“Spare Parts” is a pleasant enough run-of-the-mill outsiders-beat-the-odds dramedy in the “Race the Sun” mold. It’s about undocumented high school kids who enter a big robot-building competition and ...

The director and stars of a fictionalized account of the Carl Hayden High School robotics victory come to Phoenix for the debut Real-life drama exceeds the ability of fiction to tug on heartstrings as ...

A surprisingly effective and affecting fact-based drama, despite its reliance on several recycled elements. You’re really asking for trouble when you title your film “Spare Parts,” especially when ...