One of the best movies of 2024 is coming to streaming this month

2024 was full of movies we loved (and sometimes it was missingbecause of, you know, the whole “packed with movies” thing), but an absolute favorite of the year is finally coming to streaming in just a few weeks.

This morning Universal announced that The wild robot– which topped our year-end list as our favorite movie of 2024– It will start streaming on Peacock from January 24, after it has already done its thing debut at home last year. The sumptuous animated film, starring Lupita Nyong’o, Kit Connor and Pedro Pascal, adapted from Peter Brown’s novel of the same name in 2016, won critical acclaim after its release last year even beyond the more prodigious title of “io9’s best movie”, including several nominations. at the Golden Globes, Critics Choice, and Annies.

Following Nyong’o’s Roz, the titular robot washed ashore on an island after his company’s cargo ship was caught in a storm, The wild robot tells a gorgeous, often heartbreaking story of parenthood and our connection to the natural world, as Roz finds herself trying to help the animal inhabitants of her new ‘home’ – meeting a lonely gosling who creates a close connection while preparing it. the coming seasonal migration.

“In the world of film criticism, one might assume that writing an absolute rave is the easiest thing to do. That’s usually true, but not here,” wrote io9’s resident film reporter Germain Lussier. his rave review of the movie last year”The Wild RoboIt is so good, no examples can be cited, no description I can do, and no number of superlatives I can do justice to. You just have to see and experience for yourself. It’s incredibly special.”

And now you have every opportunity to do it!

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