My review of The Wild Robot

My review of The Wild Robot  

Intro: I can't believe I never reviewed a DreamWorks movie. 

The Wild Robot: This movie is centered on a robot name Roz who is shipwrecked on an island. Roz is programmed to be a service bot but the animals don't apprentice her services. Roz gets an objective when she comes across a baby goose and has to raise it in time of migration. To do that Roz has to fight against her programming and get the other animals on her side.    

This is one of the if not the best DreamWorks movie! I like the concept of a robot in the wilderness because that's never been done before as far as I know. This movie works as an underdog story because we feel the pain of both the robot and the goose trying to achieve this goal. I'm impressed that the film didn't shy away from how cruel the wilderness is and the movie even jokes about it. This movie is based on a trilogy of books and some of the changes I mean some I didn't mind. This movie deals with nature vs nurture and it takes a village to raise a child. The film can be emotional at times. I'm not going to compare this to the Ultraman movie that came out earlier this year because that movie deals with a different aspect of parenting. The animation is breathtaking! It looks like paintings come to life. ( I hope this movie wins an Oscar for it.) 

Roz is a fish-out-of-water character where being a service bot is useless. So learns to adapt to her environment and that has pay-off in the last act. I'm surprised by how expressive she is despite not having a face. 

Fink is manipulative. He does help Roz raise the goose and warms up to them and the other animals. 

Brightbill ( the goose.) is a different take on the ugly ducking. Because he was raised by Roz and is smaller than most goose he's treated as an outcast by the other goose.   

One of the problems I have with the movie is the jokes. There not bad it feels tacked on. Speaking of tacked on this the same grape I have with the climax I mean there's no build-up to it. Overall, this is an outstanding family film that I would recommend. 

Rating = Worth Seeing