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Meet the Robinsons [Blu-ray] | ![Meet the Robinsons [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51hG7Mh12QL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Stephen J. Anderson
Actors: Daniel Hansen, Jordan Fry, Matthew Josten, Stephen J. Anderson, Angela Bassett
Studio: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  169 reviews
Sales Rank: 2885
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Media: Blu-ray
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 95 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: DISBR53671
UPC: 786936726534
EAN: 0786936726534
ASIN: B000ROAK36
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: October 23, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Factory sealed, never been opened!!!
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Product Description
Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 10/23/2007 Run time: 114 minutes Rating: Pg
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Developing positive self-esteem and persevering in the face of difficulties are fundamental parts of growing up, but when 12-year old orphan Lewis (Daniel Hansen and Jordan Fry) can't seem to get adopted or make his inventions work despite repeated efforts, he begins to seriously doubt himself and his abilities as an inventor. A CGI picture by Disney with great animation and a fresh vision of what the future might look like, Meet The Robinsons follows Lewis from his lonesome days at the orphanage to his crushing failure at the school science fair when his newly invented memory scanner won't work. Then, an odd boy named Wilbur Robinson (Wesley Singerman) shows up to warn Lewis about the mysterious "Bowler Hat Guy" (Stephen J Anderson) lurking around the science fair, an evil man Wilbur claims is from the future. The next thing Lewis knows, he and Wilbur are on route to the future via time machine. Once there, Lewis meets the very quirky, extended Robinson family with whom he feels oddly at home. As the search for the Bowler Hat Man and his constant companion Doris (Ethan Sandler) becomes more and more dangerous, the Robinson family becomes crucial in keeping Lewis safe. In the end, Lewis returns to the present with a whole new inner strength, a sense of his place in the world, the knowledge that his actions directly affect others, and an optimistic determination to "keep moving forward." While comparisons with the Back to the Future films are inevitable, Meet the Robinsons stands apart from its predecessors as its own, thoroughly entertaining family film. (Ages 4 and older)Included is the seven-minute 1938 short Mickey Mouse's Boat Builder in which Mickey Mouse, Goofy, and Donald Duck order and assemble a do-it-yourself boat kit and launch an impressive ocean liner dubbed the "Queen Minnie." Needless to say, hilarity reigns throughout and following the boat-building process. --Tami Horiuchi
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 "Funny, Cute, Touching and Overall Very Entertaining November 15, 2008
Craig Connell (Lockport, NY USA)
For much of this film, even though I was being entertained by it, I thought it was geared mostly for kids.....and that's fine. That's what I always thought the target audience was in animated films. Well, in the end, I have nothing but praise for this film, too, because it had some touching qualities to it that would emotionally involve a person of any age.
The film - when viewed on Blu-Ray - which I did on the second viewing, was great all the way through and looks fantastic. Animation seems to be the best venue when it comes high-definition DVDs.
The story turned out to be - at least for me as an adult - a really nice film with a heartfelt message of friendship, family and a sense of belonging. At the same time, it still had enough jokes, charm and colorful animation to make it interesting all the way.
The film goes from so-so kid stuff to very good as soon as our hero "Lewis" and his new friend "Wilbur" go into the latter's world: the future. The most amusing segments of the film revolve around the Robinson family, an eccentric but extremely loving group. That family makes this film tick and, hopefully, we'll see more of them in some future feature-length film. These guys - The Robinsons - are just too entertaining to have their movie "careers" end with only this one film.
The story brings out a very thought-provoking theme to ponder. How would you react if, as a 12-year-old boy, you could meet yourself as an adult perhaps 25 years later....and vice-versa? How incredibly strange that would be?
This movie really digs into deep territory in the last third, which is why, as an adult, I found it getting better and better right to the end.
Great Movie looks Amazing on Blu-ray November 12, 2008
Aaron Sanborn (Nashville, TN USA)
Meet the Robinsons is a great movie for Adults and Kids alike. I wasn't to sure about it at first when my wife pulled me to the theater to see it, but after I saw it I was glad we did. It looks amazing on Blu-ray and is well worth it to add to your collection.
Satisfied October 16, 2008
Marie (GA)
One of my family's favorites. It was better than I expected it to be. The movie arrived on time and works great. I would make another purchase from this seller.
 not a classic but reasonably entertaining October 8, 2008
Roland E. Zwick (Valencia, Ca USA)
"Meet the Robinsons" is an animated children's movie that may be just a bit too complicated for its intended audience to follow. That's not really much of a surprise given that the scenario centers around a young orphan boy with a knack for inventions who spends most of the movie traveling back and forth in time between the future and the present in a tale so convoluted that even adults may have trouble fully comprehending all of it.
For much of the duration, "Meet the Robinsons" feels frenetic and undisciplined, seemingly willing to throw just about everything but the kitchen sink into the mix in the hope that somehow it will all come together in the end. This explains why the movie features a family of eccentric nitwits (the Robinsons), a rampaging tyrannosaurus rex brought back from the past, and a villain with a Snidely Whiplash moustache whose sidekick is a mechanical bowler hat that makes R2D2-type noises.
Yet, towards the end, the movie does, in fact, manage to bring most of these disparate elements together and to arrive finally at a satisfying conclusion. The backgrounds and animation are not quite up to the standards set by, say, "Ratatouille" or "Wall-E," but the brightness of the colors, the quickness of the pacing and the enthusiasm of the vocal performances should keep the little ones intrigued for the duration - even if they don`t always get what`s going on in the story.
Don't miss this funny, amusing, great looking, warmhearted movie! October 2, 2008
Alejandro Legorreta (Mexico, D.F. Mexico)
Meet the Robinsons was released in March of 2007, a year that, unfortunately, also included the release of two hit animated movies: Ratatouille and the third installment of the Shrek series. I say unfortunately, because the hype created by those two movies certainly buried Meet the Robinsons, as it went rather unnoticed, flying under the radar of mass audiences perhaps just appealing to families with young children.
