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March 11, 2005
At the Movies: 'Robots' entertains despite its heavy-handed message
By CHRISTY LEMIRE
AP Movie Critic
AP Movie Critic
Full of small, wonderful touches and big, heady ideas, the computer-animated extravaganza "Robots" is both visually dazzling and needlessly heavy-handed.
| ROBOTS |
 Director: Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha Cast: Ewan McGregor, Greg Kinnear, Robin Williams, Halle Berry, Drew Carey Rating: PG for some brief language and suggestive humor Running time: 90 minutes |
It's an indictment on the soulless homogeneity of our image-conscious culture. (If you want to take it really seriously, even though your kids won't, it's about genocide.) But it's also an opportunity for Robin Williams to be, well, Robin Williams, for the first time in an animated feature since "Aladdin" in 1992.
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