Robot Dreams

23 years of watching movies and many many years of using IMDB and this is the first time I've been compelled to write an IMDB review.

I stumbled upon this gem for the first time at MIFF last year and it unexpectedly and immediately became one of my top five favorite movies of all time. Every month after then, I've been eagerly anticipating its theatrical release so that I can enjoy it all over again, as well as tell everyone around me to watch it (I've never advocated this hard for a movie before!).

Watching it again today at Cinema Nova, I fell even more in love. The first time, I shed a few tears, but this time, I cried my heart out-it hit me so very hard. I cried so hard my head started hurting and my body started feeling hot. I can't remember if any movie has ever made me this emotional!

Every scene feels just right, and Robot and Dog were written in such a way that makes you can't help but root for them to have their happy ending. This movie has absolutely zero lines of dialogue, but it still tugged on every single one of my heartstrings, which shows just how absolutely brilliant this masterpiece is.

I can never listen to the song "September" by Earth, Wind & Fire the same way again. Just last month, I laughed at a character in a rom-com that claims that everytime she listens to the song "Demons" by Imagine Dragons, she cries. But now, I get it-I'll probably be the same with "September".

Thank you Pablo Berger, and every single person involved in the making of Robot Dreams for bringing this movie and its characters into the world and into my life.