You don’t really need to know anything about the plot of the new kids’ flick, Robots, to predict what it’s about. Its story is as unimaginative as its title–a likable, cutely named robot, Rodney ...

“From the creators of Ice Age,” boasts the poster for Robots, which is no ringing endorsement. That 2002 animated feature, a sort of Three Mammals and a Baby in a prehistoric setting, looked and felt ...