Meet the Robinsons
From Deconstructing Disney by Rachel Casey, Erin Casey
March 4, 2025 · 1h 22m · Season 1 · Episode 57
About this episode
Erin and Rachel discuss the chaotic film Meet the Robinsons and its reception.
Erin and Rachel travel to a frenetic future to discuss Meet the Robinsons (2007), a fever dream of a film that performed poorly at the box office despite intervention from John Lasseter, newly seated Chief Creative Officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios. Sexist and fatphobic content are only minimally present, but that doesn’t mean Erin and Rachel enjoyed this chaotic whirlwind of characters and colors any more than the critics who panned it in 2007.
People in this episode
Hosts: Erin Casey, Rachel Casey
Topics covered
- film analysis
- Disney history
- animation
- box office performance
- cultural critique
Keywords
- Meet the Robinsons
- Disney
- John Lasseter
- animation
- film critique
- 2007
- box office
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Walt Disney Animation Studios
Books & works: Meet the Robinsons
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