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2007
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MEET
THE ROBINSONS
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STARRING:(VOICES
OF) DANIEL HANSEN,JORDAN FRY,STEPHEN J.ANDERSON,ANGELA BASSETT,MATTHEW
JOSTEN,ETHAN SANDLER,LAURIE METCALF,ADAM WEST
BASED
ON THE BOOK "A DAY WITH WILBUR ROBINSON" WRITTEN
BY WILLIAM JOYCE
SCREENPLAY
BY STEPHEN J.ANDERSON,ROBERT L.BAIRD,JOHN BERNSTEIN,MICHELLE
BOCHNER,DANIEL GERSON,NATHAN GRENO,DON HALL,JOSPEH MATEO,SHIRLEY
PIERCE & AURIAN REDSON
PRODUCED
BY DOROTHY MCKIM
DIRECTED
BY STEPHEN J.ANDERSON
GENRE:COMEDY/FAMILY/SCIENCE
FICTION
RATED:AUSTRALIA:G/UK:U/USA:G
RUNNING
TIME:95 MIN
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Something
of a Back to the Future for the young ones, Meet
the Robinsons is a time travel tale of young orphan and keen scientist
Lewis (voiced by Daniel Hansen, and later in production by Jordan
Fry when the formers voice changed - oh the trials of puberty!) After
Lewis' latest invention - which can retrieve old memories stored in
the brain - is mysteriously sabotaged, a series of events will see
him whisked away into the future by a young time traveller named Wilbur
Robinson (Wesley Singerman). Once there, Lewis meets and falls in
love with Wilbur's whacky family, all the while being stalked by a
mysterious man in a bowler hat (Stephen J. Anderson) keen on destroying
Lewis' life.
Meet the Robinsons is the first Disney film released under
the Walt Disney Animations Studio title since their split with computer
animation monster Pixar, and it is a very good debut production. Big,
bright, and colourful, the film also features a number of memorable
and quirky characters, with special mention to the loony Grandpa and
the devious Bowler Hat Guy (both impressively voiced by director/co-writer
Stephen J. Anderson), as well as a group of big band / gangster /
Rat Pack-esque frogs.
Despite an extensive and reportedly troubled production - as well
as a whopping 10 credited writers - Meet the Robinsons flows
quite nicely after a slow start, and becomes quite the entertaining
picture. The production design is great, with particular mention to
a vision of rhe future which is spectacular in scope and a lot of
fun with its travelling via bubbles and slippery dips.
To top off the film, a highly recommended message is spoken throughout,
that revenge and anger will only bring destruction and stunt progress,
so keep moving forward to brighter future. Good stuff indeed.
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