F.R.E.D.I.

is a 2018 family[2] film directed by Sean Olson.

Dr. Palmer (Kelly Hu) steals a robotics project she was working on called F.R.E.D.I.

(voiced by Candace Cameron Bure), and is noticed by her opportunistic boss Grant (Angus Macfadyen), who sets his security guards to capture her.

While escaping, her car breaks down due to the robot, and the Doctor has to abandon him in the forest, where he is found by a group of teenagers, James (Lucius Hoyos) and Danny (Reid Miller).

[2] On Common Sense Media, Barbara Shulgasser-Parker rated the film 2 out of 5, calling it an "E.T.