This Dreamworks animated film could take the Oscar from ‘Inside Out 2’: “It’s encouraging and real”

Inside out 2 It is definitely the blockbuster of 2024 and that is something that I am not even against. Gladiator 2 will be able to fight. Released in the middle of last June, the sequel to the feelings about the already teenage Riley is the highest-grossing animated film of the seventh art this year. Thus, with 1,675 million dollars collected, the moving sequel has positioned itself in eighth place on the list of historical titles in the box office. Almost unbeatable data economically, but also in the qualitative field, after seeing how Pixar chained several failures against specialized criticism. However, Inside out 2 has also harvested very good reviews and consequently, the entire film community positions it as the great favorite for the award in its category at the 2025 Oscars. Although now, a film by dreamworks animation I could stand up to him.

We talk about wild robotthe story based on the book of the same name by Peter Brown which adapts a tender science fiction adventure that promises to make us shed some tears. In reality, said film will have quite a bit of mouse house spiritsince its filmmaker is a man who has cut his teeth between these two great studios. In 2002, Chris Sanders debuted co-directing Lilo & Stitch alongside Dean DeBlois and, eight years later, this duo got back together to do the same in the field of Dreamworks animation with How to train your dragon and in 2013 with The Croods. A prehistoric adventure. In 2020 he debuted in live action and alone as a director thanks to The call of the wild and this year he does the same, returning to the animation of a film that has all the ballots to give a new “surprise” to the flexo company on the red carpet. But what is it about? wild robot? Why could it make a splash at the 2025 Oscars? When can it be seen in Spain?

Pure Dreamworks animation

According to the official synopsis, wild robot tells the story of the journey of a robot named ROZZUM unit 7134who is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island where he must learn to blend in and adapt to the harsh conditions of the environment. Luckily for him, she will begin to make friends with various animals on the island, while at the same time she becomes the adoptive mother of a little orphan goose.

Apparently, in this latest animation proposal from Dreamworks, some of the maximum benefits that the company had already reflected in its previous stories are once again reflected, such as the connection with nature and the value of friendship. At CinemaCon in April, Sanders explained that he had been inspired by both classic Disney stories and the Studio Ghibli oba, defining Wild Robot as “a painting by Monet in a forest by (Hayao) Miyazaki.”

In the interpretive register, the distributor Universal Pictures has surrounded itself with great stars for the voices of the main characters and of course, this is another strong claim for the votes of the Academy. Among the different vocal performances of the cast, we find Lupita Nyong’o (12 years of slavery), Peter Pascal (The Last Of Us), Kit Connor (Ready Player One), Stephanie Hsu (Everything at once everywhere), Mark Hamill (Star Wars saga), Catherine O’Hara (Bitelchús Bitelchús), Bill Nighy (Love Actually) and Ving Rhames (Mission Impossible saga). The script is written by Sanders himself, who with Wild Robot could finally achieve the long-awaited golden statuette for Best Animated Feature Film, after be nominated on three occasions in all his film creations within the format.

What do the critics say about ‘Wild Robot’?

After its preview in the Toronto Film Festival A few weeks ago, Dreamworks’ latest animated film made it clear that it was a clear candidate to be crowned in the Mecca of cinema. At the time of writing this article, wild robot maintains a 100% positive reviews on the website of Rotten Tomatoes. Circumstance that will surely change naturally, when more people see it. But even so, the widespread praise suggests that she will be a very tough rival to beat. The last time a work by the production company managed to win the Oscar was in 2006thanks to Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Vegetables.

The main handicap of Inside out 2 It is surely its status as a sequel and that its predecessor already managed to establish itself in the category in 2016. wild robotcritics have praised the visual section, where Brian Tallerico of rogerebert.com ensures that “literally hundreds of plans” could be printed and “frame yourself on a wall”. At the same time, apart from being one of the great animated gems of 2024, the proposal is also one of the best films of this year.

wild robot arrives in Spanish cinemas next October 11.