In this Disney
animated film, Lewis (voice by Jordan Fry) is a brilliant 12-year old
boy left
at the orphanage as a baby, who desperately wants a family. He spends his days (and
nights) inventing
wild machines, much to the dissatisfaction of his sleep deprived
roommate, Goob
(voice by Matthew Josten). One
day,
finally fed up with failed adoption interviews, Lewis decides he wants
to
invent a memory enhancement machine to remember the face of the mother
who left
him at the orphanage long ago, and maybe reunite with her. He enters the device in
his school’s science
fair, but a mysterious young man named Wilbur Robinson (voice by Wesley
Singerman) warns him of a devious man in a boller hat (voice by
director
Stephen J. Anderson) who wants to sabotage the whole affair.
Who is this
mysterious man in the boller hat?
Why
does he want to ruin Lewis’s experiment?
Meet
The
Robinsons is the
first very good non-Pixar Disney animated film in years. It is a fun movie for all
ages, but don’t
expect pop culture greatness. Meet
The
Robinsons is mostly about
action, but some funny adult jokes for those with
keen ears and a memory for cheesy TV heroes are thrown in to keep the
parents
involved. While
Anderson and writer Jon
Bernstein take a little too long to get to the plot (why the man in the
boller
hat is after Lewis), especially for little kids who may not have the
patience
to wait to see what the big challenge is (or their parents who want to
get into
the story before it is too late to fight off indifference), the
revelation is
well worth it. Essentially, Meet
The
Robinsons is entertaining
without getting too scary for kids, too dumb for
parents or too outlandish for movie lovers.
Disney’s
3-D
presentation of the movie is the best reason to go see it, if you have
a
theater near you showing it in 3-D.
While
you might notice some slightly blurry moments, most of the 3-D is quite
fantastic with great color, smoothness of animation and the ability to
make you
feel like you are in the middle of the action.
Best of all, and I can’t believe I am
saying this, the Disney folks
showed some restraint when it comes to implementing the 3-D. You never get the feeling
an action sequence
was thrown in specifically and obviously to take advantage of the
effect. The movie
stands on its own without overdoing
the 3-D if you choose to see it in normal 2-D.
While it is a
bit simple, and never goes for the wittiness of better animated films, Meet
The
Robinsons is funny, emotional at the right moments, and
entertaining for anyone
in your family.
3
Waffles (Out
Of 4)
Meet
The Robinsons is
rated G
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