| View Larger Image | Robots (Widescreen Edition) | DVDStarring: Halle Berry, Lucille Bliss, Terry Bradshaw, Jim Broadbent, Lara Cody
Directed By: Chris Wedge
Also With: John Powell (Composer)
| List Price: | $14.98 | | Price: | $12.49 | | You Save: | $2.49 (17%) | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | DVD | | Rating: |  | | Run Time: | 89 minutes | | Format: | Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC | | Studio: | 20th Century Fox | | Number of Discs: | 1 | | Aspect Ratio: | 1.85:1 | | Release Date: | September 27, 2005 | | Sales Rank: | 7,700th |
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Fasten your seat bolts and gear up for a hilarious, heartwarming comedy that's "Fun for the whole family!" (Clay Smith, Access Hollywood) With the help of his misfit mechanical friends, a small town robot named Rodney embarks on the adventure of a lifetime as he heads for the big city to pursue his dreams?and ultimately proves that anyone can shine no matter what they're made of. Featuring an all-star voice cast and a groundbreaking visual style that pushes the boundaries of animated filmmaking. Robots is a dazzling, fun-filled feast for the eyes and a riveting good time for all ages! |
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The delightful designs of William Joyce (writer/illustrator of such popular children's books as George Shrinks and Bently & Egg) make Robots a joy to behold. The round, bouncy, and ramshackle forms of hero Rodney Copperbottom and his computer-animated friends are part of an ornate and daffy Fender providing assistance. Rube-Goldberg universe of elaborate contraptions and gleaming metallic surfaces. Rodney (voiced with a hint-of-Scottish lilt by Ewan McGregor) is a young inventor who sets off for Robot City to work for Big Weld (Mel Brooks), the supreme inventor of the mechanical world. But upon his arrival, Rodney discovers that Big Weld has disappeared, and the slick, shiny Ratchet (Greg Kinnear, As Good As It Gets) is phasing out the spare parts that lumpen robots need to function and replacing them with "upgrades"--expensive and glistening new exoskeletons. Unfortunately, from this suitable beginning, the story degenerates into a series of action sequences that make very little sense, though some are kinetic and fun (though others are only there to serve the inevitable Robots video game). Most kids will enjoy the sheer visual pleasure of the movie, but compared to the narrative richness of Pixar movies like The Incredibles and Toy Story, that pleasure is pretty short-lived. Also featuring the voices of Robin Williams, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Amanda Bynes, Jennifer Coolidge, and many, many more. --Bret Fetzer DVD Features Jennifer Coolidge returns as the voice of Aunt Fanny in a mildly amusing new short, "Aunt Fanny's Tour of Booty," which allows her to again be the butt of the joke. Fans of the characters will enjoy both a 17-minute discussion of the robots' creation as well as profiles of 11 of the bots, including early, almost unrecognizable conceptual sketches and brief interviews with the voice cast. The original short is fairly dull, and of the three deleted scenes, the most finished is an extended version of Rodney's initial meeting with Tim at the gate. One other is in sketch form only but does preserve another performance by Robin Williams. The kids' games are pretty good. There's a dancing robot that will perform eight routines on command or in random order. A memory game has a bit of replay value, and the build-a-bot segment takes some thought and investigation. The Xbox demo is a nifty little diversion that transforms one element (the transport-pod race) of the full-length, single-player Xbox game into a frenetic one- to four-player free-for-all. In their commentary track, director Chris Wedge and producer-inspiration William Joyce have to remind each other to stop patting themselves on the back, but it is interesting to hear them talk about old games such as Mousetrap that played a part in developing the film. (Wedge's frequent references to a possible "director's cut" might not seem like a joke to DVD buyers who have gotten tired of DVD rereleases.) The commentary track by the Blue Sky technical team might be better, offering insights into the characters and the creation of the film without lapsing into too much techie-speak. --David Horiuchi Stills from Robots (click for larger image) The World of Robots The Art of Robots Robots soundtrack Robots score Robots for Xbox Robots for PS2 Robots for GBA |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 196 reviews)
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Love this movie by John F. Guzman (usa)  5 Stars
October 09, 2009
I got this movie for my 8 year old girl we have it on dvd and now on the psp NICE!!
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Robots (2005) by Curt Remmel (New York) 5 Stars
September 16, 2009
Ewan McGregor is Rodney Copperbottom, a young robot who wants to dreams of becoming a famous inventor. He moves to the big city, only to have his dreams crushed when he finds out his idol is no longer in control of his company and Ratchet (Greg Kinear), has taken control. Like many CGI animated movies this film deals with a new and exciting unseen world. The plot is unfortunately not as original or interesting as other computer animated adventures. It is also light on comedy, unlike it's predecessors. 'Robots' is much more childish, but still enjoyable. The characters are given sparse screen time, to the point where we do not get to know or really care about any of them. Other characters just seem boring, such as Rodney's love interest. The animation is hardly ever interesting, something that is becoming more and more difficult. It is a film where one action scene leads to the other, rather than fleshing out characters and relationships. It seems the film is scared of becoming boring itself. Only one scene really stands out and that is the exceptional domino scene, which then escalates into absurdity (which is OK for a family film). All the voice actors are well placed, fitting their characters very well, although as I mentioned before the characters don't really have much to do. Robin Williams isn't used to his full extent, with his ad lib never reaching the hilarious heights of 'Aladdin'. The films consequences are inevitable, you know where the film is headed, which may come as a relief to some younger viewers but it is predictable for the rest of us. Being a huge fan of Tom Waits it was great to hear one of his songs used to such brilliant effect. Compared to Blue Skies earlier animated 'Ice Age' this film seems like a poor sibling. It starts off promising with some very clever and funny set-ups such as the making of the baby. Overall we have a film with great potential but boils down to a regular family film that is enjoyable, but probably only worth the one watch.
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My son loved it by Rodolph B. Dandan (Saudi Arabia)  4 Stars
July 23, 2009
In such DVDs, what matters the most is my son, as I usually purchase these movies for him. This one was really nice, it really attracted all the family.
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Hit with the kids by dancybeaches (chicago, il) 5 Stars
May 27, 2009
My kids (3 and 1) love this movie. Its a movie I do not mind watching over again either. We live in Chicago and took a train into the city and told my son we were going to "Robot City". He loved it. I would put this one on your DVD list.
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massenaUK by Luiz P. Massena Filho 5 Stars
April 27, 2009
Wonderful service! Fast delivery, UMD in perfect standing!!! Congratulations for your professionalism! Surely I shall deal with you again!
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