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Astro Boy
With the passing on of his son, a scientists decides to create a powerful robot to him, however the robots capabilities turns it into a famous super hero.
31 August 1962, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
21 December 1948, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
16 April 1959, Sacramento, California, USA
3 February 1956, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
2 June 1995, San Diego, California, USA
25 October 1963, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
July 06, 2010
While Astro Boy might not exude the kind of originality we're used to seeing in Pixar films, it makes up for it with plenty of humor and charm.
October 23, 2009
David Bowers' retro-cool update on the titular icon looks so great, it may take a while to notice it's a clunky political parable wrapped in a tonally confused fairy tale.
July 06, 2010
Like its supersonic, jets-in-his-feet hero, the movie itself feels totally robotic.
February 07, 2011
A charming and entertaining animated science fiction adventure that doesn't club us over the head with sensory overload...
February 05, 2010
Bowers's play-it-straight attitude towards the material combined with the crisp, if unspectacular, animation doesn't allow 'Astro Boy' a moment to bob its head above the ever-swelling digimation pack.
December 28, 2010
There is quite a bit of solid craft at work in Astro Boy ... but it feels rushed, ill-prepared and derivative. And that's because it is rushed, ill-prepared and derivative.
October 23, 2009
There's very little that the filmmakers haven't borrowed here, making Astro Boy feel as copied as its title character.
July 06, 2010
A suitably fun and entertaining hero for a new generation.
October 26, 2009
I just felt like this was a mistranslation -- almost trying to combine the slightly sinister, cold world of Japanese anime with the warm, sentimental, fuzzy, bouncy world of Hollywood kid animation.
July 06, 2010
He's a cross between Superman and Pinocchio, but carrying a whole movie on his back in the absence of serious graphic invention proves too big a task.
September 30, 2011
He may be a reconstituted robot, but this little cyber-kid's got some real heart.
July 06, 2010
The animation bar has been raised, and not just by Pixar. Poor little Astro Boy hasn't a prayer of clearing it.
