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2005 |
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ANIMATION
FAMILY
COMEDY
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US |
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C |
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90 |
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Young robot Rodney (voiced by Ewan McGregor) heads for Robot City to meet his metal guru Big Weld (Mel Brooks), only to find that wicked Phineas T. Ratchet (Greg Kinnear) has supplanted him.
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Reviewed by Chris Tookey
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Good-looking animation with a lively script. It’s undeniably entertaining and often quite witty and sophisticated, though it’s let down by fart gags (more than usually inappropriate in a family movie about robots). Its main failing is that it does - like the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz - rather lack a heart. This, together with Ewan McGregor’s lacklustre voicing of the hero and Robin Williams’ wearisome schtick as his pal Fender, may diminish the emotional involvement of children and adults alike. If you enjoyed Ice Age, you’ll like this, for it’s on the same kind of level; but it isn’t up to the standard of the Toy Story movies or The Incredibles.
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