Movie Review for Meet the Robinsons

Summary: When Lewis meets a mysterious boy from the future named Wilbur Robinson, the two travel forward in time where Lewis discovers the amazing secret of the Robinson family. Lewis is a brilliant twelve-year-old with a surprising number of clever inventions to his credit. His latest and most ambitious project is the Memory Scanner, which he hopes will retrieve early memories of his mother and maybe even reveal why she put him up for adoption. But before he can get his answer, his invention is stolen by the dastardly Bowler Hat Guy and his diabolical hat - and constant companion - Doris. Lewis has all but given up hope in his future when a mysterious boy named Wilbur Robinson whisks our bewildered hero away in a time machine and the two travel forward in time to spend a day with Wilbur's eccentric family. In a world filled with flying cars and floating cities, they hunt down Bowler Hat Guy, save the future and uncover the amazing secret of Lewis' future family.

                         Reviews of Meet the Robinsons
By Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel of 3BlackChicks Review (8/0)
            It’s very expensive to take your whole family to the movies these days and this is one movie that...

By Kevin Carr of 7M Pictures (8/0)
            Meet the Robinson tasted like chicken %u2013 Chicken Little, that is.

By Rebecca Murray of About.com (8/0)
            Adults should only attend if they've got a young one in tow or are really into singing frogs and ...

By Christy Lemire of Associated Press (8/0)
            Here, the effects spring organically from the story. You feel like you’re immersed in a complete ...

By Phil Kloer of Atlanta Journal-Constitution (8/0)
            Come for the 3-D, stay for the story.

By Toddy Burton of Austin Chronicle (8/0)
            The animation strives for 1950s sci-fi retro, but the result is that everyone looks like a plasti...

                         Reviews of Meet the Robinsons
By Neil Smith of BBC (8/0)
            This wearisome tale of a lonely orphan who travels through time has a wacky exuberance small chil...

By Ty Burr of Boston Globe (8/0)
            ...luscious to look at and as fizzy as a can of soda popped open in your face.

By Michael Wilmington of Chicago Tribune (8/0)
            ...left me impressed.

By M. K. Terrell of Christian Science Monitor (8/0)
            This 3-D digital adventure cribs from several other films, but its pace, wittiness, and technical...

By Peter T. Chattaway of Christianity Today (8/0)
            There is a strong sense around Meet the Robinsons that the folks at Disney are trying to find the...

By Joshua Tyler of CinemaBlend.com (8/0)
            Some of the best work Disney has done in at least a decade.

                         Reviews of Meet the Robinsons
By Scott Weinberg of Cinematical (8/0)
            A rock-solid piece of animated sci-fi comedy that'll tickle the kids, amuse the parents, and leav...

By Mark Palermo of Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) (8/0)
            This shrine to Disney is really the world's most overstuffed Hanna-Barbera cartoon, right down to...

By Garth Franklin of Dark Horizons (8/0)
            Never convincing or compelling enough to stop us from keep moving forward past its ultimate posit...

By Michael Booth of Denver Post (8/0)
            A year of disappointment in American animation leads me to this advice: Write a simple story. Rea...

By Robert Denerstein of Denver Rocky Mountain News (8/0)
            It probably won't leave you feeling cheated, but its futuristic bric-a-brac and brainy young hero...

By Alex Markerson of E! Online (8/0)
            ...just a few pixels shy of Pixar quality.

                         Reviews of Meet the Robinsons
By David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com (8/0)
            Family movie perfection.

By Peter Sobczynski of eFilmCritic.com (8/0)
            So breathlessly exciting, funny and inventive throughout that even if you are only able to see it...

By Helen OHara of Empire Magazine (8/0)
            Kids will enjoy the colourful animation and fun characters, but adults will wish it all made a bi...

By Janos Gereben of Entertainment Insiders (8/0)
            Meet the Robinsons is a cheerful mess, a pretty good B movie, albeit with a first-class advertisi...

By Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly (8/0)
            ...this thing is one bumpy ride.

By Eric D. Snider of EricDSnider.com (8/0)
            Tries and fails a few times before getting on track and delivering an hour of comedy that ranges ...

