My Review of Meet the Robinsons · 2:54am Sep 11th, 2021
Rating Scale:
12/10—a complete masterpiece; flawless and outstanding
11/10—Excellent, near-perfect film
10/10—the standard rating; awesome film with a couple of flaws
9/10—a wonderful film with several flaws
8/10–a great film with numerous flaws but not enough to ruin it
7/10—a fun and entertaining movie; not great but still enjoyable
6/10—a slightly above average film; it is something I might watch again
5/10—mediocre movie; not awful but not great either
4/10—a below average film; it could have been much better
3/10—a bad film; poorly written and poorly executed
2/10—a very bad movie; the few good things in the movie overshadowed by the bad things
1/10—a terrible movie; a total waste of time
0/10—a worthless piece of abomination; should have never been made
Good evening, everyone! This is Mr. J here with another movie review for tonight’s Disney Friday! This is a particularly special film to me personally, so I thought it would be a great time like no other to review this film: Meet the Robinsons. This is one of those Disney movies that my mother and I would talk about occasionally since it stood out to the both of us ever since we first watched it. You could say that it had a direct impact on our lives considering all the things this film brought to the table. How so, you ask? Well, here are my thoughts on this underrated gem that many people should look more into:
First off, I must acknowledge the premise of this movie. It has interesting concepts and themes such as time travel, family, trust, anger, revenge, redemption, creativity, drama, you name it! It set these themes in their proper place and established the characters in the appropriate tone that would make the audience sympathize with them and see where they’re coming from. One of those characters is Lewis, our protagonist (voiced by Jordon Fry).
We see him trying so hard to impress his teachers with his inventions and science project although he often made screw-ups and mistakes. As a result, everyone would often get mad and annoyed with him. After seeing him and his troubles during his first minutes of screen time, I instantly felt sorry for him.
He eventually meets a kid named Wilbur (voiced by Wesley Singerman) who tries to help him through time-traveling into the future and showing him a few ropes of how he can succeed. Even though their friendship started off pretty weird, it eventually payed off... especially until the big twist that Wilbur is actually his son from the future.
The chemistry between our heroes and supporting characters were well-written, and the humor was quite on-point. My favorite humorous parts of the movie were the scenes that had the dinosaur and the frog (mind-controlled by Doris) making the same excuses not to get Lewis and Goob making funny faces after hearing them. Those scenes always made me laugh 😂!!
Speaking of which, I absolutely loved the villains in this movie. Even though Doris was the actual main antagonist all along, Michael Yagoobian felt like a real threat throughout the movie until his close companion revealed herself as the real mastermind. He was fully three-dimensional in terms of emotion, cunningness, and personality. Even though his motivations for revenge seemed petty at face value, it made sense why he became so vengeful, angry, and evil after all these years he harbored those humiliating wounds from childhood. Plus, this one scene sums up his character pretty well in my opinion:
Stephen J. Anderson, the same guy who directed this film, did a splendid job voicing this emotionally broken character. Plus, I enjoyed his sense of humor and silly moments between him and Doris through it all.
The other vocal performances I particularly enjoyed were the late Adam West as Uncle Art, Tom Kenny as Mr. Willerstein, Angela Bassett as Mildred, and Harland Williams as Carl. The other characters were likewise hilarious and entertaining to watch.
The animation is great, and the music was well composed in my opinion. I especially liked how the plot progressed and connected all the dots to make sense of the overall story.
The main thing I specifically loved about this was the message it delivered: keep moving forward. That always stuck to me after watching it for the first time when I was much younger. Keep moving forward. Because of that, I had the mindset to never give up easily and never be disheartened during hard times.
Always remember that, folks. No matter how difficult or stressful the situation may be, keep moving forward. If you lose, keep moving forward; if you feel distressed, keep moving forward. Let nothing in the world knock you down.
I give this an 11/10.
Peace!
Not sure how often I watched it, but I'm still going to call this one of my early childhood gems, with a plot that I never really caught on to or payed attention to.
(I've always loved Doris, and my mom always laughed at Michael Yagoobian *though we still call him by his alias*)
Doris... I'd have fired a few rounds into that thing for good measure. You?
Well, not my favorite movie, but I love watching this movie and I really love the characters
“Meet the Robinsons” is definitely an awesome movie. And just like you, I think it had awesome morals and themes too.
Thinking back on it more, I think this movie provided a great comeback for Disney’s animation section following Michael Eisner’s step-down from running the company.
Man, that scene with Doris hits home really hard for those who have a low self-esteem, a mental illness, or were bullied at school. We get so used to being hated that we refuse to believe that there are people out there who loves us or wants to be our friends, causing us to isolate.
I actually watched this movie in theaters and I remember liking it. I didn´t watch it very often afterwards but I agree it´s an underrated gem.