| 88 |
Philadelphia Inquirer
Simply put, it's terrific.
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| 83 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Gianni Truzzi
Like a surprising run of recent movies, Meet the Robinsons is based on a picture book (William Joyce's "A Day With Wilbur Robinson"). Unlike most of them, it achieves liftoff.
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| 83 |
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Meet The Robinsons takes a large step toward making 3D a sustainable format, the CinemaScope of tomorrow.
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| 80 |
Variety
A sharp-minded, plenty entertaining toon that will keep children of all ages wide-eyed and on their toes.
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| 75 |
Chicago Tribune
When it enters the future, it's a new-fangled, old-fashioned jim-dandy of a show.
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| 75 |
Charlotte Observer
Most of Meet the Robinsons plays like a movie made by ADD adults for ADD children.
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| 75 |
USA Today
A visual treat with an engaging story that has an uplifting, but not maudlin, message.
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| 75 |
ReelViews
Meet the Robinsons is a fast paced, high energy offering; it passes by in a breeze and is enjoyable enough that I'm willing to forgive the two awful songs (one near the beginning, one near the end) and recommend it.
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| 75 |
New York Post
It's hard not to like a PG-rated 'toon that works in references to "Pulp Fiction" and "Fargo," even if Meet the Robinsons, a delightful, quirk-filled riff on "Back to the Future," proceeds in fits and starts.
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| 75 |
Baltimore Sun
There's enough wit to keep audiences of whatever age happy.
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| 75 |
Boston Globe
Almost as funny as it is hyperactive, the new computer-animated family comedy is luscious to look at and as fizzy as a can of soda popped open in your face.
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| 70 |
Chicago Reader
It's striking not for its originality but for its energy in juggling familiar elements.
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| 70 |
Washington Post
An animated feature (showing in 3-D in select theaters), has a couple of clever tricks that make it worth wearing those dumb, uncomfortable glasses. But this would be as delightful and attractive a production without the gimcrackery.
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| 70 |
LA Weekly
So cleverly executed that one forgives -- just -- the frenetic pace and absence of down time.
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| 63 |
New York Daily News
It takes nearly an hour before Stephen J. Anderson's 3-D, animated comedy Meet the Robinsons begins to make sense, and when it does, the film literally takes off. But unless you're familiar with the children's book by William Joyce from which it's adapted, that first hour is a cluttered, noisy, nearly unendurable mess.
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| 63 |
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
The sounds are fine and, thanks to technology's ever-progressive march, the sights are even better. But that third S -- the story -- remains the sticking point, and ain't it always the way.
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| 50 |
San Francisco Chronicle
Frenetically paced but mostly pointless computer-animated film that will satisfy children but may give parents a headache.
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| 50 |
Entertainment Weekly
Who knows whether the project is meant to be earnest, ironic, post-ironic, made for adults, made for kids, made to teach lessons, or made to be watched in an altered state? All or none...jeez, this thing is one bumpy ride.
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| 50 |
Premiere
Meet the Robinsons is a mess -- a sometimes fun but mostly frustrating mess.
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| 50 |
The Hollywood Reporter
The most un-Disneylike cartoon yet from Disney animation. The thing is a hellzapoppin' of eccentric characters, zany situations and wacky gizmos, but little effort has gone into making any of this connect with an audience.
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| 50 |
TV Guide
A barrage of pop-culture jokes, time-travel high jinks and plucky orphans that's as confusing as it sounds, and riddled with plot holes to boot.
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| 50 |
Los Angeles Times
Dennis Lim
Zippy if forgettable, Meet the Robinsons keeps the tone mildly tongue-in-cheek and ends on a dutifully inspirational note.
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| 50 |
Wall Street Journal
A 3-D fantasy that's lovely to look at but less than delightful to know.
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| 40 |
The New York Times
Meet the Robinsons is surely one of the worst theatrically released animated features issued under the Disney label in quite some time.
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| 40 |
Empire
Helen O'Hara
Kids will enjoy the colourful animation and fun characters, but adults will wish it all made a bit more sense.
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| 40 |
Austin Chronicle
Toddy Burton
Though the characters are unique and occasionally fun, they're paper-thin.
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| 38 |
Miami Herald
The characters, starting with Lewis himself, are downright obnoxious. Not counting those singing frogs or the time-traveling T. rex (with its big head and little arms), only Lewis' sad-sack roommate ''Goob'' is remotely sympathetic.
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