Meet the Robinsons (2007)

That was an excellent one.

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Lewis is a 12-year-old orphan and an unrelenting inventor. After 124 failed adoption interviews, he decides to find his mother instead. There are no clues other than the one in his head. He decides to invent a machine to read memories and thereby find a memory of her face when he was a baby. At the school science fair, he encounters 13-year-old Wilbur Robinson who claims to be a time cop hunting the Bowler Hat Guy. The Bowler Hat Guy is after Lewis' memory reading machine and wants to claim it as his own.There are some interesting ideas and a time-loopy story. The Robinson family is a little too crazy which isn't always fun. There is sometimes an overloading of wacky when animated movies want to stamp the word fun on the screen. It doesn't help that the story requires a bit of effort to work out giving it a sense of chaos.Part of the movie is to highlight Walt Disney's words "Keep Moving Forward." I'm sure it was in the original requirements of the movie. It's not a catchy phrase. It's funny that Rob Thomas' song "Little Wonders" starts with the words "Let it go". Somehow, Disney eventually landed on a catchier phrase. Also the confrontation with DOR-15/Doris ends too weakly. Lewis could have done that anytime after finding out that Cornelius Robinson invented Doris. The time-loop story is a little difficult which adds to the chaos of the movie. Overall, I like the movie and its concepts.

Good movie, excellent animation and all other technical factors. But hey, the script wasn't so great; the true is it was a little cliché and it seems to be took from another thousands of animated movies (And some not animated ones too), that's why sometimes during the movie I thought I was seeing something I already saw before; But I must say that even with those (Insignificant or Significant) defects I enjoyed it a lot; It's one of those movies that took me to past (to my childhood), it has that element of adventure and enveloping effects, together they can result into one of the best audiovisual experiences. Anyway, I felt relaxed and carefree, something different from my daily routine. I hope you'll enjoy it, watch it with your family and friends, it's good, it's high quality, a wholesome movie and especially it's from Disney (I don't know if that's a good reference or a bad one).

The future is a fantastic place most especially when it is your own and when you are a pretty well-adjusted person. This particular future is even more fantastic in that it allows movement from it back into the past; a fluidity that is made believable by the abilities of the young inventor.What is difficult to believe is the lack of interest by prospective parents in an apparently precocious child who builds a new invention for every interview; all of which inevitable fail catastrophically. There seems to be an unintended motif of adult negligence towards the support of young persons interests and passions.... Fortunately, our hero is brought to a future wherein passions of the human sort are celebrated. The rub is that this world is entirely of his own creation.Solipsism aside, Meet the Robinsons is a fun flick for the full family. The plot line wends its way through layers of time and personality with plenty of fun moments allowing for laughter and discussion; the former uncontained and the latter a matter of choice.

This movie is no Frozen, but I can certainly say that I really liked it for its message. A couple of years after the disappointing "Chicken Little," Disney tried their hand again at a CGI motion picture. This time it's about science. Lewis (Jordan Fry), an brilliant yet insecure inventor, is on a quest to find his family. He was abandoned as an infant but he believes that was only because his mother wasn't ready, and she may be ready now. He strives to create something that will help search his deepest memories for her. Meanwhile, a mysterious yet immature villain (Steve Anderson) with a robotic bowler hat is trying to take credit for his invention in an act of revenge against him. A teenager from the future, known as Wilbur Robinson (Wesley Singerman), takes him to the future to help him keep moving forward, a philosophy founded by his father, Cornelius (Tom Selleck). The animation isn't very detailed, but I do like the wide variety of unique characters. And the future setting is really cool. The design is indeed futuristic. It's strange but interesting to see so much change in only a couple of decades. You'll know what I'm talking about by the time this movie ends. Each voice matches the characters quite well, and put really noticeable effort into their intriguing, clever and sometimes funny dialogue. I particularly like the Bowler Hat Guy's performance. It is interesting that Jim Carey was asked to perform as him, but I'm thankful for the performance Steve Anderson gave us. You can really feel the emotion in each scene. There are some aspects of the story I like and some aspects that threw me off a bit. The music and sound are great; they match the scene very well. I'm not a fan of the Jonas Brothers, but they're only heard in the credits, so I won't complain about them being involved in this. But the song at the ending scene is "Little Wonders/These Small Hours" and I love it. Finally, the message. Its rare nowadays that such a motivating message can be found in movies. That message is "Keep moving forward." No matter what you do, don't let circumstances bring you down. As long as you never give up, anything can be possible. I recommend that you watch it from start to finish. It provides you with some laughs, beautiful music, a riveting yet slightly flawed story and a fantastic motivating message. You don't need to be a scientist to get enjoyment out of this. 7 out of 10