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‘Boy’: Astronomical failure

By James Verniere
Friday, October 23, 2009 -
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After a nice “Pinocchio”-like start, this new film adaptation of “Astro Boy” goes depressingly to the dogs.

A subpar companion piece to “WallE,” this American-Hong Kong co-production resurrects an iconic Japanese manga set in a future in which “floating paradise” Metro City sails above burned-out, rubbish-strewn, “Mad Max”-like Earth, where citizens scratch out meager lives while Metro City-zens party.

 
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