How 'Wild Robot' Director Chris Sanders Returned to Animation, Challenged the Medium and Made His Best Film Yet
"The Wild Robot" director Chris Sanders was feeling a little lost himself. In 2020, he ventured into live-action filmmaking with "The Call of the Wild," an ambitious, imperfect adaptation of Jack London's 1903 novel.
Animated family film 'The Wild Robot' is whimsically sweet but too lightweight
Lupita Nyong'o leads the voice cast in a well-made film from director Chris Sanders that is no 'Iron Giant' or 'Wall-E.'
Review: Exquisite ‘The Wild Robot’ uses machines and animals to tell a human story
Featuring inspired vocal performances by Lupita Nyong'o, Pedro Pascal and a deep cast of animation veterans, Chris Sanders' warm adventure approaches sublimity.
'The Wild Robot' review: Programmed to be sweet
The animated adventure "The Wild Robot," based on Peter Brown's 2016 children's book, is set to sweet mode, as if it was a pre-installed factory setting. It's heartwarming the way a latter-era Coldplay track is heartwarming: by design, so its effect feels somewhat synthetic.
‘The Wild Robot’ Review: A Practically Perfect Animated Sci-Fi Fable
"The Wild Robot," based on the book by Peter Brown, follows a robot that crash-lands on an island devoid of humans and must search for purpose.
‘The Wild Robot’ Review: Animating Parental Anxiety
The director of ‘Lilo & Stitch’ returns with a film in which Lupita Nyong’o voices a robot who washes up on an island and becomes a makeshift mother to a gosling.
‘The Wild Robot’ Review: Wonder and Whimsy That Does Compute
Chris Sanders’s movie about a robotic assistant and the gosling she raises is defined by dazzling visuals and frank ideas about the circle of life.
Movie Review: Visually stunning, emotionally powerful, 'The Wild Robot' is everything
In the opening scenes of “The Wild Robot,” a chirpy metal android with a state-of-the-art processing unit wanders around a forest asking confused animals if it can help them, offering discount codes and stickers for future customers.
‘The Wild Robot’ review: DreamWorks delivers stunning tale of connection
From its spectacular visuals to its talented cast of voice actors, "The Wild Robot" is thoroughly delightful on every level, writes our reviewer.
The Wild Robot Reviews Lead to Top Rotten Tomatoes & Metacritic Scores
Following early anticipation, The Wild Robot has launched with strong reviews, earning high scores on Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic. DreamWorks Animation’s latest film delivers an emotionally rich and visually stunning experience.
Yes, The Wild Robot Has a Post-Credits Scene: Explained
The Wild Robot‘s post-credits scenes have been the subject of discussion among fans. Many are wondering if staying back for a ...
'Wild Robot' is a lock for an Oscar and has a sneaky San Francisco reference
"The Wild Robot" is one of the most poignant animated films of the year. Blink and you'll miss a scene that references San ...
Review: ‘Wild Robot’ is beautiful and emotionally powerful
The Wild Robot” is the fish-out-of-water tale of a futuristic helper robot who ends up marooned on an island when a storm ...
‘The Wild Robot' Could Win Box Office Weekend As This Decade's Best-Reviewed Animated Movie
DreamWorks’ “The Wild Robot” has a stellar 98% score on Rotten Tomatoes, the best for a computer-animated film released in ...
Lupita Nyong'o damaged her vocal cords so badly doing a happy robot voice on 'The Wild Robot' that she almost needed surgery
Lupita Nyong'o put herself on vocal rest and didn't speak for three months after damaging her vocal cords for "The Wild Robot ...
‘The Wild Robot’ Looks for Box Office Riches by Taking the ‘Elemental’ Route
With DreamWorks Animation's "The Wild Robot" tracking to open at $25 million, the film aims to leg out at the box office like ...
What to watch with your kids: ‘The Wild Robot,’ ‘Wolfs’ and more
Common Sense Media also reviews “Penelope” and “Megalopolis.” Beautiful, heartwarming adaptation with moments of peril.
‘Wild Robot’ creators took story forward by looking back
Acclaimed new animated film ‘Wild Robot’ stands out with its impressionistic look that recalls classic old-school animation.