Robots
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: March 11, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
Positive:
24
Mixed:
8
Negative:
1
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60
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
If sheer cleverness were everything, Robots would be the best computer-animated cartoon yet…Yet, unlike the very best CG animation, Robots doesn't quite connect with the emotions and humor for which one yearns in cartoons. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineAngel Cohn
Though the script is best described as mechanical and it takes a while to get into gear, this computer-generated "reach for the stars" story is a well-calibrated piece of entertainment. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklyScott Foundas
On a storytelling level, Robots is in dire need of an upgrade. Read full review
50
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
The visuals are spectacular at times, but the screenplay is trite, intermittently vulgar, and just not funny. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleKimberley Jones
The movie can be funny in fits, but too often the scripters go for the obvious and uninspired. Read full review
50
SlateDavid Edelstein
The visuals have so much intrinsic motion that it's too bad Robots is oppressively rollercoasterish. Read full review
50
Washington PostStephen Hunter
The story fails to really engage on any level save the kinetic. Read full review
40
The New York TimesDana Stevens
In the end, though, Robots is hollow and mechanical, an echo chamber of other movies and an awkward attempt to turn the intrinsically scary sensitive-robot theme into something heartwarming and cute. Read full review
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