The Wild Robot Review: Breathtaking Robot Adventure Illustrates Love and Friendship
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Title: The Wild Robot
Director: Chris Sanders
Based on: The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
Release Date: September 27, 2024
Remember Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate? Yes, that was an awful movie. Unlike that one, this movie actually involved the real DreamWorks themselves. Today's movie is The Wild Robot, the latest animated movie released yesterday, which is based off of the book of the same name! As of right now, the movie's current gross is $18.5 million, against a $78 million budget. Even though this is not the final gross yet, the movie is doing well at the box office, thanks to its $35 million opening. The movie even gained extreme critical acclaim from both critics and audiences for its animation, story, and heart. As DreamWorks wraps up its in-house productions, The Wild Robot shows families an impressive story about how a robot becomes a loving mother.
Summary
After being sent to a remote island, Roz (Lupita Nyong'o), a robot, learns to adapt to the wilderness and communicate with the animals. When she discovers an orphan gosling, Brightbill (Kit Connor), she adapts the skills to become his adoptive mother figure.
Reasons
Utilizing the book to make the art, The Wild Robot is the most skilled at writing the story, telling the messages, and painting the animation. Its book is a #1 bestseller for older kids which causes this movie to excel at making a heartwarming mother-child story. While it changes things from the book, it still manages to follow the main plotline emotionally. The emotional dynamics and themes are added to enhance Roz's journey on the island. Similarly, the movie has no problem presenting meaningful messages done with Roz's character. There are plenty like saying goodbye, loving being worth living, and friendship helping us out. That way, the movie becomes an even more emotional journey that the adults can enjoy the same. Before moving on to another chunk, the animation is so magnificent for a movie presented as DreamWorks' final in-house production. It opts to look like a painting, like Monet, which fits with the movie's bittersweet tone. The environments and scene sequences are the best parts of the animation because of their color palettes and detail.
The other actions that The Wild Robot is skilled at are writing the characters, coming up with funny jokes, and composing a beautiful soundtrack. All of the characters are likable and fit into the roles they were put into. Roz, the main lead, has an interesting character arc because of how she is trying to adapt to her environment. Even better, her familial chemistry with Brightbill is adorable and tear-jerking. Speaking of whom, the other characters, like Brightbill and Fink, are also likable as well as funny. Not only do they serve as the fluff but they also help Roz get used to her new home. Moving further, the jokes are lighthearted and cute, and they even balance the seriousness of the movie. It has a mix of almost everything, from one-liners to comic accidents, and it works well. There is no toilet humor, besides skunk sprays, which actually does make sense for Roz's character arc. Finally, thanks to Maren Morris, the soundtrack is way too beautiful to listen to. There is the score composed by Danny Elfman, who also composed the scores for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and Mr. Peabody & Sherman, and it fits well with the movie. However, the vocal songs are the best ones in this soundtrack. The songs, "Kiss the Sky" and "Even When I'm Not" by Maren Morris, fit Roz's character mixed with the pretty instrumentals in the background.
This is another perfect movie but The Wild Robot can opt for a bit more optional things like more faithfulness to the book. Some things, like characters, were opted out from the book. It does not matter if the movie wants to add that or not. The movie is good as it is.
Conclusion
Painting a sci-fi tale with a tearjerker story and flawless animation, The Wild Robot is a motherhood flick that families will love endlessly! DreamWorks Animation's in-house productions are coming to a close, so it is time to have the movie go for a good blow. Being super duper close to the book is not the priority. The priority is to write a meaningful story that follows the main plot of the book. Definitely go see this in theaters while you can, so that you can give DreamWorks Animation good luck on its new animation era in 2025 and onward!
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