FilmRot.com’s “The RotCast”: Episode #23: The Revenge of the Podcast Nerds »

Filed under: Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Disney, Theatrical Reviews, Family Films

If you want your animated movie to thrill the kiddies, be sure it contains the following things: time machines, dinosaurs, robots and baseball. If you want your animated movie to appeal to the grown-ups that are required to get the kiddies into the theater, be sure it contains the following things: a clever sense of humor, some really impressive animation, a bunch of solid voice performances and a few life lessons that are sweet but not over-sappy. Then throw in a great score by Danny Elfman, an admirably speedy pace and more colorful characters that you’ll know what to do with … and voila: Disney’s Meet the Robinsons, which is just about as good a CG feature as you can get without the words “Pixar Animation Studios” emblazoned across the opening credits. (Matter of fact, I had a lot […]

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