Robots (film)

Robots is a 2005 American animated film produced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox, directed by Chris Wedge and Carlos Saldanha, released on March 2005. It is based on a story by children's book writer William Joyce and features the voices in its original version of Ewan Mcgregor, Mel Brooks, Halle Berry, Jennifer Coolidge, Amanda Bynes, Drew Carey and Robin Williams. The film grossed over $260 million on a $75 million budget. This is the second film from Blue Sky Studios.

Plot

Rodney Tin is a young inventor who idolizes Big Welder, whose company develops useful machines. Rodney invents a little robot called Wonderbot to help his father Herb wash dishes at a restaurant. When Herb's supervisor confronts them, the Wonderbot smashes the dishes, leaving Herb heavily in debt. Regardless, Rodney brings his invention to Robot City wanting to work at Big Welder Industries and help pay off his father's debt. Upon arriving, he learns that Phineas T. Ratchet has taken over the industries and has decided to implement expensive upgrades.

Rodney is ejected and filled with metal dust and meets some curious robots on the streets known as "The Rusties," who meets Crank, a robot he met at the station and saw him taking from him a foot while unconscious. Rodney stays with them at a boarding house owned by Aunt Turbina and begins fixing up old robots in the neighborhood. Upon discovering this, Ratchet's mother, known as Madame Gear, orders her son to stop Rodney and destroy Big Welder.

Rodney later receives word that his father's parts need to be upgraded. Wonderbot reminds him that there is going to be a big party at the Big Welder Industries. Rodney and his friend Crank enter the party in disguise only to hear Ratchet announce that the Big Welder will not be present at the meeting. Rodney confronts Ratchet but is caught by security. Cappy, a company executive who opposes Ratchet's upgrade plans, rescues Rodney and Crank.

Crank is later captured by a street sweeper and taken to a scrap metal foundry. Meanwhile, Rodney and Cappy arrive at the Big Welder's house. Rodney asks the Big Welder to come back to the company but the big robot refuses, telling Rodney to give up and go. Rodney calls his parents with the intention of returning to his town, but Herb convinces Rodney to stay. Rodney rallies the Rusties and prepares them for combat. Crank, after escaping from the foundry, reveals that Ratchet has built a fleet of super sweepers to destroy all the outdated robots. Big Welder reconsiders and returns to the company after regaining his determination.

The Rusties return to the company. There, Big Welder fires Ratchet, but is tricked and knocked unconscious. Rodney, Cappy and the Rusties rescue Big Welder and are chased across town. They eventually make it to the foundry, where Big Welder accidentally enters the processing area. Piper and Aunt Turbine arrive with an army of outdated robots to support their friends. A battle ensues between the outdated and the minions of the evil Madame Gear. Wonderbot fights Gear, who falls into her own furnace while her son Ratchet loses his upgrades after getting caught in some chains. Rodney disables the super sweepers and rescues Big Welder. Retaking control of the industry from him, Big Welder visits Rodney's town to tell the boy's parents that his son will become his successor.

Cast

Original voices

• Ewan McGregor is Rodney Copperbottom/Hojalata.
• Halle Berry is Cappy.
• Robin Williams is Manivela.
• Soldier is Great Soldier.
• Greg Kinnear is Phineas T. Ratchet.
• Jim Broadbent is Mama Engrane.
• Amanda Bynes is Piper Pinwheeler.
• Drew Carey is Crank Casey.
• Jennifer Coolidge is Aunt Turbine.
• Harland Williams is Lug.
• Stanley Tucci is Herb Copperbottom/Hojalata.
• Dianne Wiest is Lydia Copperbottom/Hojalata.
• Chris Wedge is Wonderbot.
• Natasha Lyonne is Loretta Geargrinder.
• Paul Giamatti is Tim, the door guard.
• Dan Hedaya is Mr. Gunk.
• Bob Bergen is Robot #4
• James Earl Jones is Darth Vader's Voice Box.

Halle Berry (Cappy), Greg Kinnear (Phineas T. Ratchet), Robin Williams (Fender Manivela) and Amanda Bynes (Piper Manivela) at the premiere of the film in Westwood, Los Angeles.

