Meet the Robinsons

Theatrical Release Date: 2007 03 30 (USA)

UPC: 786936726534

Studio: Walt Disney Video

MPAA Rating: G   Contains:null

Summary: An orphan who dreams of someday finding a family to call his own finds his fate taking an unexpected turn when a mysterious stranger named Wilbur Robinson transports him into the future. Based on the book A Day With Wilbur Robinson by William Joyce, Meet the Robinsons tells the story of a boy with a lifelong wish to belong, and shows what happens when he meets an incredible collection of characters who just might have the power to make his wildest fantasies come true. The film's all-star cast of vocal contributors -- including Angela Bassett, Kelly Ripa, Tom Selleck, Adam West, Steve Zahn, and Laurie Metcalf -- brings the world of the future to life as never before seen on the silver screen. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Category: Children's/Family

Awards: Best Animated Feature – Chicago Film Critics Association

Features: Deleted scenes - Find out what got cut and why
Bowler Hat Barrage! game - Take aim and save the city of the future from the evil bowler hats
Inventions That Shaped the World - Meet real-life visionary thinkers who changed the world
Family Function 5000 Game - Help Lewis before his family is erased forever
Music videos
Inventing the Robinsons - Follow the development of the film from concept to creation
Audio commentary - by director Stephen Anderson (with special guest appearance)
5.1 effects only track
Movie Showcase: instant access to select movie scenes that showcase the ultimate in high definition picture and sound
Seamless menus

Meet the Robinsons

Format: Blu-ray

Release Date: 10/23/2007

Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Alternate Wide Screen

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 95 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French,Spanish

Subtitles: French,Spanish

Region: Blu-ray region A (North America, Central America, South America, Japan, Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia)

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Meet the Robinsons
1. An Orphan
2. The Memory Scanner
3. The Science Fair
4. Wilbur
5. Arriving in the Future
6. Crash Landing
7. The Bowler Hat Guy
8. Meeting the Family
9. Bad Advice for Goob
10. Keep Moving Forward
11. A Mini-Doris
12. Staying for Dinner
13. An Awesome Failure
14. The T-Rex Attack
15. Part of the Family
16. Doris' Brilliant Plan
17. A Frightening Future
18. We Are One Smart Kid
19. Lewis Finds His Family
20. End Credits

Derek Armstrong

A lot of people probably looked at Meet the Robinsons and thought, "Oh, it's a feature-length Jetsons." Well, that would have been a better idea than what they went with. Disney's second foray into computer animation (after Chicken Little) is a hodgepodge inspired by far-less-beloved pockets of science fiction. Especially with its time travel milieu, Meet the Robinsons' future world resembles the cheerily grotesque zaniness of a Back to the Future II, as an old man with his head on backwards and a cadre of singing frogs are the norm. Perhaps it's impossible to entirely avoid what's come before, but a fleet of sinister flying gadgets seems to have escaped from The Matrix, and there's even a robot butler so similar in appearance to Robots' Rodney Copperbottom, you could call it a rip-off. But the most basic problem with Meet the Robinsons is that it doesn't have much heart. While the film features that most recognizable of Disney constructs -- the young child missing one or both parents -- it can't follow through with Disney's usual ability to produce effortless sympathy for him. You do feel for young Lewis, but as the kid has failed to get adopted after more than 100 interviews, one has to wonder, "Hey kid, maybe it's you." Meet the Robinsons is a narrative disappointment as well. While a good time-traveling epic usually introduces smart conundrums, Robinsons explores these haphazardly and without clear rules. Better to have just set the whole thing in the future and focused on giving depth to that world, rather than providing only disjointed and garish flashes of it. The images themselves look great, but since Disney is no longer the only visually sophisticated shop in town, it needs to tap into another traditional strength -- the writing -- to keeping producing classics into the 21st century. ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide

Cast and Crew: Danny Elfman  Composer (Music Score) 
John Lasseter  Executive Producer 
Jon Bernstein  Screenwriter 
William Joyce  Executive Producer 
Dorothy McKim  Producer 
Michelle Spitz  Screenwriter 
Don Hall  Screenwriter 
Nathan Greno  Screenwriter 
Aurian Redson  Screenwriter 
Joe Mateo  Screenwriter 
Stephen Anderson  Director 
Stephen Anderson  Screenwriter 
Clark Spencer  Executive Producer 
Daniel Hansen  Actor 
Jordan Fry  Actor 
Wesley Singerman  Actor 
Angela Bassett  Actor 
Tom Selleck  Actor 
Harland Williams  Actor 
Laurie Metcalf  Actor 
Nicole Sullivan  Actor 
Adam West  Actor 
Ethan Sandler  Actor 
Ethan Sandler  Actor 
Ethan Sandler  Actor 
Ethan Sandler  Actor 
Ethan Sandler  Actor 
Ethan Sandler  Actor 
Ethan Sandler  Actor 
Tom Kenny  Actor 
Stephen J. Anderson  Actor 
Stephen J. Anderson  Actor 
Stephen J. Anderson  Actor 

Country: USA