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AICN: "Meet The Robinsons" Blissfully Flatulence Free
by Jeff Giles | March 13, 2007
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It certainly hasn't been the spring's most-hyped animated offering, but Disney's "Meet the Robinsons" is still on track for a March 30 release, and an advance screening of the studio's latest kid-friendly feature -- bolstered by voicework from Angela Bassett, Adam West, and Tom Selleck, among others -- has just received a more-or-less glowing review from Ain't it Cool News (and we all know how harshly critical that crew can be).


AICN contributor DesignDude writes:

"It offers a number of nice surprises and even a good plot twist or two without causing too much of the old time-traveling headache. The humor also works quite well, although many of the jokes seem to be aimed at adults and little kids might not get all of them...Most importantly, this film does not contain a single fart joke nor any talking animals or even animal sidekicks (except for those singing frogs you might have seen in the trailers, but they're really not the same thing)."



It'll doubtless be a multiplex memory by the time "Shrek the Third" comes along May 18, and whether you take DesignDude's effusive praise at face value is entirely up to you; still, though, it's nice to know that Disney has taken a step back from the thuddingly obvious humor and hoary old plot devices that have bogged down the studio's more recent offerings.

Source: Ain't it Cool News

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gradyboy37
gradyboy37 writes:
on Mar 13 2007 10:40 AM

It's amazing what John Lasseter completely retooling a film can do to its quality! Kudos to him for making this a good movie, and kudos to Disney for roping in the Pixar crew to salvage the animation department!

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nardoguz
nardoguz writes:
on Mar 13 2007 08:45 PM

[b]t rex[/b]
i recall the t rex talking in the trailer about his large and head and small arms - is he not an animal? i demand justice! let his voice be heard


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pinkincide
pinkincide writes:
on Mar 14 2007 03:45 AM

I hope that bit about Ain't it Cool News being critical was supposed to be sarcastic. The last review I read over there was a slobbering endorsement of the second Matrix movie.

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Jeff Giles
Jeff Giles writes:
on Mar 14 2007 09:57 AM

In reply to this comment (#858018)
100% sarcastic. Not to worry.

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eric3020
eric3020 writes:
on Mar 26 2007 03:49 PM

[b]Pixar did NOT fix "Meet the Robinsons".[/b]
I worked on Robinsons (originally titled "A Day With Wilbur Robinson", a much better title)
It was a good movie in 2004 when I first saw the animatic, and it's still good; although the pacing is a
little off (it moves too quickly in some parts).
The director had to fight to keep the bad guy "Bowler hat Guy" in the movie,
who pixar wanted to cut out.

Pixar didn't make it better or worse, just different


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