Robots may have come out more than fifteen years ago, but I think it's time you see it now. Here are my reasons why.

Unlike in live-action movies, animated robots are often sweet and cuddly, acting more like naïve toddlers than cold-blooded killing machines.

The problem with Robots ' mile-a-minute pace is that it keeps us from engaging with the characters. Any stabs Robots takes at building emotion have a false clang.

Like its characters, “Robots” seems assembled from previously owned parts and spare cultural flotsam. For the postmodern grown-up, it will double as a vigorous spot-the-reference workout.