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33 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanZippy, enjoyable sci-fi slapstick jamboree.
- 80TimeRichard CorlissTimeRichard CorlissRobots goes for a color scheme that is cool, muted, instantly aged. Director Chris Wedge wants the eye to concentrate on the gags he and his writers (including veteran comedy craftsmen Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel) have stuffed into the film.
- 80VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonIt's meant as high praise to say that, very early in Robots, the extraordinary starts to seem perfectly ordinary.
- 75Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCharlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanJim Broadbent is the wild card in the cast; he screeches and growls his way through Madame Gasket's lines in the best traditions of British drag.
- 75Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyPhiladelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyCluttered as it is colorful, Robots is a visual delight.
- 70The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe A.V. ClubKeith PhippsThe amiable but thin comedy Robots does have a little more going on, but not quite enough to make a difference, although it looks good enough to distract viewers from that fact for a while.
- 70Dallas ObserverRobert WilonskyDallas ObserverRobert WilonskyRobots doesn't rely on being current, which will ultimately render it as timeless as any great fable. At its center is a big, beating heart.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttIf sheer cleverness were everything, Robots would be the best computer-animated cartoon yet…Yet, unlike the very best CG animation, Robots doesn't quite connect with the emotions and humor for which one yearns in cartoons.
- 50L.A. WeeklyScott FoundasL.A. WeeklyScott FoundasOn a storytelling level, Robots is in dire need of an upgrade.
- 50Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe visuals are spectacular at times, but the screenplay is trite, intermittently vulgar, and just not funny.