Possibly The Best Animated Movie Of The Year (Sorry Inside Out)

 

I think pretty much everyone knew that The Wild Robot would be something to talk about after witnessing the animation on the trailer. An abandoned robot lands on a deserted island and quickly learns the harsh realities of the wilderness. But she is daunted the ultimate task when she adopts an orphaned goose, whom she names Brightbill.

This movie was very sweet. Obviously the animation is the movie's strongest point, but I was very impressed with the writing. I was surprised by how dark the humor was, though it made since considering this is the wilderness we're talking about. And watching the titular character adjust to the wild and motherhood was hilarious, sweet, and even heartbreaking at times. It's pretty much what made the animals finally coming together so poignant and effective. Though I'm not the best person to judge because I'm not a mother, the film's portrayal of parenthood is incredibly realistic and even made me tear-up a little bit. I do believe the writing on this is stronger than Inside Out's, but only by a grain of salt as Inside Out's writing is incredibly strong.

The score behind this movie is gorgeous. Sometimes a little over the top, but it works for this type of movie. The voice acting was very good, with some standouts being Pedro Pascal, Kit Connor, and Stephanie Hsu (I didn't even realize that voice acting king Mark Hamill was in it). Obviously we half to talk about Lupita Nyong'o. Her performance was unique in my opinion as she brought so much emotion with a relatively monotone demeaner. That can't be easy to pull off, but Nyong'o did it and I salute to her.

The only flaw I have with this movie is that we didn't really see much of the villain. She was very creepy, Stephanie Hsu did a very good job, and I feel like the movie kind of wasted the character's potential. But other than that, the movie was very good and I highly recommend it. Thanks for reading.