                         Reviews of Meet the Robinsons
By Daniel Eagan of Film Journal International (8/0)
            Meet the Robinsons frequently bogs down into endless exposition, with dialogue that is pleasant b...

By Christopher Null of filmcritic.com (8/0)
            ...a great film that I unilaterally recommend.

By Christopher Null of filmcritic.com (8/0)
            And to think... this movie might actually get kids interested in science.

By Rob Vaux of Flipside Movie Emporium (8/0)
            Too fluffy to hate, too friendly to condemn, and too sweetly bright not to smile just a little at...

By Rick Groen of Globe and Mail (8/0)
            Given its retro style and multiple borrowings, there's nothing remotely forward about this rearwa...

By Eric Lurio of Greenwich Village Gazette (8/0)
             Well, don't worry. There's a plot twist, which explains everything, and once we get there, the w...

                         Reviews of Meet the Robinsons
By Kirk Honeycutt of Hollywood Reporter (8/0)
            A cartoon that is busy and frenetic yet has little actually going on.

By Kirk Honeycutt of Hollywood Reporter (8/0)
            A cartoon that is busy and frenetic yet has little actually going on.

By Kit Bowen of Hollywood.com (8/0)
            Although sometimes too frenetic for its own good, Meet the Robinsons still manages to awe and ins...

By Todd Gilchrist of IGN Movies (7/0)
            A sweetly-rendered story that also happens to look terrific.

By Liz Braun of Jam! Movies (8/0)
            Meet The Robinsons is a 3D outing so technically dazzling that you'll hear people say "Wow!" out ...

By Andrea Chase of Killer Movie Reviews (8/0)
            Executed with a whimsical light touch and loads of heart, it's character-centric rather than slap...

                         Reviews of Meet the Robinsons
By Robert Roten of Laramie Movie Scope (8/0)
            Unremarkable except that it is the first wide release movie in a long time to use a really effect...

By Mark Dujsik of Mark Reviews Movies (8/0)
            The film is less a kiddie adventure in a futuristic world than it is an absurdist comedy that loo...

By Pete Hammond of Maxim (8/0)
            Grab a 10 year old, your 3D glasses and experience what these filmmakers certainly hope is the ne...

By Matt Pais of Metromix.com (8/0)
            Better than the 3-D movies at Disney World but nothing special on the big screen.

By Jackie Loohauis of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (8/0)
            The mishmash won't offend kids, but it won't hold their interest for long. If only Walt had been ...

By Ken Hanke of Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (8/0)
            What 3-D doesn't do is make the movie terribly interesting for anyone past the age of fearing a v...

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By Frank Ochieng of Movie Eye (8/0)
            Meet the Robinsons an actively spunky futuristic sci-fi showcase...one cannot deny its spry prese...

By Lou Lumenick of New York Post (8/0)
            ...I wish it lasted far longer...

By A. O. Scott of New York Times (8/0)
            ...surely one of the worst theatrically released animated features issued under the Disney label ...

By John Anderson of Newsday (8/0)
            3-D is an acquired taste I've never acquired, but the success of Robinsons isn't contingent on ef...

By Jeffrey Westhoff of Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) (8/0)
            The film has a freewheeling, quick-hit absurdism closer to Airplane! than Aladdin.

By Brian Orndorf of OhmyNews.com (7/1)
            Meet the Robinsons is a mess, and a sadistically uninspired one at that.

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By Frank Swietek of One Guy's Opinion (8/0)
            Even if you look forward to meeting the Robinsons, after ninety minutes you'll probably be happy ...

By Scott Tobias of Onion AV Club (8/0)
            There's no doubt Disney will do it again, and perhaps better next time, but for now, it looks lik...

By Roger Moore of Orlando Sentinel (8/0)
            The plot is slapdash and derivative.

By Jason Ferguson of Orlando Weekly (8/0)
            Despite the occasional winning laugh line and beautiful animation, Meet the Robinsons is a disapp...

By Glenn Kenny of Premiere Magazine (8/0)
            The fact is Meet the Robinsons is a mess -- a sometimes fun but mostly frustrating mess.

By Linda Cook of Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) (8/0)
            Clever, fast-paced and kid-friendly, "Meet the Robinsons" if you want an enjoyable family outing.

