{"id":989,"date":"2024-09-08T15:42:17","date_gmt":"2024-09-08T19:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electronicearth.ca\/syoung\/?p=989"},"modified":"2025-08-15T10:08:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T14:08:07","slug":"the-wild-robot-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.electronicearth.ca\/syoung\/the-wild-robot-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"THE WILD ROBOT (2024)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dreamworks Animation’s latest computer animation feature length film The Wild Robot (2024) <\/em>is a wonderfully messaged educational and entertaining film for children as much as it is for adults or mature audiences.<\/p>\n

The story follows Rozzum ‘Roz’ 7134 (voiced by Lupita Nyong’o), a Universal Dynamics robot originally programmed to be a task completing helper robot for humans, who never reaches their intended delivery point and instead activates after washing up on the shoreline of the deep wilderness.<\/p>\n

To adapt to their predicament, Roz has to quickly undergo some situational forced learning and how to communicate with the local wildlife – who consider them a monster due to being robotic in appearance and behaviour.<\/p>\n

Fear of Roz’s differences takes over for the animals and a protective display of aggression by Thorn the Bear (Mark Hamill<\/a>) results in Roz accidentally causing the death of a mother goose, including crushing all but one of her eggs in the process – inciting the story for the rest of the film.<\/p>\n

This is Dreamworks` first foray into introducing a genderless character which attracted some negative attention from select groups even with the use of female pronouns and the mother-character archetype – but this doesn’t dispel the concepts and messaging that you can be free from the societal constraints of what everyone else thinks or wants you to be or achieve – even if it’s your programming.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Powerful messaging in overcoming obstacles and adversity interlaced with elements of self-actualization and identity that I’d recommend for all audiences.<\/p>\n

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Note:
\nThe Wild Robot (2024) <\/em>celebrated its world premiere during TIFF 2024 (September 5th \u2013 15th, 2024).<\/p>\n

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\nCanadian actor Catherine O\u2019Hara (Pinktail) arriving to the red carpet for the world premiere of The Wild Robot (2024) <\/em>during the 49th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Canada (September 5th \u2013 15th, 2024).
\nPhoto Credit: Cecilia Clark <\/em>for\u00a0SERIAL SEAN<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\nActor Mark Hamill<\/a> (Thorn) being golf carted around the red carpet at the world premiere of The Wild Robot (2024) <\/em>during the 49th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Canada (September 5th \u2013 15th, 2024).
\nPhoto Credit: Sean Young <\/em>aka SERIAL SEAN<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Header Image:
\nThe Wild Robot (2024) <\/em>film still courtesy of Universal Pictures
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Dreamworks Animation’s latest computer animation feature length film The Wild Robot (2024) is a wonderfully messaged educational and entertaining film for children as much as it is for adults or mature audiences. The story follows Rozzum ‘Roz’ 7134 (voiced by Lupita Nyong’o), a Universal Dynamics robot originally programmed to be a task completing helper robot for humans, who never reaches … <\/p>\n

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