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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

The Wild Robot ‘s only issues are very small. There are a couple of characters, including a delightful falcon named Thunderbolt voiced by Ving Rhames, who seem to show up out of nowhere.

“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.

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.