Vaishnavi Sinha

As someone who doesn’t usually cry in movies, this one got me, in the best way possible! The Wild Robot emotionally resonates with audiences across various age groups. Set in a beautifully animated island in a futuristic world where San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge is submerged under the rising waters of the Pacific Ocean, it presents a far-off timeline marked by significant sea-level rise—a setting where the concept of robots becoming part of everyday life unfolds. I'm still uncertain whether the island was intended to represent a declining animal population. Nature, however, not only nearly destroys Roz but also deeply embeds itself into the machine, almost humanizing her by the end of the film. The concept of a chosen family, working together as a community to enhance collective survival, raises notable questions about the role of hierarchy and its impact on creating a well-functioning society. The movie really left me wondering about the role of emotions in long term memory retention, what creates emotional connection in the absence of a physical human heart and what separates the human motivation to survive and persist from that of a robot?

The soundtrack and camera angles kept the story line engaging and made it seem like we were in a gameplay. Characters weren’t likable but the choices they made were understandable.