Robots

Robots is a 2005 computer-animated science fiction adventure comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios for 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Chris Wedge and produced by Jerry Davis, William Joyce, and John C. Donkin, and stars the voices of Ewan McGregor, Halle Berry, Greg Kinnear, Mel Brooks, Amanda Bynes, Drew Carey, and Robin Williams.

Plot
In a world of sentient robots, striving young inventor Rodney Copperbottom wants to work for the avuncular Bigweld, whose Bigweld Industries makes spare robot parts. But Bigweld has just been deposed as company head by the villainous Phineas T. Ratchet, who wants to make all robots submit to profitable forced upgrades. In this animated adventure, Rodney and his friend Fender go underground to fight Ratchet's evil plans.

Why It's Great

 * 1) Very solid animation and nice visuals.
 * 2) Incredible world-building.
 * 3) Plenty of likable characters, like Rodney Copperbottom, Fender, Piper and Bigweld.
 * 4) Top-notch voice acting.
 * 5) The humor is pretty funny.
 * 6) Cool soundtrack by John Powell.
 * 7) Madame Gasket is an interesting and funny villain.
 * 8) It delivers some strong messages about following your dreams and never giving up.
 * 9) The whole childhood Rodney had is cute and funny.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Halle Berry's performance as Cappy was crap.
 * 2) Fender can be annoying at times.
 * 3) Madame Gasket only got 5% of screentime.

Box Office
The film was released March 11, 2005, in the United States and Canada and grossed $36 million in 3,776 theaters its opening weekend, ranking #1 at the box office. It grossed a total of $260.7 million worldwide—$128.2 million in the United States and Canada and $132.5 million in other territories.