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‘The Wild Robot’ Review: It’s No ‘Iron Giant,’ Though DreamWorks’ Tale of a Wayward Droid Is a Keeper
The toon studio behind 'Shrek' and 'How to Train Your Dragon' desperately needs fresh IP. 'The Wild Robot' offers that and a stunning new visual approach.
A gorgeous computer-generated cartoon with a human heart beating beneath its sleek, state-of-the-art surface, DreamWorks Animation’s “ The Wild Robot ” arrives at a time when the public seems more concerned than ever about being outsmarted by artificial intelligence. Technically, the hunk of rock where “The Wild Robot” takes place is anything but uninhabited: It’s teeming with life, from the crabs that teach Roz to scale cliffs in the film’s opening minutes to the horde of evil-eyed raccoons determined to ransack her insides. In theory, there could have been a much quieter version of “The Wild Robot” (à la “Wall-E”) that relies less on Nyong’o and more on our capacity to read emotion into what looks like a cross between BB-8 (from “The Force Awakens”) and Baymax (of “Big Hero 6”).
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