Director: Stephen J Anderson
Writer: Jon Bernstein, Michelle Bochner Spitz, Don Hall, Nathan Greno, Aurian Redson, Joseph Mateo, Stephen J Anderson (Screenplay) William Joyce (Book)
Starring: (Voice Talents) Angela Bassett, Daniel Hansen, Jordan Fry, Matthew Josten, John H H Ford, Dara McGarry
Plot: Lewis is a brilliant inventor who meets mysterious stranger named Wilbur Robinson, whisking Lewis away in a time machine and together they team up to track down Bowler Hat Guy in a showdown that ends with an unexpected twist of fate.
Tagline – If you think your family’s different, wait ’til you meet the family of the future.
Runtime: 1 Hour 35 Minutes
There may be spoilers the rest of the review
Verdict: Nice and Simple Animation
Story: Meet the Robinson starts as we meet orphan Lewis, a brilliant inventor that keeps getting over looked for adoption, tired of this, he uses his intervention skills to build a machine which could open the door to memories. When this ends up going wrong, he meets Wilbur a boy from the future, the two go into the future where Lewis will be in his element with the world being full of inventors.
Lewis while happy here must fix the time machine and return to his own time to finish his memory scanner before the future he is in now changes.
Thoughts on Meet the Robinson
Characters – Lewis is an orphan with bring dreams of being an amazing and brilliant inventor, when he gets a new friend in Wilbur that takes him to the future and his family of inventors, Lewis might have found his place in the world. Lewis is the typical Disney hero figure, worried about one part of their life while missing the truth about another part. Wilbur is the boy from the future that is trying to make up for his own mistake which could change the future he now lives in, this character shows us just what type of responsibility youngsters will need to learn about.
Story – The story follows a young boy as he looks for answers to why he became an orphan, but over the span of his adventure he ends up in the future where he learns the importance of keeping on working towards his own destiny in typical Disney storytelling process. The story does feel like a flashy version of the Sims video game which is strange for large parts, it does have too many easy twists too.
Adventure/Comedy/Family/Sci-Fi – The adventure takes our young orphan inventor to the future which plays into the sci-fi ideas which is his dreams throughout. The comedy is hit or miss with most missing in the most part though.
Settings – The settings bring us to a future where inventors have become celebrities and their creations are everywhere with everyone using them.
Animation – The animation works well but you do feel it could have been at a higher level for Disney.
Scene of the Movie – Closing sequences.
That Moment That Annoyed Me – It misses the jokes too many times.
Final Thoughts – This is a basic animated movie that is everything Disney do when it comes to being safe.
Overall: Safe Disney movie.
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