I enjoyed Ratatouille and hated Shrek the Third, but Meet the Robinsons, produced by Disney Animation Studios, might be the best animated feature, without Pixar's involvement, coming from Disney or any other production company in recent years. Based on the book "A Day with Wilbur Robinson" by William Joyce, this is a funny, amusing, great looking, warmhearted movie. This is a movie that should not be missed.
With brisk, simple but wonderful computer animation, co-screenwriter and director Stephen J. Anderson takes us to the future and back while following the life of Lewis (voice by Daniel Hansen and Jordan Fry).
The movie begins as baby Lewis is left by his mother on the doorstep of the 6th avenue orphanage. There, under the care and love of Mildred (voice by Angela Basset), Lewis grows up to be a whiz kid but with the obvious wounds that accompany most orphan children.
Lewis is already 12 years old and is still looking for the right family to adopt him; and soon he'll be 13. "You know how difficult it is for a teenager to get adopted" says a frustrated and discouraged Lewis after 124 unsuccessful adoption interviews. "Nobody wants me, not even my real mother wanted me" he continues. But Mildred is there to note that he's not even sure that was the case. Perhaps she couldn't take care of him and decided it was best for Lewis to be given away. Lewis realizes that the only chance he's got to understand what happened is to find his mother. "Nobody knows who she is" says Mildred. But Lewis doesn't agree. He knew his mother, even if it was for the briefest of times. So he embarks on the design and construction of a "memory scanner". He wants to dig into his own brain and find that lost memory that will explain everything.
He pours his heart into the project and works on it 24/7, depriving of sleep his peculiar and hopeless roommate Goob (voice by Matthew Josten) and exciting his science teacher, Mr. Willerstein, who encourages him to present his invention at the local science fair.
Lewis is a genius so it looks like his scanner will work. Nevertheless, just before he gives his demonstration, his machine gets sabotaged by an evil man wearing a bowler hat. Lewis is dejected, but a surprise visit from a handsome, witty, fast-talking boy changes everything. This boy is Wilbur Robinson, who eventually admits, comes from the future to warn him about a "bowler hat guy" and then begs him to fix the broken memory scanner because it is crucial. Wilbur steals the movie as the cocky boy that seems in charge although the situation evidently overwhelms him.
Lewis is, of course, skeptical and unnerved, but soon, to prove he's for real, young Wilbur pushes him into the flying time machine and together they head off to the future.
The young kid is astounded by the sights of the future: breathtaking buildings in odd shapes, people traveling inside soap bubbles, moving sidewalks, clear blue skies and perfectly manicured green bushes and gardens; but also by the possibility of using this time machine to travel back in time and find his mother. But Wilbur has his reasons and won't let that happen; they argue and end up crashing the time machine. This gives Lewis a chance to meet Wilbur's family as they take the wrecked machine to the Robinsons' home.
Each family is odd in its own way, but none is as eccentric as young Wilbur Robinson's. A family that includes: grandma Lucille; grandpa Bud, who likes to wear his clothes backwards while looking for his teeth; uncle Joe, who looks like an extremely overweight, oversized baby; uncle Art, a pizza delivery man who looks like a superhero and is appropriately voiced by Adam West; uncles Gaston and Fritz; aunt Billie and aunt Petunia, who is an obnoxious hand puppet; cousins Lazlo and Tallulah; twin doormen Spike and Dimitri; Lefty, the giant, purple octopus butler; Buster, the glass-wearing dog; and of course Wilbur's parents: Franny, his lovable but tough mother, who has her own group of trained, slick-dressed singing frogs lead by Frankie; and Cornelius, his father, who "looks like" (and speaks like) Tom Selleck. The sequence where Lewis meets the family, including Carl, Wilbur's robot friend and confidant, is just hilarious.
The Bowler Hat Guy's real motives are uncovered as he follows the two kids into the future and then tries to kidnap Lewis. But Wilbur and his family are there for him, and they battle the guy and his evil bowler hat antics.
Then, it's inevitable. Young orphan Lewis is fascinated and falls in love with this weird but enchanting family. Naturally, this is reciprocal, as Wilbur's family, led by Franny, also falls for the bright, lonely kid.
I can't continue without giving much of it away but, in any case, the conclusion is certainly predictable. However, the way Meet the Robinsons brings the message of letting go of the past and "keep moving forward" is just dead on. Young Lewis learns and then shows us that, after all, what we've done before doesn't matter because we can't change the past. Or can we? I love movies that involve time traveling. I've always been amazed and perplexed by the implications of these ventures. There are the paradoxes and contradictions, but there are also the possibilities. Who wouldn't just do anything to have even one opportunity to travel to the future? See what it is going to be like and who we are going to be. Or maybe, travel back in time and have the chance to fix what's been bothering us ever since.
This movie has quickly become one of my all-time favorites. It's candid and straightforward. It's a work of art that has all the right ingredients, including great music by Danny Elfman, whose "The Future Has Arrived" song, neatly wraps up this wonderful film.
When I was young, I used to say that Walt Disney was my hero. I had read a few quotes form Mr. Disney and those words fixated on my mind. It is great to see that to this time, more than 40 years after his death, he still inspires people (look out for a tribute to Walt Disney when Lewis and Wilbur tour the future), and that at the company that he created there are still individuals preoccupied with conserving his spirit. Meet the Robinsons is a beautiful example of these efforts.
Forget about Shrek the Third, rent Meet the Robinsons, bring out the popcorn and, if that's the case, sit alongside your kids and enjoy this great ride.
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