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In real life, artificial intelligence has so far proved itself pretty benign Siri and Alexa haven’t tried to kill us, even if Netflix’s content-recommendation algorithm can at times be a little creepy. But the fear that our present-day technological wonders could one day bring about our downfall is never too far from our minds. And if it ever does get very far from our minds, Hollywood is always there to remind us that the robot apocalypse may be right around the corner.
The latest iteration in this line of AI-panic movies,
The Mitchells vs. the Machines, comes to us courtesy of Sony and Columbia Pictures and is now available for streaming on Netflix. Refreshingly, and unlike most other entries in the genre,
Mitchells v Machines (7+, 114mins) Directed by Mike Rianda and Jeff Rowe ½ Having been accepted into the California College of Film, Katie Mitchell (Abbi Jacobson) believes she’s finally going to meet “my people”. Sure her dinosaur-loving little brother Aaron (Mike Rianda) has always been supportive of her crazy
Dog Cop series of movies (featuring their beloved cross-eyed pug Monchi) and mom Linda (Maya Rudolph) sympathetic to her passion, but there’s always been a reticence in dad Rick’s (Danny McBride) eyes and words. Constantly encouraging her to “have a Plan B”, he’s never even watched one of her creations the whole way through. However, when their latest argument leads to a broken laptop, Rick is forced to reassess his stance. Unfortunately, his attempt to fix things only leads to more heartache for Katie. Cancelling her airline ticket, he’s decided that they will personally deliver her from Kentwood, Michigan to California by road. Sure she’l
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Quirky, dysfunctional families everywhere might see a bit of themselves in the animated family flick “The Mitchells vs. The Machines.” The Netflix film, directed by Michael Rianda, follows the Mitchells and their cross-country, family-bonding road trip, which quickly goes awry when machines take over the world and the Mitchells are the last people left to save the human race.
The Mitchell family includes outdoorsy dad Rick (Danny McBride), endearing mom Linda (Maya Rudolph), film school-bound daughter Katie (Abbi Jacobson), dinosaur-fanatic little brother Aaron (Michael Rianda) and their cute pug, Monchi.
The movie’s sci-fi robot apocalypse premise is nothing new, but after the concept was remixed into a family comedy, it’s not only original but also personal and downright hilarious. The family dynamics make the film as heartwarming as it is unique.
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The Mitchells vs. The Machines, an animated film that takes our increasing reliance on smart technology to apocalyptic extremes. The Mitchells – dad Rick (Danny McBride), mom Linda (Maya Rudolph), daughter Katie (Abbi Jacobson), and son Aaron (co-writer/co-director Michael Rianda) – are kind of a disaster as a family unit, as they’re rarely on the same page and can’t seem to find time to spend together, especially with Katie about to head off to college. Rick aims to fix this with a family road trip to take Katie to campus, a journey that just so happens to coincide with a complete technology takeover by Pal (Olivia Colman), everyone’s favorite virtual assistant. As Pal and her robot army proceed with a plan to imprison the entire human race and ship them off to space, the Mitchells are somehow the only ones to evade capture. It’s up to them and their dysfunction to find a way to defeat the robots and bring order back to
The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Voice cast: Danny McBride, Abbi Jacobson, Maya Rudolph, Rianda, Eric Andre, Olivia Colman, Fred Armisen, Beck Bennett, John Legend, Chrissy Teigen, Blake Griffin, and Conan O Brien.
Director: Mike Rianda
It s not just superheroes who can save the world.
An everyday, ordinary family – one hailing from Kentwood, Michigan, in fact – steps up to rescue humanity from enslavement by evil robots in
The Mitchells vs. the Machines, a fun, clever, spirited animated comedy that celebrates the heroism of a mom, dad, daughter and son who are just trying to hold it together the best they can. The Mitchells don t have a single superpower between the four of them; consider them the anti-