“The Wild Robot” is an adaptation of a beloved 2016 book from author Peter Brown, who has a few excellent literary creations to his name. It’s an adventure story with a huge heart, making it an easy fit for an animated interpretation, with the creative challenge handed to writer/director Chris Sanders, who’s done marvelous work on features such as “How to Train Your Dragon” and “The Croods.” “The Wild Robot” is a fine addition to his filmography, with the helmer offering a graceful, colorful understanding of the parental experience with the effort, blended with plenty of explorer-based action. The learning ways of a machine in the middle of alien terrain isn’t fresh storytelling territory, but Sanders preserves Brown’s tale of connection and survival, making an exciting and heartfelt offering that finds the right areas of character tenderness as it deals with a somewhat unwieldy plot. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com