                         Reviews of Meet the Robinsons
By David N. Butterworth of rec.arts.movies.reviews (8/0)
            A breath of fresh air after 2006's The Wild and 2005's Chicken Little.

By Mark R. Leeper of rec.arts.movies.reviews (8/0)
            The pacing of this 3-D animation film is uneven, from slow and sad to madcap, but event...

By Mark Pfeiffer of Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema (8/0)
            The mantra in Meet the Robinsons is 'keep moving forward', but it's in going back to traditional ...

By Timothy Knight of Reel.com (8/0)
            It's got wit, heart, and razzle-dazzle to spare.

By Laura Clifford of Reeling Reviews (8/0)
            The craft of 3-D has come a long way, but with "Meet the Robinsons" it continues its tradition as...

By Robin Clifford of Reeling Reviews (8/0)
            ...more suited to the smaller TV screen and it is only due to the power of 3D technology that the...

                         Reviews of Meet the Robinsons
By Betty Jo Tucker of ReelTalk Movie Reviews (8/0)
            Prone to migraine headaches, I wish the frenzied pace of 'Meet the Robinsons' had been toned dow...

By Jeffrey Chen of ReelTalk Movie Reviews (8/0)
            Whatever the movie had to go through to become what it is now, it works.

By James Berardinelli of ReelViews (8/0)
            ...a fast paced, high energy offering...

By Jack Garner of Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (8/0)
            The 3-D effects are clean, crisp and fun, and worth seeking out; although it may increase the sen...

By Jim Lane of Sacramento News & Review (8/0)
            ...too complicated for kids and too plot-holed for grownups.

By Sean Means of Salt Lake Tribune (8/0)
            The frenetic pace is a tad bewildering when it comes time to fulfill the movie's title and meet t...

                         Reviews of Meet the Robinsons
By Larry Ratliff of San Antonio Express-News (8/0)
            Here's to you, Meet the Robinsons. You really have taken digital 3-D animation to a somewhat ho-h...

By David Elliott of San Diego Union-Tribune (8/0)
            Giddily inventive, cute, charming, even wry.

By Peter Hartlaub of San Francisco Chronicle (8/0)
            Meet the Robinsons has six writers credited to a picture that has maybe five good laughs. And at ...

By Peter Hartlaub of San Francisco Chronicle (8/0)
            ...frenetically paced but mostly pointles...

By James O'Ehley of Sci-Fi Movie Page (8/0)
            Features some nice time travel-style twists of the sort that made Back to the Future so popular ....

By Sean McBride of Sean the Movie Guy (8/0)
             a nice adventure that’s years ahead of where Disney Animation has been lately.

                         Reviews of Meet the Robinsons
By Gianni Truzzi of Seattle Post-Intelligencer (8/0)
            ...takes William Joyce's delightful tale into a new dimension.

By Rich Cline of Shadows on the Wall (8/0)
            At times hilariously wacky and deeply dramatic, this engaging adventure romp is entertaining from...

By Ed Gonzalez of Slant Magazine (8/0)
            Meet the Robinsons isn't soaked in obnoxious pop culture references, but its vision of the future...

By Dustin Putman of TheMovieBoy.com (8/0)
            Strikes the right notes as a fast-paced comedy, a touching but not saccharine slice-of-life, and ...

By Scott Nash of Three Movie Buffs (8/0)
            Feels as though it might be better served as a television series than a movie, but it never bores...

By Derek Adams of Time Out (8/0)
            The first 20 minutes of this competently animated kids’ adventure are entertaining enough. But th...

                         Reviews of Meet the Robinsons
By Stephen Garrett of Time Out New York (4/4)
            What might have been a bland Back to the Future rip-off suddenly hums with a screwball sensibilit...

By Ian Johns of Times [UK] (8/0)
            Succumbs to the now standard overcaffeinated approach to storytelling that relies too much on rol...

By Angel Cohn of TV Guide's Movie Guide (8/0)
            Leave your sense of logic at the door or you'll be driven to distraction by annoying 'How come......

By Brian Tallerico of UnderGround Online (8/0)
            Regardless of what you think of the story and characters in Robinsons, the film should be seen ju...

