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Meet the Robinsons

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Meet the Robinsons

G

Released Mar 30, 2007

1h 34m

Kids & Family

Adventure

Comedy

Animation

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Boy genius Lewis gives up hope of retrieving his latest invention, which was stolen by Bowler Hat Guy, then a young time-traveler named Wilbur Robinson arrives on the scene to whisk Lewis away in his time machine. The boys spend a day in the future with Wilbur's eccentric family and uncover an amazing secret at the same time.

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Critics Consensus

Meet the Robinsons is a visually impressive children's animated film marked by a story of considerable depth.

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Ben Kenigsberg

Time Out

Rated: 3/5

Nov 17, 2011

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Toddy Burton

Austin Chronicle

The animation strives for 1950s sci-fi retro, but the result is that everyone looks like a plastic anim doll.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 14, 2007

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Stephen Garrett

Time Out

What might have been a bland Back to the Future rip-off suddenly hums with a screwball sensibility chockablock with singing gangster frogs and evil bowler hats.

Rated: 4/6

Apr 7, 2007

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Carson Timar

ButteredPopcorn

Both one of Disney's most moving and entertaining efforts, the film is one of the rare near-flawless outings for the studio.

Dec 26, 2023

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

With innovation, creativity, and heartfelt storytelling, this is solid entertainment for audiences of all ages.

Rated: 8/10

Nov 26, 2020

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Sergio Benítez

Espinof

It's not a big deal, I know, but we can always console ourselves thinking it could have been much worse. [Full Review in Spanish]

Apr 23, 2020

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time 2 B

Great movie. Bowler hat guy is a great villian.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/09/25

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Audience Member

I really liked this movie and it's message, a lot more than expected (I don't think I need to speak on the good parts), but there's one thing bringing it down: everything is too in your face. The message is outright stated multiple times in the movie (although how it was shown was pretty well done) and the comedy is thrown at you all at once with little time to breath (likewise most of the jokes are great but they're too often). The first and final parts of the movie had me feeling like I could consider it a favorite, but the middle was too much. Ironically this leads to the literal namesake of the movie being it's worst flaw: "Meet the Robinsons." Too many of them are relegated to jokes for us to actually get attached to them. The villain was actually a pretty good comic relief, but he doesn't feel as much like one when basically every other character is comic relief as well. I feel like a good fix they could've done would be to tone down the comedy a bit during the whole "Meet the Robinsons" portion and even cut some of the scenes or heck even characters in order to focus more on the villain and allow comedy to openly breathe, the scenes with the Robinsons could've been more heartfelt if there was less to deal with. I'm happy with how the movie turned out but I do think it could've been better.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/02/25

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Mitchell S

This is one of the most inspiring, and painfully underrated, disney movies ever! It feels more like a Pixar!! The animation is gorgeous, and it the story is really sweet. I once saw a quote that said "Failure is not the opposite of success, it's a part of it." This movie BEAUTIFULLY illustrates that point!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/06/25

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James R

I love this one. Definitely one of Disney's most underrate films. Even I forgot about this one, but watching it reminded me of how great it was. Hell, I'm watching it right now! It's one of my favourite Disney Films. Although it breaks most of the rules of time travel (which is the one thing that always bothers me) but it's highly creative and I just love the way it's made. Anybody who loves Disney films should watch this.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/03/25

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Amir S

A really good movie, even better than the movies that come out today, it's simply art - from the characters to the film's villain.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/19/25

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Mark M

One of the most underrated pieces of storytelling. Meet the Robinson is debatably a good film considering it's many mixed opinions

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/25

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Synopsis

Boy genius Lewis gives up hope of retrieving his latest invention, which was stolen by Bowler Hat Guy, then a young time-traveler named Wilbur Robinson arrives on the scene to whisk Lewis away in his time machine. The boys spend a day in the future with Wilbur's eccentric family and uncover an amazing secret at the same time.

Director: Stephen J. Anderson
Producer: Dorothy McKim
Screenwriter: Jon Bernstein, Michelle Spitz, Don Hall, Nathan Greno, Aurian Redson, Joe Mateo, Stephen J. Anderson, William Joyce
Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures
Production Co: Walt Disney Pictures
Rating: G
Genre: Kids & Family, Adventure, Comedy, Animation
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 30, 2007, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2014
Runtime: 1h 34m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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