In a futuristic world, a bunch of ROZZUM all-purpose utilitarian robots end up on an island. Most of them get destroyed – except one. Her identification number is Unit 7134.

After accidentally getting reactivated by the wildlife, Unit 7134, or Roz, which she calls herself for short, starts advertising herself since she was programmed to do that. However, that just scares the wildlife. The animals actually try to destroy her. When Roz activates a feature to get her to understand the animals, she learns that they think she’s a monster.

Later, she finds an egg and finds out that a goose embryo is forming. But a fox steals the egg. So, Roz chases it and gets it back.

The egg hatches. The gosling develops a close bond with Roz. But Roz tries to remove it from her. But it won’t leave.

The fox, whose name is Fink, tells Roz that she has to be a mother the correct way. One is having feelings. Another is using her imagination to name the gosling. And the most important one is teaching it its most essential needs. That is to feed it, teach it how to swim, and how to fly.

Roz struggles at first. But she eventually learns. She names the gosling Brightbill based on its beak shape.

A while has passed. Brightbill is now in his adolescence. He is struggling to swim and can’t fit in with his own kind. He finds out that Roz accidentally killed his actual mom and siblings, which also made him a runt. He turns on her because of that.

Roz sits near the rest of the robots and decides that she needs to go back to the factory. She takes the signaling stick of another robot, which shows her an ad of the factory she came from. She puts it on top of her.

Meanwhile, Brightbill is still struggling to fit in with his type. He also never learned to fly.

Roz realizes that Brightbill still needs her. So, she finds him and helps him learn how to fly before the geese have to migrate.

Brightbill joins the migration, but stays near the leader, Longneck. But during the journey, they are attacked by robots, because they think they’re unsanitary. Unfortunately, Longneck doesn’t make it. But Brightbill leads the flock back to the same island and reunites with Roz.

However, an airship abducts Roz. An evil robot plans to reset her and remove all her memories of the wildlife.

This movie really drew me in and kept me engaged all the way through. The concept was interesting and unique. It was based off a book series with the same name.

The characters and their relationships with one another were beautiful, whether it was between Roz and Brightbill, Brightbill and Longneck, or Roz and Fink, who changed into a good guy. Their bonds were strong. One scene even came close to making me cry.

Roz was particularly an interesting character, being a robot that analyzes things based on facts. I loved when she pointed out how sound doesn’t travel through space the same way it does through Earth. But I admired how she could develop feelings and become more like a living thing rather than a machine.

This movie has a lot of twists and turns, both happy and sad. It also has a slightly more primitive animation style. It was done by the same creative team that made the Shrek movies.

A lot of CG-animated movies in recent years have made the backgrounds look more realistic. An example would be the ocean in 2019’s Frozen 2. I will admit that the animation style’s more basic look didn’t appeal to me. But that’s a minor issue.

Another detail I notice is that there is no antagonist until later. Although it is common for films to have no wicked villains, I was surprised to see that this movie actually had one, but later. I do wish that the evil robot had more screen time. That could have increased the tension.

But overall, The Wild Robot was a great watch and would be fantastic for viewers of all ages. Yes, there is no iffy or even mildly mature content, not even profanity.

I give this film 4.5 out of 5 stars.