Meet the Robinsons has a classic Disney movie start. Lewis is a 12-year-old orphan with a knack for inventions, but those inventions don’t make him the most attractive candidate for adoption.

Disney is famed for pioneering the art of animation, but since the studio's split with Pixar, it's fallen behind in the race. Their "wacky" sci-fi caper Meet The Robinsons, following the ...

Like a surprising run of recent movies, "Meet the Robinsons" is based on a picture book (William Joyce's "A Day With Wilbur Robinson"). Unlike most of them, it achieves liftoff.