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Astro Boy|Freddie Highmore
Astro Boy
Freddie Highmore and Nicolas Cage
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Overview

Osamu Tezuka's classic character finds a home on the silver screen with this CG-animated film. Freddie Highmore (THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES) voices Astro Boy, a robot who is a disappointment to the man who created him to replace his dead son. Astro Boy leaves his home in the high-tech Metro City and has an incredible adventure, but he must return to save both his relationship with his father and the citizens of Metro City. ASTRO BOY also features the voices of Nicolas Cage, Donald Sutherland, Nathan Lane, Billy Nighy, and Eugene Levy.

Awards:

Main Cast & Crew:
David Bowers - Director
Freddie Highmore
Nicolas Cage
Kristen Bell
Charlize Theron
Ryan Stiles
Eugene Levy
Donald Sutherland
Bill Nighy
David Alan Grier
Alan Tudyk

Details

    DVD Format
  • Format: DVD (AC-3, Dolby, Widescreen)
  • Run Time: 94
  • Color Format: Color
  • UPC: 025192058417
  • Genre: CARTOONS & ANIMATION
  • Rating: PG (MPAA)
  • Release Date: March 2010

Movie Reviews

Reviews:
"The animation fuses Tokyo-pop bright cartoonishness to a sleek big studio style..." - 10/01/2009 Box Office


3 stars out of 4 -- "ASTRO BOY is better than most of its recent competitors..." - 10/21/2009 Chicago Sun-Times


"[Director David Bowers] nicely blends Eastern and Western animation styles for this CG outing, giving the movie a zippy, retro style that's nicely in tune with its Space Age origins." - 10/23/2009 Los Angeles Times


"The voice talent is snappy, and there are some funny one-liners from Nathan Lane, Bill Nighy, Kristen Bell and Donald Sutherland." - 10/23/2009 USA Today


3 stars out of 5 -- "[V]ery funny, action packed and pithy." - 10/29/2009 Box Office


"[W]hen Astro becomes a robot gladiator, the movie turns happy demolition derby, and the virtuoso collisions just keep on coming." -- Grade: B - 10/29/2009 Entertainment Weekly


"[I]t's inspired by the beloved 1960s television cartoon of the same name, created by Japanese manga/anime icon Osamu Tezuka." - 10/23/2009 Washington Post


3 stars out of 5 -- "Fun, colourful and full of action..." - 01/20/2010 Total Film

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