Meet the Robinsons (2007)

Director:

Stephen J. Anderson

Writers:

Michelle Bochner (screenplay) and
Stephen J. Anderson (screenplay)

Release Date:

30 March 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

If you think your family's different, wait 'til you meet the family of the future.

Plot:

Lewis is a brilliant inventor who meets mysterious stranger named Wilbur Robinson, whisking Lewis away in a time machine and together they team up to track down Bowler Hat Guy in a showdown that ends with an unexpected twist of fate.

Plot Keywords:

Train | Band | Future | Father Son Relationship | Pizza Delivery

Awards:

1 win & 7 nominations

Cast

Angela Bassett	...	Mildred (voice)
Daniel Hansen	...	Lewis (voice)
Jordan Fry	...	Lewis (voice)
Matthew Josten	...	Michael "Goob" Yagoobian (voice)
John H. H. Ford	...	Mr. Harrington (voice)
Dara McGarry	...	Mrs. Harrington / Receptionist (voice)
Tom Kenny	...	Mr. Willerstein (voice)
Laurie Metcalf	...	Lucille Krunklehorn (voice)
Don Hall	...	Coach / Gaston (voice)
Paul Butcher	...	Stanley (voice)
Tracey Miller-Zarneke	...	Lizzy (voice)
Wesley Singerman	...	Wilbur (voice)
Jessie Flower	...	Young Franny (voice)
Stephen J. Anderson	...	Bowler Hat Guy / Grandpa Bud / Tallulah (voice) (as Stephen John Anderson)
Ethan Sandler	...	Doris / CEO / Spike / Dmitri / Laszlo / Fritz / Petunia (voice)

Also Known As:

A Day with Wilbur Robinson (USA) (working title)
Beetle (Philippines: English title) (review title)

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Germany:o.Al. | USA:G | South Korea:All | Netherlands:AL | Finland:K-3 | Hong Kong:I | Portugal:M/6 | UK:U | Singapore:G | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Ireland:G | Australia:G | Brazil:Livre | Malaysia:U

Filming Locations:

Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Walt Disney Feature Animation

Trivia:

Characters from the film (Frankie the frog and his band playing "I Heard it Through the Grapevine") were used in an anti-cell-phone commercial to encourage movie audiences to turn their cell phones off and behave appropriately.

Goofs:

Continuity: After Mildred schedules the interview for Lewis, she is holding the phone in her left hand. After Goob replaces the coffee in her right hand with his juice box, she turns into Lewis's room. The juice box is still in her hand but the phone has disappeared.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Michael "Goob" Yagoobian: Then, um, I didn't choose that one because it was gonna give me pimples so I choosed, um, another scary one cause for, um, all those years that I went for halloween I wasn't scary at all... I love baseball. It's my destiny to play that game. And I don't really care about winning...
[...]

Movie Connections:

References The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)

Soundtrack:

Give Me the Simple Life

You Can't Turn Away

A heartwarming story with eye-popping 3D special effects. If you have the option of seeing this in 3D, you should opt for it. The story is strong, so you will enjoy it either way, but since 3D is a rare instance in this day & age, you should go that route. This movie has a stellar cast that may not be the big A-list names like the Dreamworks movies, but they are very talented and well cast in their roles. I prefer the subtlety of casting for quality versus stunt casting, and this movie delivered. You can tell that John Lasseter played an important role in this movie - "Cars" delivered the message that the journey is more important than the destination and "Meet the Robinsons" delivers a message about not living in the past...keep moving forward. John Lasseter should be commended for helping lift Disney features back to their glory days. I will be the first to admit that they are not there yet, but with his help and movies that focus on the story & the characters like "Meet the Robinsons", we won't have long to wait...