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Astro Boy - Trailer HD |
Astro Boy Trailer |
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| Release Date
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23 October 2009 |
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Astroboy (International: English title) (alternative spelling) Atom (Japan) |
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Rated PG for some action and peril, and brief mild language. |
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Hong Kong | USA | Japan |
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English |
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Color |
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2.35 : 1 |
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SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS |
| Certification
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USA:PG (certificate #45465) | Japan:G |
| Company
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Imagi Animation Studios |
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Animation | Action | Family | Sci-Fi |
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Overwiew :Set in futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy is a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist named Dr. Tenma. Powered by positive "blue" energy, Astro Boy is endowed with super strength, x-ray vision, unbelievable speed and the ability to fly. Embarking on a journey in search of acceptance, Astro Boy encounters many other colorful characters along the way. Through his adventures, he learns the joys and emotions of being human, and gains the strength to embrace his destiny. Ultimately learning his friends and family are in danger, Astro Boy marshals his awesome super powers and returns to Metro City in a valiant effort to save everything he cares about and to understand what it means to be a hero. |
Starring :
Freddie Highmore, Nicolas Cage, Charlize Theron, Donald Sutherland, Kristen Bell, Nathan Lane, Bill Nighy, Eugene Levy, Matt Lucas
Directors :
David Bowers
Producers :
Maryann Garger
Writers :
Todd Alcott, Kenneth Kaufman, Genndy Tartakovsky, Timothy Harris, David Bowers, Osamu Tezuka |
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USA Today - Claudia Puig
: ...feels as if it were cobbled together from extraneous parts.
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C  
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San Francisco Chronicle - Amy Biancolli
: The kid has guns in his butt.
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C  
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New York Times - Manhola Dargis
: The strange, somewhat surreal cartoon robot called Astro Boy keeps aloft in a movie that can’t always do the same.
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C  
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New York Post - Billy Heller
: ...a sweet and endearing movie.
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B  
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Hollywood Reporter - Michael Rechtshaffen
: Derivative bits aside, the pint-sized Japanese icon takes flight in vibrant CG animation -- no 3D glasses required.
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B  
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Filmcritic.com - Bill Gibron
: ... represents everything that's wrong with the current crop of animated CG films.
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Entertainment Weekly - Owen Gleiberman
: ...a marvelously designed piece of cartoon kinetics...
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E! Online - Luke Y. Thompson
: ...sporadically entertaining but somewhat muddled ...
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C+
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Chicago Tribune - Matt Pais
: The future is so boring in this animated manga adaptation.
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Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert
: ...filmed in glorious 2-D.
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Boston Globe - Ty Burr
: ...the results are as promising, if...bizarrely conflicted...
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B-
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     reggie says @ Thursday - November 19,2009
Feels grt 2 watch such film. Especially my kds hv throughly enjyed. | | | | Reply | | |      jon_plessel says @ Thursday - November 19,2009
Its a shit! Never watchd such film befr. | | | | Reply | | |      glorai366 says @ Tuesday - October 27,2009
Astroboy is a funfilled family movie. The story is good with a great animation. It ieally does what a movie should - entertain you! Kids will love it. A must see. | | | | Reply | | |
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