2016) and Zootropolis (2016) . It’s a saccharine, found family sort of deal with a clueless, earnest robot that tries it’s best to help a baby gosling, after the robot’s transport crashed on a remote island. It’s definitely a kids-first movie. I can recommend it tho. 7/10 above average
If you like cute talking animals and found family I would say definitely catch it on TV. But a cinema trip just depends how cheap it is and how badly the kids want to go.
Viewed in IMAX. Monday 21st Oct 2024. Public Showing.
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It’s going to be too saccharine for some. They have a moment where the animals suspend their normal predation for ‘come together to be safe from the storm’ which was really pushing it, I felt. Despite the fact they can talk to each other, you do see the animals predating on each other. The occasional brutality — but totally goreless — juxtaposed with these cutesy talking animals actually got several laughs out of me.
“Are you here to kill us?”
