Wild Robot

The Wild Robot is a 2024 American animated science fiction survival film.

Based on the 2016 novel of the same name by Peter Brown, it was written for the screen and directed by Chris Sanders.

I did recognize the voice of Matt Berry as a Beaver. But I didn’t pick the voices of:
Pedro Pascal (Mandalorian) as Fink, a red fox .
Bill Nighy as Longneck, an elderly Canada goose.
Mark Hamill as Thorn, a grizzly bear.

The story is about a ROZZUM robot, lost on an island  during a storm. Later nicknamed “Roz”, the robot (She) attempts to advertise her services to the animals but only succeeds in terrifying them and injuring herself. But she finds her goal with a goose egg.

The story is packed with themes and ideas. Identity, friends/family and purpose.  Plus a surprising number of jokes about death and being eaten. But despite all that, it’s well written and provides a story with some surprising twists and turns.

Well worth seeing. And again the box office proves this, making $198 million on a $78 million budget.

 

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