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Directed by:
David BowersScreenplay:
Timothy HarrisComposer:
John OttmanCast:
Freddie Highmore, Nicolas Cage, Nathan Lane, Bill Nighy, Donald Sutherland, Kristen Bell, Eugene Levy, Charlize Theron, Madeline Carroll, Matt Lucas (more)Plots(1)
Set in Metro City a grieving scientist constructs a young robot with incredible powers in the image of the son he has lost. Unable to fulfill the grieving scientist's expectations 'Astro Boy' leaves embarking on a journey of acceptance and betrayal that eventually leads him back to to the home he left in order to save Metro City and the father who had rejected him. (Sony Pictures Releasing)
(more)Reviews (3)
Admittedly a rather touching story of a robot boy. Still, it lacked a bit more of the emotions and effects that would somehow reel me in. Today's cartoons are just somewhere else now, so I have to put Astro Boy somewhere in the average range.
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Tin-pot revolutionaries, well-chosen voice actors, music by John Ottman. All of this keeps the otherwise mediocre (and to me very unlikeable) Astro Boy from a two-star rating.
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Unfortunately, I haven't read the Japanese manga yet, but I assume it's presented differently, or there are different stories because what is presented in the film feels somewhat like just an ordinary movie, which occasionally tries to evoke emotions but isn't particularly convincing in this regard. Nice, but not exceptional.
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