For this follow-up to their mega-hit
Ice Age, directors Carlos Saldanha and Chris Wedge team with the screenwriting duo behind
Parenthood and
City Slickers,
Lowell Ganz and
Babaloo Mandel. Robots stars
Ewan McGregor as the voice of Rodney Copperbottom, an idealistic robot who wants to convince his electronic brethren to come together and work toward making the world a better place. As the story unfolds, Rodney faces opposition from an evil corporation headed by Big Weld (
Mel Brooks) and finds some unlikely allies in the form of a ragtag group of misfit robots called the Rusties and voiced by the likes of
Drew Carey and
Amanda Bynes.
Stanley Tucci and
Dianne Wiest provide the voices of Rodney's parents, and
Halle Berry portrays his love interest, Cappy. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide