The Wild Robot

“She thought kindness was a survival skill, and, do you know what? She was right.”

I didn’t expect to find such a painful and tender story of neighborly love in The Wild Robot, DreamWorks Animation’s newest project about a shiny metal helper robot from some wealthy utopian world that finds herself in the middle of an island filled with dangerous wildlife and harsh lessons from nature. The film from experienced director Chris Sanders (Lilo & Stitch; How to Train Your Dragon) might be the most intelligent and graceful display of neighborly kindness, and potentially parental love, to come to the box office this year.

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