Meet the Robinsons

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Meet the Robinsons
Meet the robinsons.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Stephen Anderson
Screenplay by
Based on A Day with Wilbur Robinson
by William Joyce
Produced by Dorothy McKim
Starring
Edited byEllen Keneshea
Music by Danny Elfman
Production
companies
Distributed by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release dates
  • March 25, 2007 (2007-03-25)(El Capitan Theatre)
  • March 30, 2007 (2007-03-30)(United States)
Running time
95 minutes [1] [2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$150 million [3]
Box office$170.5 million [4]

Meet the Robinsons is a 2007 American animated science-fiction comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is loosely based on the 1990 children's book A Day with Wilbur Robinson by William Joyce. The film was directed by Stephen J. Anderson (in his feature directorial debut) and produced by Dorothy McKim, from a screenplay that Anderson co-wrote with Don Hall, Nathan Greno, Joe Mateo, Jon Bernstein, Michelle Spitz, and Aurian Redson. The film stars the voices of Daniel Hansen and Jordan Fry, Wesley Singerman, Angela Bassett, Tom Selleck, Harland Williams, Laurie Metcalf, Nicole Sullivan, Adam West, Ethan Sandler, Tom Kenny, and Anderson. It follows an orphaned 12-year-old inventor, Lewis, who is desperate to be adopted. He meets Wilbur Robinson, a young time-traveler who takes him to the year 2037 to visit his eccentric family. They must prevent a mysterious bowler-hatted man from changing Lewis' fate, and, by proxy, the future.

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Development began in 2002, [5] with production underway starting in 2004, under the working title A Day with Wilbur Robinson, with a release initially slated for 2006. Anderson developed a personal connection to the main character Lewis, as he himself grew up an orphan and was later adopted. Disney originally planned to adapt Joyce's style, before it was decided to slightly rework the style due to his involvement stylistically in Blue Sky Studios' Robots . The animation crew had the challenge to animate CG humans, being inspired by Pixar's The Incredibles , while the inspiration for the film came from Disney animated classics, such as Alice in Wonderland , Cinderella , and Peter Pan , as well as Warner Brothers cartoons, to capture a 1950s aesthetic. Disney's acquisition of Pixar in early 2006 led to nearly 60% of the film, including the villain and the ending, being scrapped and reworked. Danny Elfman provided the film's score, while artists such as Rufus Wainwright, Rob Thomas, The All-American Rejects and They Might Be Giants contributed to the film's soundtrack.

Meet the Robinsons premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on March 25, 2007, and was released in standard and Disney Digital 3-D formats in the United States on March 30. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, with praise directed towards the animation and story. [6] It was a box office failure, grossing $170.5 million against a budget of $150 million. [7]

Plot

Lewis is an aspiring 12-year-old inventor who grew up in an orphanage. His energy and eccentricity have been scaring off potential parents, so he works all night on a machine to scan his memory to locate his birth mother, who abandoned him at the orphanage when he was a baby. While taking the scanner to his school's science fair, Lewis meets 13-year-old Wilbur Robinson, a mysterious boy claiming to be a time cop from the future. Wilbur needs to recover a time machine that a man wearing a bowler hat has stolen. Lewis tries to demonstrate the scanner, but it has been sabotaged by the Bowler Hat Guy and falls apart, throwing the science fair into chaos. Lewis leaves while the Bowler Hat Guy, with the help of his robotic bowler hat named Doris, steals the scanner.

