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Dates: during 2005-2005
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...film is a tale of a world populated by robots, in which a young bot named Rodney Copperbottom (Ewan McGregor) is dissatisfied by small-town life with his poor parents (Dianne West and Stanley Tucci). He travels to the prototypical big city to meet the heroic inventor Bigweld (Mel Brooks) but is overwhelmed by the bustle of city life and corporate greed. Phineas T. Ratchet (Greg Kinnear) and his conniving, demonic mother (Jim Broadbent) have taken over Bigweld’s plant and, instead of serving the robot public, look to suck every penny out of them with expensive upgrades...

Author: By Kristina M. Moore, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Movie Review: Robots | 3/10/2005 | See Source »

Young inventor Rodney Copperbottom (voiced by Ewan McGregor) has come to Robot City to present his gadgets to revered Mr. Bigweld (Mel Brooks), whose company has been subverted by his underlings' plan to phase out all old robots with the ad line "Why be you when you can be new?" Rodney's allies in the good fight include feisty young Piper (Amanda Bynes) and garrulous old Fender (Robin Williams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: Metallic Machinations | 3/6/2005 | See Source »

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