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IMDb rating 6.2
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Critic rating 5.7

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Critic Roger Ebert
rated 8

Take the kids if they insist on going, and afterward ask them if there was anything missing. I'll bet not a single kid says, "I wish it had been in 3-D."

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Critic Tasha Robinson
rated 3

Young audiences will get a slick, exciting, well-animated adventure with a neat child-robot protagonist who gets drawn into city-smashing battles.

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Critic Sandie Angulo Chen
rated 6

...[the] humor and boy-friendly superhero premise make for an entertaining diversion.

Read full review at Common Sense Media

Cast & Crew

David Bowers
Director
David Bowers
Writer
Donald Sutherland
As General Stone (voice)
Samuel L. Jackson
As Zog (voice)
Bill Nighy
As Dr. Elefun (voice)
Dee Bradley Baker
As Trashcan (voice)
Nicolas Cage
As Dr. Tenma (voice)

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In a futuristic city-state, a brilliant scientist creates a robot boy with superpowers to replace his lost son. However, the robot, Astro Boy, discovers he is not the real Toby and runs away. He befriends a group of orphaned children and joins the Robot Revolutionary Front to free robots from human control. Astro Boy must navigate through dangerous territories, battle powerful robots, and confront his creator to find his purpose and save the city from destruction.

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Astro Boy was released in theaters on October 23, 2009.