‘The Wild Robot’ Review: A Bumpy Take Off Lands With A Tearjerker [TIFF]
TORONTO – As 2024 rounds the corner into the halfway mark for this decade, Hollywood studio-produced animated films have entered what can only be described as a period of corporate malaise. Sequels are pretty much the one and only priority and, if not, a proven formula that appeals to kids first, and then their parents rule the day (see “Inside Out 2” and “Despicable Me 4”).