The Wild Robot

2024

1h 42m

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After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island's animals and cares for an orphaned baby goose.

Directors

Chris Sanders

Writers

Chris Sanders(screenplay by)

Heidi Jo Gilbert(head of story by)

Peter Brown(novel by)

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Lupita Nyong'o

Pedro Pascal

Kit Connor

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Roz …

Fink (voice)

Brightbill (voice)

Longneck (voice)

Vontra (voice)

Paddler (voice)

Thunderbolt (voice)

Thorn (voice)

Pinktail (voice)

Baby Brightbill (voice)

Snowdown (voice)

Peck (voice)

Feather (voice)

Honkington (voice)

Raccoons …

RECOs (voice)

Automated Alarms (voice)

Keston John

Weasel 1 (voice)

Directors

Chris Sanders

Writers

Chris Sanders(screenplay by)

Heidi Jo Gilbert(head of story by)

Peter Brown(novel by)

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"Roz" is pre-programmed to help. Whatever it is that needs doing, it is there to make it happen - even when it is wrecked on an island populated by animals whose main desire in life is to eat each other. At least the arrival of the "monster" manages to galvanise them into one brief moment of hostile unanimity and so when they are not trying to cannibalise it, they are shunning it's efforts to be friends. After spending a year learning their various languages, there follows a calamitous escapade with a nest, a chase with an hungry fox ("Fink") and the creation of the most unlikely of family units charged with rearing a particularly timid little gosling whom they name "Brightbill". The scene is now set for some entertaining adventures as "Roz" has to teach her new-found charge how to eat, to swim and then ultimately to fly away so as to avoid the harsh winter. Each of those tasks comes with it's own hazards but maybe, just maybe, our little team can manage to get project "Brightbill" off the ground? No, of course there's no jeopardy here at all, and at times it's comes across as an amalgam of "Wall:E" (2008) with some Hans Christian Anderson thrown in for good measure. That's no bad thing, though, as the characterisation of the android is personable and develops amiably as his programming starts to evolve into something far more akin to a soul than a brain. It does tackle some more serious subjects - loneliness, rejection, isolation and issues with self-esteem to name a few, but always in fashion that illustrates a point then offers some sort of optimism that a solution can be found for even the most difficult challenges. The standard of animation is engagingly natural and it's genuinely quite funny with some of the observations, especially from the fox, working well within the framework of a touching story that extols the values of caring, teamwork and even a little forgiveness, without becoming gloopy or dialogue-heavy. It looks great on a big screen and is well worth a gander...!

Geronimo196720 Oct, 2024