Wilbur meets Lewis at the orphanage and asks him to repair the scanner. Lewis demands proof that Wilbur is telling the truth. Wilbur does so by taking them in a second time machine to the year 2037, which is highly advanced technologically. When they arrive, Lewis realizes he can simply use the time machine to meet his mother; the resulting argument makes them crash. Wilbur asks Lewis to fix the time machine, and Lewis agrees on the condition that Wilbur has to take him to visit his mother afterwards. Reluctantly, Wilbur agrees and hides Lewis in the garage. Lewis accidentally leaves, however, and ends up meeting the rest of the Robinson family except for Cornelius, Wilbur's father and the inventor of the time's technologies, who is away on a business trip. Having followed Lewis, the Bowler Hat Guy try to kidnap him by bringing a dinosaur from the past, but the Robinsons beat them back. The Robinsons offer to adopt Lewis, but change their mind when they learn that he is from the past. Wilbur admits to lying to Lewis about taking him back to see his mom, causing Lewis to run off in disgust.

The Bowler Hat Guy approaches Lewis, and offers to take him to his mother if he fixes the memory scanner. Once he does, the Bowler Hat Guy reveals that Cornelius Robinson is, in fact, Lewis's future self, and that he himself is an adult version of Lewis's roommate, Michael "Goob" Yagoobian. Because he was kept awake by Lewis's work on the scanner, Goob fell asleep during a Little League baseball game and failed to make an important catch, costing his team the championship. Goob became so withdrawn and bitter that he was never adopted and remained in the orphanage long after it closed. Doris is "DOR-15", one of Lewis's failed and abandoned inventions. They both blamed Lewis for their misfortunes and decided to ruin his life. Leaving Lewis in the future, they return to the past and enact their plan. However, it is revealed that Doris tricked Goob; once mass-produced, the Doris hats dispose of Goob and enslave humanity. Lewis repairs the second time machine, confronts Doris in the past, and destroys her by promising to never invent her, restoring the future to its utopian state. Wilbur tries to ask the adult Goob to join the family, but he has fled in remorse.

Back in Wilbur's time, Lewis finally meets Cornelius face to face. Cornelius explains how the memory scanner started their successful career, and persuades Lewis to return to the science fair. Wilbur takes Lewis back, but makes one stop first: as he promised, he takes Lewis back to see the moment when his mother abandoned him.

Wilbur drops Lewis off in his own time and leaves. Lewis heads to the fair, en route waking up Goob just in time for him to make the winning catch. Back at the fair, Lewis asks for one more chance to demonstrate his scanner, which this time succeeds. He is adopted by Lucille, one of the science fair judges, and her husband Bud, who nicknames him "Cornelius" and takes him home.

Cast and characters

In addition, Joe Robinson is Wilbur's obese uncle, Billie's wife, and Bud and Fritz' brother who rides in an easy chair, his whimpers are provided by an uncredited actor. Also in the Robinson family is their dog, Buster, who wears glasses.

†Note: Lewis was voiced by both Daniel Hansen and Jordan Fry. Daniel Hansen voiced Lewis at the beginning of the film's production, and when the studio needed Lewis' lines changed, they had Jordan Fry re-dub many segments. [8] [9] [10]

Production

Director Stephen Anderson at the film's premiere Stephen J Anderson.JPG
Director Stephen Anderson at the film's premiere

Originally titled A Day with Wilbur Robinson, production began in June 2004, and was scheduled for a 2006 release. [11] [12] During the film's production, Walt Disney Animation Studios' storyboard artist Stephen Anderson decided to direct the film due to his personal connection to Lewis, since they both grew up adopted. [13] [14]

The studio planned to adapt Joyce's style to the film, but due to his involvement stylistically in Blue Sky Studios' Robots , the style was slightly reworked. While still taking cues from his retro style, influenced by everything from Technicolor movies to '40s architectural design, the crew also took inspiration from the company Apple. [13] Unlike their previous film Chicken Little , a film starring CG animals, the animation crew had the challenge to animate CG humans. They took inspiration from Pixar's The Incredibles when animating the characters. They also took inspiration from Disney animated classics, such as Alice in Wonderland , Cinderella , and Peter Pan , and from Warner Brothers cartoons to capture the 1950s aesthetic. [13]

