The Mitchells vs. the Machines
PG

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Saving the world can be a trip.

2021 • 110 min • Animation · Adventure · Comedy

Synopsis

A quirky, dysfunctional family's road trip is upended when they find themselves in the middle of the robot apocalypse and suddenly become humanity's unlikeliest last hope.

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Movie Knight Score
3436 reviews
  • 100 Reviewers · 4 · 60%
  • 78 Audience · 3432 · 40%

A quirky family's road trip turns into a robot apocalypse, making them humanity's unexpected last hope.

Violence & peril
3/10
Language
1/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking
0/10
Romance & sensuality
0/10
Scary moments
3/10

Heads up

  • Robots can be menacing, but are also silly
  • Some intense chase scenes and destruction

What it models well

  • Family bonding and acceptance
  • Embracing individuality
  • The value of imperfection
  • Teamwork and creativity

Talk about it after

  • How technology can be used for good or bad
  • The importance of communication within families
  • Finding strengths in unique family dynamics

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Top billed cast

Director: Mike Rianda • Crew: Jeff Rowe, Mike Rianda

Trailers & clips

Katie Mitchell: A Protagonist of Our Time

The Making Of

Breaking Our Physically Based Renderer

Coloring Outside the Lines: How The Mitchells vs. the Machines Broke the Animation Mold

Ask a Dumb Robot from The Mitchells vs. The Machines

Bringing Katie-Vision to Life

The Groundbreaking Animation of The Mitchells vs. The Machines

Meet the Mitchells

Reviewer notes

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers

The Mitchells vs. the Machines is a movie about a lovely, creative nerd that has a nice family, but one that doesn't "get" them, and that tries to find "her people" and be able to be herself in life. And then, on her way to do this, chaos ensues, family troubles are added, and everything goes haywire. The movie takes some very common and classical themes: parents that don't understand their children, people ...

Recommended

I think it’s quite apposite that at a time when governments are all debating whether they ought to spend 2/3% of GDP on our defence, this film rather succinctly points out that armies, navies and air forces are going to be of little use when mankind faces it’s most potently existential threat. No wifi! When tech fights back and cuts off that magical signal, just think of how little around us will actually work. Ou...

Recommended

Decent watch, probably won't watch again, but can recommend. Expecting this to be a Dreamworks picture, I was surprised to see Sony heading this one up. Watching this robo-apocalypse story, it feels like just a weird amalgamation of other movies that happen to be cg animated, involve robots, dysfunctional families, and corporate hostilities. While all these are great elements, their combination, with the ...

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Details

TMDB audience
7.8/10 (3,432)
Age rating
PG
Status
Released
Budget
$75,000,000
Franchise
The Mitchells vs. the Machines Collection
Official site
www.netflix.com

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