Meet the Robinsons (2007)

Directed by

Stephen Anderson

Genre

fantasy film, comedy film, adventure film, science fiction film, children's film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

G

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 3,174 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An orphaned boy who loves inventing meets a time-traveler from the future. He goes to the year 2037 and helps fix a broken time machine while getting to know the traveler's odd family.

whimsicalfast-pacedhopefulfunnyquirkyinventivewarmsilly

What happens

Meet the Robinsons is a 2007 American animated science fiction comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, based on the 1990 children's book A Day with Wilbur Robinson by William Joyce. The film was directed by Stephen Anderson, and written by Anderson, Don Hall, Nathan Greno, Joe Mateo, Jon Bernstein, Michelle Spitz, and Aurian Redson, and stars the voices of Daniel Hansen and Jordan Fry, Wesley Singerman, Angela Bassett, Tom Selleck, Harland Williams, Laurie Metcalf, Nicole Sullivan, Adam West, Ethan Sandler, Tom Kenny, and Anderson. Meet the Robinsons follows an orphaned 12-year-old inventor, Lewis (Hansen and Fry), who meets Wilbur Robinson (Singerman), a young time-traveler who takes the former to the year 2037, before an incident wrecks Wilbur's time machine. Lewis agrees to help him fix the machine and ends up acquainted with Wilbur's eccentric family. Meanwhile, a mysterious man (Anderson) with a sentient bowler hat aims to sabotage Lewis' fate, and, by proxy, the future. Development began in 2002, with production starting in 2004 under the working title A Day with Wilbur Robinson, with a release initially slated for 2006. Anderson developed a personal connection to the main character, Lewis, as he himself grew up an orphan and was later adopted. Disney originally planned to adopt Joyce's style, but it was decided to slightly rework the style due to his involvement stylistically in Blue Sky Studios' Robots. The animation crew had the challenge to animate CG humans, being inspired by Pixar's The Incredibles. Inspiration for the film came from Disney animated classics, such as Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, and Peter Pan, as well as Warner Bros. Cartoons, to capture a 1950s aesthetic. Disney's acquisition of Pixar in early 2006 led to nearly 60% of the film, including the villain and the ending, being scrapped and reworked. Danny Elfman composed the film's score, while artists such as Rufus Wainwright, Rob Thomas, The All-American Rejects, and They Might Be Giants contributed to its soundtrack. Meet the Robinsons premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on March 25, 2007, and was released in the United States on March 30, 2007. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and audiences but was a box office disappointment, grossing $170.5 million against a budget of $150 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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