- Studio: Summit Entertainment
- Release Date: Oct 23, 2009
- Starring: Freddie Highmore, Kristen Bell, Nicolas Cage
- Summary:
- Director: David Bowers
- Genre(s): Action, Sci-Fi, Animation, Family
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 7 out of 22
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Mixed: 15 out of 22
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Negative: 0 out of 22
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75The movie contains less of its interesting story and more action and battle scenes than I would have preferred.
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60Appropriately for a film about robots, efficiency is the primary virtue of Astro Boy, a well-oiled CG-animated superhero pic that makes up in competence and vitality what it lacks in originality.
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60Derivative bits aside, the pint-sized Japanese icon takes flight in vibrant CG animation -- no 3D glasses required.
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What’s ultimately more impressive than the vigorous madcap action and innocuous humor, however, is Bowers’s willingness to address adult themes--alienation, regret, class tensions--with a directness that shows a surprising respect for his target young-adult audience
Score distribution:
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Positive: 12 out of 19
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Mixed: 3 out of 19
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Negative: 4 out of 19
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