March 11 , 2005
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REVIEW - Riveting comedy will weld you to your seat
Stephen Floyd
The Advocate

“Robots” cast of all-star comedians lived up to their reputations with dumb little jokes and superb comic timing.

Apart from every robot joke imaginable, the movie tells the story of a young robot named Rodney Copperbottom (Ewan McGregor) who aspires to go to the big city and become an inventor to help other robots.

When he gets there, he finds that the ideals he expects to find have been replaced by a desire for profit and personal gain. Even the hobo robots he meets (hmm, robo hobos) are out for themselves.In the end, it all works out and everyone is happy, but that’s the nature of Fox’s CGI movies. They’re really funny, but they have to have some moral, or at least a lesson, to go with them. It’s like: “How many circuit breakers does it take to screw in a light bulb?”

“I don’t know, but don’t you think that everyone should have the right to follow their dreams and not give up, even when life gets hard?”

You’ll be laughing out loud one minute and pondering the deep meaning of life the next.
But it won’t last long, because you’ll soon be distracted by the timeless comedy of Robin Williams as he lends his voice to Fender, a robot whose parts have been discontinued.

There were many other notable names in comedy like Mel Brooks and Drew Carey, but Williams steals the show with a variety of slapstick, puns and just plain funny jokes. The great part about Williams is how his humor can be so random.

You expect him to be funny, but you don’t expect him to spontaneously spoof Britney Spears while dressed like a valkyrie.

 
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