What makes The Wild Robot so alluring?

It's said to be one of those rare films that both kids and adults can enjoy orat the very least, make sure you have a good cry together.

The Wild Robotis the latest movie fromDreamWorks Animation. It followsa robotthat is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island as it learns to adapt to its newsurroundings and buildrelationships with the natural world, even becomingthe unlikelyadoptive parent of an orphaned gosling.

It is based onauthorPeter Brown'saward-winning and New York Times bestselling novelof the same name, first published in 2016.Today onCommotion,Montreal illustrator and avid Wild Robot enthusiast Arizona O'Neill joins guest host Ali Hassan to getinto whether the film adaptation of the popular children's book lives up to fans' expectations.

You can listen to the full discussion from today's show on CBC Listen or on our podcast, Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud, available wherever you get your podcasts.

Interview with Arizona O'Neillproduced by Stuart Berman.