While the film was in production, The Walt Disney Company announced on January 24, 2006, that it would be acquiring Pixar, and as a result, John Lasseter became the chief creative officer of both Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios. When he saw an early screening for the movie, he told Anderson that he did not find the villain scary or threatening enough, and suggested that he make some changes. Ten months later, almost 60% of the film had been scrapped and redone. The villain had improved and was given a new sidekick, a dinosaur chase had been added, and the ending was changed. [15]

Jim Carrey was originally offered the role of Bowler Hat Guy, but he turned it down to star in The Number 23 . [16]

Release

Over 600 REAL D Cinema digital 3D-equipped theaters presented Disney Digital 3-D version of the film. [17] In all theatrical showings, the standard version of the film was preceded by the 1938 Mickey Mouse short film Boat Builders and the 3D version was preceded by the 1953 Chip 'n Dale 3D short Working for Peanuts . [18] The final credits of the 3D version were left two-dimensional, except for the names of those who converted the film to 3D.

Home media

The DVD and Blu-ray versions were both released on October 23, 2007. [19] Both versions feature 1.78 widescreen aspect ratio and Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound, plus music videos, the "Family Function 5000" game, deleted scenes, and other bonus features. The DVD's audio commentary contains Anderson's narration, occasionally interrupted by himself as the Bowler Hat Guy. The Blu-ray also includes uncompressed 5.1 audio and a BD-J game, Bowler Hat Barrage!. A 3D Blu-ray was released on November 8, 2011. [20]

As of January 2008, the DVD had sold approximately 4 million copies. [21]

Reception

Critical reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 67% of 144 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.4/10.The website's consensus reads: "Meet the Robinsons is a visually impressive children's animated film marked by a story of considerable depth." [6] Metacritic reported the film had a weighted average score of 61 out of 100 based on 27 critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [22] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A–" on an A+ to F scale. [23]

Realmovienews stated that it has "a snappy plot that demands close attention as it whizzes back and forth in the space-time continuum, touching on serious ideas and proposing some rather disturbing alternate realities. And the witty story twists are handled with rare subtlety and intelligence. In the end it may get a little weepy and inspirational. But it's so charming that we don't mind at all". [24] Danny Minton of the Beaumont Journal said that "The Robinsons might not be a family you want to hang out with, but they sure were fun to meet in this imaginative and beautiful 3-D experience". [25] Andrew L. Urban of Australian Urban Cinefile said that "Walt Disney stood for fantasy on screen and this is a loving tribute to his legacy". [26] Kyle Smith of the New York Post named it the 10th best film of 2007. [27]

Conversely, A. O. Scott of The New York Times wrote: "Meet the Robinsons is surely one of the worst theatrically released animated features issued under the Disney label in quite some time", [28] while Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a "C" and said "This is one bumpy ride". [29]

Box office

Meet the Robinsons grossed $25,123,781 on its opening weekend, ranking in second place behind Blades of Glory . [30] Over its theatrical run, it grossed $97,822,171 in the United States of America and $72,730,548 in other territories, grossing $170,552,719 worldwide. [4]

Awards and nominations

AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryRecipientsResult
Annie Awards February 8, 2008 Storyboarding in an Feature Production Don Hall Nominated
Music in a Feature Production Danny Elfman, Rufus Wainwright, and Rob Thomas Nominated
Young Artist Award March 30, 2008 Best Family Feature Film - AnimationMeet the RobinsonsNominated
Best Performance in a Voice-Over Role – Young Actor Paul Butcher Won
Jordan FryNominated
Golden Reel Award 2008 Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR for Animated Feature Film Todd Toon (supervising sound editor/sound designer); David Kern (supervising Foley editor); G.W. Brown (supervising dialogue/ADR editor); Adam Kopald, Donald J. Malouf, Chuck Michael (sound effects editors); Charles W. Ritter (dialogue editor); Earl Ghaffari, Bill Abbott (music editors); Dan O'Connell, John T. Cucci (Foley artists)Nominated
Saturn Awards June 24, 2008 Best Animated Film Meet the RobinsonsNominated
Chicago Film Critics Association December 13, 2007 Best Animated Film Steve Anderson Nominated

