i think this movie is okish but only for younger kids. Cuz older kids will find it downright boring. i recomend it to kids 5-10 or maybe 11.
Robots
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Endearing and downright adorable.
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for Ages 7 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of Robots was written by Nell Minow
Parents need to know that this movie has cartoon-style peril and violence with some thrill-ride-ish special effects. Characters use some crude school-yard language and there are some potty jokes, including an extended fart joke sequence, and some mild sexual humor, including jokes about cross-dressing and "fixing" a dog.
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- Families can talk about the difference between the two mottos. The "outmodes" are made out of pieces from other machines. Which ones do you recognize? How do Rodney's and Ratchet's ideas about helping people differ? Why doesn't Crank want to try and what changes his mind? What's the difference between Bigweld's and Ratchet's views on what a corporation should do? Why did Rodney say that the most important thing his parents gave him was believing in him? Who can you help by believing in them? If you could be an inventor like Rodney, what would you like to invent? Families might like to learn about the history of inventions and becoming an inventor.
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What’s the Story?
ROBOTS takes place in an all-mechanical world. Rodney Copperbottom (voice of Ewan McGregor) arrives after 12 hours of labor -- that's how long it takes his robot parents too assemble him from a kit. They are loving and devoted but not wealthy. As Rodney grows, he gets new hand-me-down parts, including one embarrassing year with a torso that once belonged to a teenaged girl cousin. Rodney dreams of being an inventor and making life better and easier. His hero is Bigweld (voice of Mel Brooks), who urges everyone to come up with ideas to solve problems. But Bigweld is replaced by Ratchet (voice of Greg Kinnear), the new president of Bigweld industries. Ratchet decides the company will no longer provide parts to fix old robots. They will make money by making perfectly good robots feel bad about themselves so that they will order unnecessary upgrades. Their slogan will be, "Why be you when you can be new?" So Rodney and his friends have to find a way to bring back Bigweld and make the world safe for the mutts and oddballs, especially the ones with a dream.
Is It Any Good?
Just like its endearing hero Rodney, this movie is assembled from hand-me-down parts (like its classic underdog story) but it has so much heart that it is transformed into something irresistibly fresh and downright adorable. Robots is brilliantly imagined by illustrator William Joyce, and every single shot is filled with fabulously imaginative detail, every bit of it adorably witty, wonderfully fantastic, and perfectly logical.
The movie has excitement, snappy wisecracks, and music that will make you want to get up and dance. As often in animation, the actors provide pleasant but not very distinctive voices and the comedians steal the show. Robin Williams, Brooks, and Jennifer Coolidge are the highlights. But the star here is the design, as much a part of the story as the plot and the characters. It all comes together in a story that works on every level, with something for every age, with silly humor, clever puns, sly satire, endearing characters, and, rarest of all, a story that is not just heartwarming but meaningful.
Movie Details
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox, Director: Chris Wedge
Run time: 90 minutes
Theatrical release: 3/11/2005, DVD release: 9/27/2005
MPAA Rating: PG for some brief language and suggestive humor
Run time: 90 minutes
Theatrical release: 3/11/2005, DVD release: 9/27/2005
MPAA Rating: PG for some brief language and suggestive humor
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I rate this title iffy for age 5 and give it
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ok for younger kids but not older
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I rate this title iffy for age 5 and give it
ok
some vilonce but very funny. In one scene a gilr robot saod to a boy robot "hey your kinda cute". besides that there is no sexual content.
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you and your family have to buy or rent it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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i laughed so hard
it was so funny i'm getting it soon
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bearable but not better than that
Robots fits the formula for recent animated movies: really talented actors' voices, some jokes aimed at adults, mild messages of social benefit. The good news: both my 11 and 6 year olds were entertained, mildly. However, it flunked my two tests: I did check my blackberry for email during the movie (and nodded off once), and never got teary, which I do at American Express commercials. Wait for the video.
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Clever, not endearing
This movie had my wife and me laughing at its cleverness and puns and there is certainly an uplifting message at its core. But there is a good deal of juvenile bathroom humor and, yes, some suggestive lines -- all designed, no doubt, to keep adults entertained. While our family enjoyed the movie we found it, at times, very busy, fast-moving and visually challenging to watch (the rollercoaster and battle scenes move too fast to truly comprehend.) Upon exiting the theater, we were on sensory overload. We took our 5 year old to see it and aren't sad that we did, but it is truly more appropriate for second or third graders or older.
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Cute and hillarious! watch it now!
This movie was very funny, and the cast did it a major justice also. See it A.S.A.P.!
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Very fun
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Not as clever as it looks
Although the animation was fine, this movie falls flat on plot and character. The villain and his villainous mother were strictly cardboard and even the good guys had no spark.
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HILARIOUS!!!:D
This movie is Hilarious with a capital h. Sure, some of the jokes are a little off-color. I wouldn't be shocked if this got a PG-13 rating instead of a PG. But on the bright side, this is my favorite movie!
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Its good but its no Shrek
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Boring beyond belief
I have never had a reaction to a movie like I did this one. My reaction? BLAH. Formulaic characters. Poor dialogue. Predictable ending. There is nothing to this movie. Even Robin Williams seems like he could have done more with his character if given the chance. The movie seems to have been designed merely to showcase those visual effects everyone's talking about. Kinda like "Oh yeah, I guess we should have some kind of love story here...." Won't buy the DVD, won't need to see it ever again.....
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i laughed
This is a GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!& FUNNY LOL
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OK
I would give it a rating between G and PG
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