Robots (2005)

Director: Carlos Saldanha

Cast: Paula Abdul as Watch (voice), Halle Berry as Cappy (voice), Lucille Bliss as Pigeon Lady (voice), Terry Bradshaw as Broken Arm Bot (voice), Jim Broadbent as Madame Gasket (voice), Mel Brooks as Bigweld (voice), Amanda Bynes as Piper (voice), Drew Carey as Crank (voice), Jennifer Coolidge as Aunt Fanny (voice), Dylan Denton as Youngest Rodney (voice), Will Denton as Young Rodney (voice), Marshall Efron as Lamppost / Toilet Bot / Bass Drum / Microphone (voice), Damien Fahey as Stage Announcer (voice), Lowell Ganz as Mr. Gasket (voice), Paul Giamatti as Tim the Gate Guard (voice)

Animated movies are usually pretty good but nothing that great to me.
However, this one is a "keeper." It gets high marks for all the jokes
in here, lots of which are adult-style but not sleazy or filled with
sexual innuendos, although there are a few of those, enough to make
this PG, not G. However, the vast amount of clever lines is the main
attraction here.

Actually, the jokes come so hard and fast, it's hard to keep up with
all of them. The visuals aren't gorgeous, as many modern-day animated
films have become, but they are interesting. Not only is there a ton of
gags to hear, but there are to see, too. You almost have to stop it
frame-by-frame to see all the funny stuff penciled in the artwork.

The story couldn't be simpler but it manages you keep your attention
and doesn't overstay it's welcome, although I think animated films are
more effective it they don't go over 80 minutes. This one is closer to
90.

There is a good message in here, too. Maybe I'm mistaken but what I
heard was the idea that just because people might be old, decaying and
not as productive for society, it doesn't mean you have to discard
them. Life has value and is precious from conception to dying of old
age. Amen to that!