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Chris Sanders

The Wild Robot

After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island's animals and cares for an orphaned baby goose.

  • Director: Chris Sanders
  • Main Cast: Lupita Nyong'o, Pedro Pascal, Bill Nighy, Kit Connor
  • Soundtrack: Kris Bowers, Gregor Narholz
  • Screenplay: Chris Sanders


What do English critics think?

9 english reviews of The Wild Robot (2024)

  • 1. Slash Film
    10 / 10

    Director Sanders' ability to interpret the material on the page and turn it into this living painting of a film is nothing shy of a wonder.
    - Ryan Scott

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  • 2. Observer
    10 / 10

    "The Wild Robot" is a deeply moving, beautifully crafted example of what an animated movie can be when the medium is treated with reverence.
    - Emily Zemler

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  • 3. The Associated Press
    10 / 10

    An absolute movie triumph, a soulful sweet-sad animated journey that may have your kids asking why you’re tearing up so much.
    - Mark Kennedy

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  • 4. San Francisco Chronicle
    10 / 10

    The realistic, primeval wilderness of "The Wild Robot" is what stirs the soul.
    - Bob Strauss

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  • 5. Boston Globe
    10 / 10

    It’s rare that a movie fires on all cylinders as this one does. The jaw-dropping animation tells a bittersweet and lovely story. The voice work is stellar, and the score sweeps you along on a wave of excitement. Fans of the books will not be disappointed.
    - Odie Henderson

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  • 6. Original-Cin
    10 / 10

    "The Wild Robot" allows us to want to be better than who we are.
    - John Kirk

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  • 7. New York Post
    10 / 10

    It’s a breathtakingly human film — about a bird and a bot.
    - Johnny Oleksinski

    New York Post »

  • 8. Christian Science Monitor
    10 / 10

    "The Wild Robot", above all else, isn’t just a life story. It’s a love story about community and intimacy, about what can be imitated, but never duplicated. It is the quintessential fable.
    - Ken Makin

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  • 9. The Wrap
    9.8 / 10

    I cried so much. Not just because the story and characters were wonderful, but out of the joy of discovery.
    - William Bibbiani

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