The Wild Robot

"The Wild Robot is yet another demonstration that DreamWorks has what it takes to be one of the animation studios offering films that go beyond mere entertainment, turning them into heartfelt works of art (Puss in Boots: The Last Wish was already another sign of this). Based on the children's book of the same name by Peter Brown, the film tells the story of "Roz" (voiced by Lupita Nyong'o), a service robot who awakens on an island with no humans, inhabited only by animals and nature, without knowing how or why she got there. She ends up having to care for a gosling (voiced by Kit Connor) with the help of a fox (voiced by Pedro Pascal), and she must learn to become part of nature. It's a sweet story about finding purpose and learning to respect all forms of life in the world, similar in some ways to Pixar's WALL-E, but with a more innovative animation style that blends 3D elements and traditional animation to mimic the look of a book's illustrations. Sometimes it stumbles with a bit of indulgence in action, and there are underlying questions to be raised – it's one thing in the written language of the book, but why do we always imagine nurturing and protective characters as feminine? Nonetheless, The Wild Robot is a visually stunning film that embraces the heart. One of DreamWorks' best."