The Wild Robot

"Discover your true nature."

2024 1h 42m EN

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8.2

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★8.3TMDB · 6,702🍅97%Rotten Tomatoes●85Metacritic★8.2IMDB · 216,281

FamilyAnimationScience FictionAdventure

Synopsis

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After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island's animals and cares for an orphaned baby goose.

“Discover your true nature.”

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Cast

Lupita Nyong'o
Roz / Rummage (voice)
Pedro Pascal
Fink (voice)
Kit Connor
Brightbill (voice)
Bill Nighy
Longneck (voice)
Stephanie Hsu
Vontra (voice)
Matt Berry
Paddler (voice)
Ving Rhames
Thunderbolt (voice)
Mark Hamill
Thorn (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Chris Sanders
Writers: Chris Sanders, Heidi Jo Gilbert, Sarah Gold Amburgey
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

MONEY

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Mid-budget at $78M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.3× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 2 years ago.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "The Wild Robot Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Kris Bowers. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Mary Blee shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Lupita Nyong'o and Pedro Pascal and Kit Connor carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Discover your true nature.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Chris Sanders directs. Kris Bowers scores. Mary Blee cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Mid-budget at $78M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Made its money back 4.3× over at the box office.
3Released 2 years ago.
4Part of the "The Wild Robot Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5Original score by Kris Bowers. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Mary Blee shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Lupita Nyong'o and Pedro Pascal and Kit Connor carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Discover your true nature.".
9IMDB entry: tt29623480 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10The top-rated still from this film on TMDB has multiple community votes — a signal the frame composition stuck with viewers.
11Classified under 16 themes, including "island", "based on novel or book", "parent child relationship", "fox".
12Released under 43 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Original score: Kris Bowers
Editing: Mary Blee
Production design: Raymond Zibach
VFX supervisor: Jeff Budsberg
Sound: Randy Thom
Runtime: 102 min · 1h 42m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $78,000,000
Box office: $331,982,078
Return: 426% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: The Wild Robot (2024)
Rotten Tomatoes: 97% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 85/100
IMDB rating: 8.2/10 · 216,281 votes
MPAA: PG

Awards

Nominated for 3 Oscars. 94 wins & 109 nominations total

Annie Award for Best Animated Feature
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature

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Part of

The Wild Robot Collection

After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island's animals and cares for an orphaned baby goose.

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Brent Marchant2024-10-09
★ 7/10
There are times in our lives when nearly all of us exceed the limits of our capabilities (and often quite unexpectedly at that). But that can be a tremendous blessing, especially when we’re confronted by circumstances where such aptitudes are called for. So it is for Roz (Lupita Nyong’o), a robot who inadvertently ends up stranded on a remote island when the vessel transporting her crashes without warning. Roz isn’t alone, though; she finds herself surrounded by a diverse array of forest animals who, curious though they might be, don’t quite know what to make of the mysterious metallic stranger. Meanwhile, the somewhat bewildered new arrival is out of her anticipated element, too, expecting to be in the company of humans for whom she’s been programmed to function as a domestic servant. However, the fundamental disconnect between these parties gradually dissipates as they each get to know one another, particularly when Roz needs to grow beyond her innate programming to overcome a series of challenges and bond with her new organic familiars, most notably a young goose (Kit Connor) whom she’s charged with raising when the gosling’s parents are accidently killed. Before long, Roz develops a sentience that helps her evolve beyond a collection of circuits and microchips, a development that proves valuable in a world beset by even bigger issues. In his latest animated feature outing, writer-director Chris Sanders has created a thoughtful, entertaining tale with an uplifting message we can all draw upon when life ups the ante on us. The picture’s stunningly gorgeous animation, solid writing, and delightfully amusing voiceover performances by the likes of Nyong’o and co-stars Pedro Pascal, Bill Nighy, Mark Hamill, Catherine O’Hara, Ving Rhames and Stephanie Hsu collectively deliver a fine mix of hearty laughs, inspiring insights and touching moments, all without becoming silly or saccharine. Admittedly, the film has a little trouble finding its footing at the outset, and a few story threads feel a little underdeveloped, such as subplots related to important but underexplained environmental themes. What’s more, it can be somewhat mystifying at times trying to figure out exactly who this offering was made for, as the material often comes across as a little more mature and decidedly more intense than what one might expect for younger viewers (despite its adorable depictions of its funny, furry forest creatures). However, these modest shortcomings are more than made up for the further one gets into the story, growing progressively stronger as the narrative unfolds. Most importantly, though, it’s gratifying to see a production that genuinely rises above the low bar that has been set for many releases in this genre these days. “The Wild Robot” is one of those films that’s sure to please a wide range of moviegoers, including those who generally aren’t particularly enamored with animation. It’s a feel-good movie that doesn’t resort to wearing that trait on its sleeve – but that nevertheless achieves such an admirably heartwarming effect anyways.
good.film2024-10-10
Brimming with thoughtful themes and stunning artwork, The Wild Robot is a deeply meaningful new touchstone in animated film. Of course, animation has “heroed” nature before – see The Lion King, WALL-E and basically the entire output of Studio Ghibli. But there’s two core elements to The Wild Robot that set this film apart from the rest. The first is its gorgeous, painterly style. The second? The film’s deeply human themes, encompassing everything from the meaning of motherhood and the lasting legacy of adoption, to our worship of technological advancement and our fraught relationship with the natural world. Like we said – The Wild Robot is nothing if not surprising. Read our full take on THE WILD ROBOT at good.film: good.film/guide/if-you-dont-love-the-wild-robot-check-your-pulse
CinemaSerf2024-10-20
★ 7/10
"Roz" is pre-programmed to help. Whatever it is that needs doing, it is there to make it happen - even when it is wrecked on an island populated by animals whose main desire in life is to eat each other. At least the arrival of the "monster" manages to galvanise them into one brief moment of hostile unanimity and so when they are not trying to cannibalise it, they are shunning it's efforts to be friends. After spending a year learning their various languages, there follows a calamitous escapade with a nest, a chase with an hungry fox ("Fink") and the creation of the most unlikely of family units charged with rearing a particularly timid little gosling whom they name "Brightbill". The scene is now set for some entertaining adventures as "Roz" has to teach her new-found charge how to eat, to swim and then ultimately to fly away so as to avoid the harsh winter. Each of those tasks comes with it's own hazards but maybe, just maybe, our little team can manage to get project "Brightbill" off the ground? No, of course there's no jeopardy here at all, and at times it's comes across as an amalgam of "Wall:E" (2008) with some Hans Christian Anderson thrown in for good measure. That's no bad thing, though, as the characterisation of the android is personable and develops amiably as his programming starts to evolve into something far more akin to a soul than a brain. It does tackle some more serious subjects - loneliness, rejection, isolation and issues with self-esteem to name a few, but always in fashion that illustrates a point then offers some sort of optimism that a solution can be found for even the most difficult challenges. The standard of animation is engagingly natural and it's genuinely quite funny with some of the observations, especially from the fox, working well within the framework of a touching story that extols the values of caring, teamwork and even a little forgiveness, without becoming gloopy or dialogue-heavy. It looks great on a big screen and is well worth a gander...!