'The Wild Robot' review: Robot vs wild epic that transforms stereotypes


By AGENCY

The new goose hunting decoy wasn't very convincing. — Photos: UIP Malaysia

With two published sequels ready and waiting, DreamWorks Animation has a franchise in the works with The Wild Robot, a big success in its first weekend. It’s good, too.

Based on the first of three books by writer-illustrator Peter Brown, the feature runs on the same spirit of well-paced adventure and strategic shifts in mood found in the first How to Train Your Dragon, or in a more openly comic vein, the first Kung Fu Panda.

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An instant classic

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