 | Distributor: | 20th Century Fox |
| Release: | March 11, 2005 | |
| Genre: | Science Fiction Fantasy and Animation | MPAA Rating: | PG for some brief language and suggestive humor |
I must admit the trailer was funny but not enough to make me look forward to seeing this movie. I did go see it anyway.
Verdict? It's not the story that made this movie ... actually the story's a bit forgettable and can be told in a few phrases: "country" bot thinks he's got a future in the big city, goes there, finds it isn't what he believed it will be, gets afoul with the authorities as run by a baddie, finds himself leading some sort of rebellion, baddie loses, happy ending.
It's actually the gags and the personalities of the cast that made this movie. Robin Williams once more proves how good he is when acting for a cartoon character. For Williams, cartoons totally get rid of the "limitations of the body", and he is able to plunge into the character deeper than he could have in a non-animated movie. As in the genie in Aladdin, there were no boundaries for Williams' character here. Even the simple line "this is wrong" when the character finds that the part he has replaced as the lower half of his body belongs to a female robot, was enough to send me rolling in laughter.
Come to think of it, it's his character I'd probably remember first if someone mentions the movie.
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