Soundtrack

Meet the Robinsons
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
ReleasedMarch 27, 2007
Length52:46
Label Walt Disney
Producer Danny Elfman
Walt Disney Animation Studios chronology
Chicken Little
(2005)		Meet the Robinsons
(2007)		 Bolt
(2008)
Singles from Meet the Robinsons
  1. "Kids of the Future"
    Released: February 28, 2007
  2. "Little Wonders"
    Released: March 13, 2007

The soundtrack album was released by Walt Disney Records on March 27, 2007. It includes four original songs written for the film, performed by Rufus Wainwright, Jamie Cullum, and Rob Thomas. Contributors to the album beyond the Danny Elfman score include another track by Wainwright ("The Motion Waltz (Emotional Commotion)"), The All-American Rejects ("The Future Has Arrived"), They Might Be Giants ("There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow"), and the Jonas Brothers ("Kids of the Future", a parody of "Kids in America"). The track "Little Wonders", recorded by Thomas, reached number 5 on the Billboard AC chart and the top 20 in Australia and Canada.

The song "This Much Fun" by Cowboy Mouth, which was featured in the trailer, was not featured in the film or on the soundtrack. The song "There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow" was originally from the Disneyland attraction General Electric's Carousel of Progress which was located in Tomorrowland.

All music is composed by Danny Elfman, except as noted

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Another Believer" Rufus Wainwright 4:39
2."Little Wonders" Rob Thomas 3:45
3."The Future Has Arrived" The All-American Rejects 3:05
4."Where Is Your Heart At?" (written by Rufus Wainwright) Jamie Cullum 2:23
5."The Motion Waltz (Emotional Commotion)"Rufus Wainwright2:35
6."Give Me the Simple Life"Jamie Cullum2:04
7."The Prologue" 1:24
8."To the Future!" 1:16
9."Meeting the Robinsons" 1:56
10."The Science Fair" 2:47
11."Goob's Story" 1:01
12."A Family United" 1:37
13."Pop Quiz and the Time Machine Montage" 3:45
14."The Evil Plan" 4:13
15."Doris Has Her Day" 4:58
16."Setting Things Right" 6:00
17."There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow" They Might Be Giants 2:00
18."Kids of the Future" Jonas Brothers 3:18
Total length:52:46

Video games

A Meet the Robinsons video game was published by Buena Vista Games for PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, Wii, GameCube, Nintendo DS, and Microsoft Windows. England-based Climax Group developed their own adaption for the Game Boy Advance.

Cancelled sequel

Disneytoon Studios originally planned to make a direct-to-video sequel to the film, tentatively titled Meet the Robinsons 2: First Date. [31] However, when Lasseter became Walt Disney Animation Studios' new chief creative officer, he cancelled all sequels in development at Disneytoon, including Meet the Robinsons 2, and ordered the studio to shift its focus towards spin-off films and original productions. [31]

Legacy

A limited edition Magicband was also released by the company to commemorate the 15th anniversary. [32] On May 7, 2022, the cast and crew who worked on the film including Stephen Anderson the film's director/voice of Bowler Hat Guy, Jordan Fry, the voice of Lewis, Matthew Josten, the younger voice of Goob and Jessie Flower, the younger voice of Franny, reunited to celebrate the film's 15th anniversary by partaking in a 2 hour livestream on The Tammy Tuckey Show on YouTube. [33] The event had been organized ahead of time. In 2023, the characters of Lewis, Wilbur, Bowler Hat Guy, Carl, and Lucille (in her young scientist judge appearance) appeared in Disney's centennial anniversary short film Once Upon a Studio , in which they were recreated using new CGI models. This was due to the original models not being animated for over a decade, as well as updates made to animation technology since the original film's release, with rigging and rendering being reworked so they could be used with modern technology. [34]

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