By Urban Cinefile Critics of Urban Cinefile (8/0)
            The characters are beautifully drawn and engaging, and in the madcap world in which Lewis is take...

By Claudia Puig of USA Today (8/0)
            ...a visual treat with an engaging story that has an uplifting, but not maudlin, message.

                         Reviews of Meet the Robinsons
By Matthew Turner of ViewLondon (8/0)
            Brightly animated, inventive and frequently hilarious, this is an enjoyable adventure with colour...

By Willie Waffle of WaffleMovies.com (8/0)
            entertaining without getting too scary for kids, too dumb for parents or too outlandish for movie...

By Ann Hornaday of Washington Post (7/0)
            This would be as delightful and attractive a production without the gimcrackery.

By Daniel M. Kimmel of Worcester Telegram & Gazette (8/0)
            ...lacks the energy and wit of any random episode of Jimmy Neutron.

By Susan Granger of www.susangranger.com (8/0)
            Frenetic and fanciful - with a confusing "moving forward" plot that encompasses abandonment, ado...

By John Beifuss of Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (3/5) Login Required (Login Required)
            Something like a Douglas Adams yarn for kids with ADD...

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By Chris Hewitt (St. Paul) of St. Paul Pioneer Press (4/5) Login Required (Login Required)
            An overstuffed movie with a style of storytelling that's like a kid in a toy store: What's that? ...

By Bill Goodykoontz of Arizona Republic (7/1) No reference
            If you stick with it, it's an enjoyable film, a futuristic puzzle with an ending worth the trip f...

By Danny Minton of Beaumont Journal (4/4) No reference
            The Robinsons might not be a family you want to hang out with, but they sure were fun to meet in ...

By Annlee Ellingson of Boxoffice Magazine (4/4) No reference
            Despite a relatively simple storyline about an orphan in search of a family, the rather complex m...

By Staci Layne Wilson of Buzzine Magazine (7/1) No reference
            An eye-popping, madcap adventure with a real heart and great characters well in keeping with the ...

By Bill Zwecker of Chicago Sun-Times (7/1) No reference
            ...old-fashioned fun.

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By Pablo Villaca of Cinema em Cena (7/1) No reference
            Suficientemente divertido para funcionar como um ótimo passatempo. E pelo menos representa um mai...

By Jeff Vice of Deseret News, Salt Lake City (7/1) No reference
            It's certainly one of the more imaginative-looking Disney cartoons in recent memory. It also has ...

By Bill Clark of FromTheBalcony (7/1) No reference
            Flaws aside, the film accomplishes its mission of entertaining the kids while not completely alie...

By James Sanford of Kalamazoo Gazette (7/1) No reference
            if you can adjust to its loopy rhythm and its tendency to digress at every opportunity, 'Robinson...

By Robert W. Butler of Kansas City Star (3/5) No reference
            The bottom line here is that 3-D turns a just-OK movie into a shouldn’t-miss experience.

By Glenn Whipp of Los Angeles Daily News (7/1) No reference
            For the beleaguered Disney Animation unit, Meet the Robinsons is indeed a step forward, a step in...

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By Peter Debruge of Miami Herald (3/5) No reference
            The movie is a mess.

By Nell Minow of Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies (7/1) No reference
            Any movie that has a chorus of frogs singing Big Band music and a healthy respect for failure is ...

By Wesley Lovell of Oscar Guy (7/1) No reference
            Typical Disney claptrap.

By Carla Meyer of Sacramento Bee (7/1) No reference
            Offers impressive visuals, engaging action scenes and funny moments.

By Laura Kelly of South Florida Sun-Sentinel (4/4) No reference
            Even with its faults, Meet the Robinsons is fun on its own account whether you see it in 3-D or n...

By Matthew Leyland of Total Film (3/5) No reference
            This is eye candy with a hollow centre.

                         Reviews of Meet the Robinsons
By Lawrence Toppman of Charlotte Observer (7/1) Not Reachable
            Most of Meet the Robinsons plays like a movie made by ADD adults for ADD children.

Movie Distributors
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution

Production Companies
Walt Disney Feature Animation

Movie Studios
Walt Disney Pictures