UPDATE: Jan. 23, 2025, 3:20 p.m. EST "The Wild Robot" was reviewed out of its premiere at Fantastic Fest 2024. This review was originally published on Sept. 21, 2024.

Perhaps the greatest part of The Wild Robot is the robot herself. Nyong’o never falls into the trap of playing quote-unquote robotic, and slowly builds out Roz’s soul over the course of the film.

So far, The Wild Robot has enjoyed positive reviews from critics, as well as a decent run at the box office, earning over $149.3 million globally so far. But nearly every 2024 Universal titles has ...

The Wild Robot focuses on robot Roz (voiced by Lupita Nyong'o) and her animal companions, while in Flow, a small black cat hops onboard a sailboat alongside a capybara, a lemur, a secretarybird ...

It took 3½ years to make “The Wild Robot,” including getting the right people attached to it, including Nyong’o and Pascal (who reportedly claimed the fox character was closer to who he is ...

Also, the first 20 or 30 minutes of “The Wild Robot” threatens to settle for a lesser DreamWorks sprint through calamities. But just in time, it calms down and finds the rhythmic change-ups ...

“The Wild Robot” may end up doing better than all those films because it has something that sells to a wider audience more than an origin story about Optimus Prime: a fable about parenthood.

When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is all alone on a remote, wild island. She has no idea how she got there or what her purpose is--but she knows she needs to ...

If your big kids love “The Wild Robot” series, your little ones will adore this new picture book version for young readers.

Chris Sanders' "The Wild Robot" stays true to Peter Brown's book ending. Sanders faced challenges but received DreamWorks Animation's full support for the book's ending. The movie's ending is more ...

The Wild Robot is a precious exploration of motherhood and community. Sanders is no stranger to crafting films that meld the classic fish-out-of-water trope with unlikely friendships.