Astro Boy Movie Reviews

The colours, animation and landscaping of the futuristic city is brilliant. Perhaps a bit inspired from the Japanese anime features, the characters (and particularly Astro Boy) have an edge to them. They aren't merely pencil-sketched characters brought to life using latest technology but are full of life and emotion.

Screenwriter Timothy Hyde Harris and co-writer/director Bowers fashion a story that has all the classic cultural references but the narrative has a very mixed-up tone that is lacking in universal appeal. Astroboy’s foray into the darker world of blue and red energy makes for more adult stuff while his superhuman antics are just as likely to appeal to the kids.