Dubbing

Hispanic America

• Aleks Syntek - Rodney Hojalata.
• Barbara Mori - Cappy.
• Rubén Cerda - Manivela.
• Sandra Echeverría - Piper Pinwheeler.
• Humberto Solórzano - Phineas T. Ratchet.
• Rogelio Guerra - Great Soldier.
• Jorge Roig - Madame Engrane.
• Mario Arvizu - Lug.
• Sylvia Garcel - Tía Turbina.
• Eduardo Giaccardi - Cigüeñal.
• Sergio Gutiérrez Coto - Herb Hojalata.
• Rocio Garcel - Lydia Hojalata.
• Luis Alfonso Mendoza - Tim, the door guard.
• Maynardo Zavala - Mr. Gunk.
• Sweet Warrior - Loretta Gargrinder.
• Federico Romano - Darth Vader voice box.
• Javier Rivero - Robot #1
• Daniel Abundis - Robot #2
• Kalimba Marichal - Robot #3

Spain

• Alejo Sauras - Rodney Hojalata.
• Elsa Pataky - Cappy.
• Florentino Fernández - Manivela.
• Daniel García - Ratchet.
• Lluís Marco - The great soldier.
• Gonzalo April - Storm.
• Juan Antonio Bernal - Herb Hojalata.
• Aleix Estadella - Tim, the door guard.
• Alba Sola - Lydia Hojalata.
• Isabel Valls - Pepper.
• Julia Gallego - Tía Turbina.
• Constantine Romero - Diesel's voice box.
• Domenech Farell - Mama Engrane.

Launch

It is speculated that Rodney's people in the film are based on the town of Watertown, New York, where director Chris Wedge lived in his childhood. However, the director was charged with denying him in an interview.

Some rumors indicate that Rodney's town in the film is based on the town of Watertown, New York, but director Chris Wedge denied these rumors in an interview.

The film was initially going to be released in 2004, but its release date was changed to be shown in 2005. It was finally released on March 6, 2005 in Westwood, Los Angeles and was released in theaters on March 11, 2005. of March. It was the first film to show the trailer for the films Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith and Ice Age: The Meltdown, known at the time as Ice Age 2. Robots was digitally remastered in IMAX format and shown in select theaters with IMAX availability.

Homemade formats

The film was released on DVD and VHS on September 27, 2005, with an animated short titled Aunt Fanny's Tour of Booty added to it. It was released on Blu Ray in high definition on March 22, 2011. On September 29, 2021 it was released on the Disney+ platform.

Premieres

Country	Premiere
SingaporeSingapore	10 March 2005
United States Mexico Mexico	11 March 2005
GhanaGhana	15 March 2005
PhilippinesPhilippines	16 March 2005
GermanyGermany ChileChile Portugal Czech RepublicCzech Republic Russia Russia SwitzerlandSwitzerland Thailand	17 March 2005
AustriaAustria BrazilBrazil ColombiaColombia DenmarkDenmark EcuadorEcuador SpainSpain EstoniaEstonia FinlandFinland Ireland IcelandIceland Norway Norway Panama Panama United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sweden Sweden Uruguay Uruguay Venezuela Venezuela	18 March 2005
BelgiumBelgium	23 March 2005
Argentina Australia CroatiaCroatia HungaryHungary ItalyItaly NetherlandsNetherlands	24 March 2005
TurkeyTurkey	25 March 2005
BulgariaBulgaria GeorgiaGeorgia Republic of China	1 April 2005
BrunéiBrunéi MalaysiaMalaysia	2 April 2005
France	6 April 2005
EgyptEgypt	13 April 2005
IsraelIsrael	14 April 2005
GreeceGreece	15 April 2005
SerbiaSerbia	19 April 2005
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates KuwaitKuwait	20 April 2005
PolandPoland	1 June 2005
SloveniaSlovenia	9 June 2005
BelarusBelarus	18 June 2005
South KoreaSouth Korea Hong KongHong Kong	28 July 2005
ChinaChina	29 July 2005
JapanJapan	30 July 2005
Peru Peru	31 July 2005
BaréinBaréin	1 August 2005
Mongolia New ZealandNew Zealand	10 August 2005
Albania Albania	9 September 2005
MoroccoMorocco	20 September 2005

Reception

Criticism

At Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 64% approval rating based on 178 reviews. The site's consensus states: "Robots is a visual delight, yet its story reads like it came off an assembly line." Metacritic gives it a score of 64 out of 100 based on in 33 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Roger Ebert gave it three and a half stars out of a possible four, stating that "it is a happy and harmonious film".

Ticket office

The film was released in the United States and Canada on March 11, 2005, and grossed $36 million from 3,776 theaters in its opening weekend, topping the box office charts at the time. It grossed a total of $260.7 million dollars worldwide.

Awards

The film was nominated for a multitude of awards in the categories of Best Animated Feature, Best Design, Best Animated Character, Voice Cast and Sound Editing. However, he was only able to win one of them, the MTV Mexico Movie Award for Best Song, "Un Héroe Real". In addition, it is recognized by the American Film Institute in the AFI's 10 Top 10 list in 2008.

Music

Soundtrack

Robots: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released on March 1, 2005.

Other songs included in the film

• "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" – Barry White
• "Baby One More Time" – Britney Spears
• "See Me" – Melanie Blatt
• "Eye of the Tiger" – Survivor
• "From Zero to Hero" – Sarah Connor
• "Gonna Make You Sweat" – C+C Music Factory and Freedom Williams
• "A Real Hero" - Aleks Syntek (Only available for Latin America)