Robot Dreams

Movie • 2023

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Variety

Counter to happily-ever-after endings of the Disney variety, 'Robot Dreams' embraces the pleasingly mature philosophy that there can be more than one soulmate in an individual's life, and that a finite relationship isn’t a failed one.

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The Guardian

Pablo Berger’s exquisite, bittersweet, Oscar-nominated buddy movie about the bond between a dog and a robot matches Spike Jonze’s Her as one of cinema’s most devastating and profound studies of loneliness.

theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/24/robot-dreams-review-animation-pablo-berger

Flickering Myth

Perhaps what is most surprising about Robot Dreams is its melancholic tone, it finds the perfect balance between a reflection on grief and something with a message about hope for the future.

flickeringmyth.com/2024/03/movie-review-robot-dreams-2023/

GamesRadar+

Pablo Berger’s heartwarming (and sometimes heartbreaking) Oscar-nominated animation about a lonely New York City dog and his robot buddy...

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Sight and Sound

Ultimately, Robot Dreams is a story about how swiftly and lastingly a bond of affection can mark a life.

bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/robot-dreams-pablo-bergers-touching-silent-animation-shows-how-swiftly-bond-affection-can-mark-life

IndieWire

Spanish director Pablo Berger delivers a brightly colored character study about a dog and a robot — and what it means when a relationship ends.

indiewire.com/criticism/movies/robot-dreams-review-1234865701/

Eye for Film

A well told tale, funny and poignant and more emotionally complex than it initially appears.

eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/robot-dreams-2023-film-review-by-jennie-kermode

TheWrap

After all, the need to have that one special companion to click with in all the right ways—the very idea at the heart of 'Robot Dreams'—is a universal desire.

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