Robot and Dog smiling at something in a subway station in Robot Dreams
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT I've never understood the bias some have against animation, but watching Robot Dreams, it occurred to me that the language used to defend it has also done it a disservice. When forced to focus on what animation can do that live-action filmmaking cannot, we naturally emphasize fantastical, stylized movies with big imaginations that take us to new places.
Robot Dreams Is Nuanced Without Needing To Be Complicated It's way more grounded in reality than you might expect Writer-director Pablo Berger, adapting the graphic novel of the same name by Sara Varon, lets simplicity be the path to nuance. Dog, in a world seemingly defined by pairs, lives alone in a 1980s New York apartment. He sees an ad for a robot friend on TV one night, orders it, puts it together, and instantly has someone he can share his life with.
The straightforwardness of this set-up is essential for what Berger does next. We're already firmly attached to Dog and Robot's friendship by this point, and from the moment they're separated, what comes next is easy to envision.
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