Synopsis
Rodney Copperbottom is a young robot inventor who dreams of making the world a better place, until the evil Ratchet takes over Big Weld Industries. Now, Rodney's dreams – and those of his friends – are in danger of becoming obsolete.
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Cast
- Ewan McGregorRodney Copperbottom (voice)
- Robin WilliamsFender (voice)
- Halle BerryCappy (voice)
- Amanda BynesPiper (voice)
- Mel BrooksBigweld (voice)
- Jim BroadbentMadame Gasket (voice)
- Greg KinnearRatchet (voice)
- Stanley TucciHerb Copperbottom (voice)
- Dianne WiestMrs. Copperbottom (voice)
- Drew CareyCrank (voice)
- 83
Entertainment Weekly
Zippy, enjoyable sci-fi slapstick jamboree. - 80
Time
Robots goes for a color scheme that is cool, muted, instantly aged. Director Chris Wedge wants the eye to concentrate on the gags he and his writers (including veteran comedy craftsmen Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel) have stuffed into the film. - 80
Variety
It's meant as high praise to say that, very early in Robots, the extraordinary starts to seem perfectly ordinary. - 75
Charlotte Observer
Jim Broadbent is the wild card in the cast; he screeches and growls his way through Madame Gasket's lines in the best traditions of British drag. - 75
Philadelphia Inquirer
Cluttered as it is colorful, Robots is a visual delight. - 70
The A.V. Club
The amiable but thin comedy Robots does have a little more going on, but not quite enough to make a difference, although it looks good enough to distract viewers from that fact for a while. - 70
Dallas Observer
Robots doesn't rely on being current, which will ultimately render it as timeless as any great fable. At its center is a big, beating heart. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
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.