Monday, 22 September 2014

Astro Boy (2009) 8/10

Starring : Freddie Highmore, Kristen Bell, Nathan Lane, Eugene Levy, Matt Lucas, Bill Nighy, Donald Sutherland, Charlize Theron, Nicolas Cage
Director : David Bowers
Running Time : 94 mins

When his son is killed in a robot related accident, Dr Tenma (Cage) designs a robot replica, giving him the name Toby (Highmore) and making an attempt to replace his deceased son, but when his robotic powers get in the way of him behaving just like Toby, the robot leaves on a journey of self-discovery, facing danger at every turn.

Children and adults alike will enjoy this animated spectacular, with some good storytelling and some interesting plot twists. Killing off what appears to be the main characters in the first half hour of the movie seems a little extreme, but he lives on as Astro Boy and what develops is a two-fold story of accepting the death of a child and coping with abandonment by your parents.

You’ll like this if you liked : Robots




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