Review | The Wild Robot movie review: Lupita Nyong’o shines in heartfelt sci-fi adventure animation
In this indelibly beautiful film, Lupita Nyong’o voices a robot on a deserted island that bonds with a baby goose and must help it survive
4/5 stars
Chris Sanders may not be as famous as some of his Pixar counterparts, but he is surely one of the finest animation directors in Hollywood right now.
He created the now iconic blue alien character Stitch in Disney’s Lilo & Stitch for his 2002 directorial debut, later following it with the equally popular How to Train Your Dragon and The Croods.
The film follows a robot – ROZZUM 7134, or “Roz” for short – washed up in its box on an island. Voiced by Lupita Nyong’o, Roz is a highly capable artificially intelligent being that initially mimics the gait of a crab to help survive this inhospitable environment.
Programmed to always complete its missions, Roz gets a new one when it encounters an egg, out of which hatches a baby goose – a runt named Brightbill (Kit Connor). To help her new charge, Roz is told to help Brightbill “Eat. Swim. Fly by Fall.”
