The Wild Robot
Reception

The Wild Robot (2024)

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External reception

8.1
5 platform(s) · 7 ratings 366,307 votes
8.2/10 124,294 votes Synced 2026-08-07
8.1/10 234,722 votes Synced 2026-08-20
Audience 8.5/10 701 votes Synced 2026-07-19
Critics 8.5/10 Synced 2026-07-19
Audience 9.8/10 Synced 2026-07-18
Critics 9.7/10 Synced 2026-07-18
8.3/10 6,590 votes Synced 2026-09-16

External reviews

Donald Clarke · The Irish Times 100.00/100.00

A superb family entertainment. Maybe even a future classic.

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Robbie Collin · The Telegraph 100.00/100.00

It’s hard to recall a time when the state-of-the-art felt this much like art.

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Ken Makin · Christian Science Monitor 100.00/100.00

The Wild Robot, above all else, isn’t just a life story. It’s a love story about community and intimacy, about what can be imitated, but never duplicated. It is the quintessential fable. Like any great parent, it offers lessons while remaining fun. The wilderness might be harsh, but we don’t have to be.

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Johnny Oleksinski · New York Post 100.00/100.00

It’s a breathtakingly human film — about a bird and a bot.

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John Kirk · Original-Cin 100.00/100.00

It's a very easy story to accept, but the ease of the storytelling allows the message to penetrate and gives rise to thoughtfulness about how we can be better to those around us. Quite simply, this film allows us to want to be better than who we are.

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Odie Henderson · Boston Globe 100.00/100.00

It’s rare that a movie fires on all cylinders as this one does. The jaw-dropping animation tells a bittersweet and lovely story. The voice work is stellar, and the score sweeps you along on a wave of excitement. Fans of the books will not be disappointed.

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Mark Kennedy · The Associated Press 100.00/100.00

Is this the best animated movie of the year? Totally, so far. It might even be the best movie of the year.

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Bob Strauss · San Francisco Chronicle 100.00/100.00

Sanders likes to mention Monet’s colorful influence, but the realistic, primeval wilderness of “The Wild Robot” is what stirs the soul.

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Emily Zemler · Observer 100.00/100.00

Like the book, Chris Sanders’ onscreen adaptation is compassionate, funny and filled with unexpectedly poignant moments.

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Ryan Scott · Slashfilm 100.00/100.00

Sanders' ability to interpret the material on the page and turn it into this living painting of a film is nothing shy of a wonder.

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