Release: A Boy and His Robot

A Boy and His Robot
Genre: Sci-Fi/Adventure/Drama
Director: J.J. Abrams
Writer: Meirad Tako & Chad Taylor
Cast: Archie Yates, Simon Pegg (voice), Jessica Chastain (voice), Michael Shannon, Keri Russell, Cillian Murphy, Meiad Tako (voice), Chad Taylor (voice)





Budget: $110,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $121,583,003
Foreign Box Office: $177,900,087
Total Profit: $59,717,761

Reaction: After starting his LRF career with the slight failure of Life After Life, director JJ Abrams now has three hits in a row for the studio. The writing duo of Tako and Taylor also must be pleased that this one performed a lot better than their first collaboration, My Musical Adventure in Another World as an Old Man!

"A Boy and His Robot is certainly not the most original sc-fi adventure film, and Archie Yates can be more than a little grating, but I still couldn't help but get swept up by the confidence of the script by Tako and Taylor and the direction by Abrams."- Katie Barnes, Washington Herald

"Director JJ Abrams once again does his best Spielberg impression. Unfortunately this is his impression of A.I.-era Spielberg, resulting in a film filled with great ideas, but never quite sure what to do with all of them."- Perry Manson, CinemaBlend.com

"It may not be one of Meirad's most original works, and the world surrounding A Boy and His Robot could have been more established (mainly how the robots wound up becoming slaves to humankind in the first place), but J.J. Abrams is as game as ever and gets the most out of this cast, most notably the duo of Archie Yates and Simon Pegg, Yates especially makes a great first impression and should be on a list of potential stars. If you ask me though, the ending is where the movie really shines, especially with it's heart-pounding climax." - Mitchell Parker, New York Times

Rated PG-13 for violence and thematic elements