Meet the Robinsons

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Although Meet the Robinsons does suffer the pitfalls of its predecessors, it has a very sweet story with the best of intentions at its core.

Meet the Robinsons is about an orphan (and brilliant inventor) named Lewis who is whisked away and in a time machine and is taken into the future by a mysterious stranger named Wilbur Robinson.   

When I say it suffers the pitfalls of its predecessors, you’ll probably know what I mean by now. Whilst the animation is definitely an improvement on Chicken Little, it’s not exactly up to Disney’s previous standards, as they were still figuring out the whole CGI thing. Additionally, much like Home on the Range, the film is really too zany for its own good much of the time – a lot of the humour is so all over the place that the whole thing just ends up feeling chaotic.

Luckily, it does actually have a really good storyline, with very likable characters, all of whom have well developed relationships. There is also a very effective twist in the middle, which strengthens this asset even more – unfortunately, much of the time-travel aspects of the plot don’t really make much sense, which means that it falls a little flat in the climax, but it works well overall.

The villain, named Bowler Hat Guy, also has a great character design and a good old-fashioned, purely evil villain is something Disney had been missing for a long time at this point.

Whilst Meet the Robinsons certainly isn’t Disney’s best film, I would say it’s definitely worth a watch if you haven’t seen it already!

Overall score

Good guys: Most of the main characters are pretty likable, so the good guys get a solid 6/10

Bad guys: The Bowler Hat Guy makes for an entertaining villain, so he also gets 6/10

Animation: Although it’s not as bad as Chicken Little, it’s still not great, so the animation gets 4/10

Music: There are a few catchy pop tunes used, but much of the soundtrack is actually quite forgettable 5/10

Plot: Whilst some of the time-travel aspects of the storyline don’t make much sense, it has a very sweet plot overall, so the story gets 6/10

Overall score: 27/50

Next review: Bolt