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- 2023
- Not Rated
- Neon
- 1 h 42 m
- 2023
- Not Rated
- Neon
- 1 h 42 m
Summary DOG lives in Manhattan and he’s tired of being alone. One day he decides to build himself a robot, a companion. Their friendship blossoms, until they become inseparable, to the rhythm of 80’s NYC. One summer night, DOG, with great sadness, is forced to abandon ROBOT at the beach. Will they ever meet again?
Directed By: Pablo Berger
Written By: Sara Varon, Pablo Berger
- 2023
- Not Rated
- Neon
- 1 h 42 m
- 2023
- Not Rated
- Neon
- 1 h 42 m
Robot Dreams
84
8.6
Summary DOG lives in Manhattan and he’s tired of being alone. One day he decides to build himself a robot, a companion. Their friendship blossoms, until they become inseparable, to the rhythm of 80’s NYC. One summer night, DOG, with great sadness, is forced to abandon ROBOT at the beach. Will they ever meet again?
Directed By: Pablo Berger
Written By: Sara Varon, Pablo Berger
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
84
86% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
14% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
84
86% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
14% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Romance and cinema are ideal bedfellows for all sorts of obvious reasons, but on screen, the beauty of friendship can be harder to pin down. This wise and wondrous (and wordless) animation does it better than any other film in recent memory – and in ways a six-year-old could effortlessly grasp.
Who needs humans? This is visual storytelling at its finest, a traditional animation of gentle, unshowy genius. Sometimes the very best love stories go deeper than words can say.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 20 User Ratings
8.6
95% Positive
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
5% Mixed
1 Rating
1 Rating
0% Negative
0 Ratings
0 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 20 User Ratings
8.6
95% Positive
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
5% Mixed
1 Rating
1 Rating
0% Negative
0 Ratings
0 Ratings
Sueñan los robots con ovejas eléctricas? Uno de los pocos pero notables ejemplos del cine animado de Europa, más exactamente España. La ausencia de diálogos no es un defecto sino su mejor virtud y, deja de manifiesto que, se puede hacer buen cine animado con mucha invectiva y sin grandes presupuestos. A tomar nota, gente de Disney.
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Its radical sweetness arises from a wellspring of empathy. Its radiant colors and lucid conception of vulnerability in the face of a largely inconsiderate world, sink deep beneath the skin in the liminal space between the soul and the heart that can make animation such a wondrous medium. Berger’s “Robot Dreams” is its stunning reality.
The drifty, dream-punctuated second half might puzzle younger kids, though its universal themes and visual gags are perfectly all-ages appropriate. As is the film’s sweet, un-snarky tone, free from sly Futurama satire or Bojack Horseman raunch.
Berger doesn’t make concessions for the easily teary: Robot Dreams is a film as much about separation as togetherness. But while the final reel is a low-key heartbreaker, the bubble never pops on the loveliness of what came before.
Above all else, Berger’s film delights in the kind of eccentric, incidental sights and sounds from which dreams — human, animal or android — can spring.
The use of music and sound design is very thoughtful throughout, capturing the way music by street performers makes life in the city feel like a musical all the time while the murmur of traffic and general hubbub creates its own atonal backing track.
"Robot Dreams" is a great cinematic example of how impeccably silent storytelling is when it's rightfully expressed and subtly told to hit the core of emotions in such an unexpected way.
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"It's a visual buffet"
This film is beautiful in too many ways, it is a work of art in its splendor, speaking in aspects such as its soundtrack, its animation style and the peculiar way of telling the story.
It shows that words are not necessary, a picture tells a thousand words.
The only disagreement I would have is with the ending, a bit dissatisfied, which is why my rating is not perfect.
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Imagine 'Past Lives,' but with a lonely robot and an adorable robot. A cute homage to New York, human relationships, and classic cinema.
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Production Company
Arcadia Motion Pictures,
Lokiz Films,
Noodles Production,
Les Films du Worso,
Radio Televisión Española (RTVE),
Movistar+,
Canal+,
Ciné+,
Institut Català de les Empreses Culturals (ICEC),
Generalitat de Catalunya - Departament de Cultura,
Eurimages,
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC),
La Banque Postale Image 15,
Europa Creativa
Release Date Nov 22, 2023
Duration 1 h 42 m
Rating Not Rated
Tagline "Beautiful, Unexpected, and Tender" Guillermo del Toro
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain
• 2 Wins & 5 Nominations
Annie Awards
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
