What might have been a bland Back to the Future rip-off suddenly hums with a screwball sensibility chockablock with singing gangster frogs and evil bowler hats.
Meet the Robinsons
If you think your family's different, wait 'til you meet the family of the future.
2007 · 1h 35m · G
Animation, Comedy, Family
Directed by
Stephen J. Anderson
Overview
Lewis, a brilliant young inventor, is keen on creating a time machine to find his mother, who abandoned him in an orphanage. Things take a turn when he meets Wilbur Robinson and his family.
Director and cast
- Stephen J. Anderson Director
- Daniel Hansen as Lewis (voice)
- Jordan Fry as Lewis (voice)
- Wesley Singerman as Wilbur (voice)
- Matthew Josten as Michael 'Goob' Yagoobian (voice)
- Stephen J. Anderson as Bowler Hat Guy / Grandpa Bud / Tallulah (voice)
- Tom Selleck as Cornelius Robinson (voice)
- Tom Kenny as Mr. Willerstein (voice)
- Laurie Metcalf as Lucille Krunklehorn (voice)
- Angela Bassett as Mildred (voice)
- Nicole Sullivan as Franny (voice)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Whether you see this loony, feel-good comedy in 3-D or in regular vision, it's a lot of fun.
There's no doubt Disney will do it again, and perhaps better next time, but for now, it looks like technology could be its creative salvation.
The first 20 minutes of this competently animated kids' adventure are entertaining enough. But thereafter, the plot fractures, the pace goes into overdrive and the jokes wear thin.
Meet the Robinsons is surely one of the worst theatrically released animated features issued under the Disney label in quite some time.
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