Robot Dreams (PG)

★★★★ This charming, dialogue-free animated fantasy revolves around the friendship between a dog and a robot. The animation may appear simplistic but it's packed with astonishing detail. The result is delightfully funny, moving and intriguingly odd.~ Radio Times.

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Adapted from Sara Varon’s graphic novel, Spanish director Pablo Berger’s gorgeous, colourful and sharply humorous film, with its nods to silent cinema, offers insightful reflections on the pleasures of camaraderie.

This rich and emotionally engaging animation about friendship, is set in a bustling 1980s New York City. 

Dog is lonely so decides to buy himself a new companion in the shape of Robot, delivered in parts for home assembly but soon lovingly transformed into a fully functioning friend. 

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★★★★★ Out just in time for the Easter break, this wondrous (and wordless) tale of friendship will enchant and amuse children – and emotionally destroy grown-ups, leaving them in tears. ~ The Telegraph.

★★★★★ Who needs humans? This is visual storytelling at its finest, a traditional animation of gentle, unshowy genius. Sometimes the very best love stories go deeper than words can say. ~ Empire.

★★★★ ~ Little White Lies.

★★★★ ~ The Scotsman.

★★★★ ~ AllMovie.