If this is Miyazaki's last film, he goes out as the greatest filmmaker ever. If it isn't, let's hope it doesn't take another ten years.

I knew so little of this going into it. I had followed the production of the film since it was announced several years ago and purchased the book (which shares little in common with the film, as is true with other Miyazaki adaptations), but I knew nothing of the plot, characters, or animated style. Since…

A zany adventure through the recursive cycloid of time about the importance of found families and the necessity of failure on the road to inevitable success. Meet the Robinsons is a science-fiction coming-of-age story wherein Lewis, the film’s conflicted child protagonist but far from its only star, is swaddled by feelings of ineptitude. When he meets Wilbur, a plucky teen from the future, the promise of a new life offers hope for a resolution of Lewis’s greatest desire: to convince…