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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Cast
- Abbi JacobsonKatie Mitchell / Dog Cop (voice)
- Danny McBrideRick Mitchell (voice)
- Maya RudolphLinda Mitchell (voice)
- Mike RiandaAaron Mitchell / Furbies / Talking Dog / Wifi Enthusiast (voice)
- Eric AndréMark Bowman (voice)
- Olivia ColmanPAL (voice)
- Fred ArmisenDeborahbot 5000 (voice)
- Beck BennettEric / PAL Max Robots (voice)
- Chrissy TeigenHailey Posey (voice)
- John LegendJim Posey (voice)
Recommendations
- 90
Slashfilm
It’s an unbeatable combination of humor and heart. - 90
Variety
The laughs come at a clip few movies can sustain, stacked so dense, repeat viewing (and in some cases, strategic freeze-framing) is required to catch them all. - 83
IndieWire
However you slice it, this is the rare CGI movie that radiates its own kind of inventive beauty, slick without feeling plastic, and the artistry that made it possible deserves to be celebrated on its own merits. - 80
The Guardian
While some of the in-your-face attempts to combine YouTube videos with animation are jarring at best and annoying at worst, the cautionary stabs about unregulated big tech that come alongside are no bad thing, nestled within the framework of a brightly coloured kids movie. It’s also genuinely funny, a credit not only to the hit-a-minute script but also to a finely picked cast of comic actors - 80
Screen Daily
On paper, The Mitchells appears to be a disjointed mashup of genres — the road movie, the father-daughter drama and the man-versus-machine sci-fi thriller — but the filmmakers nicely integrate all the elements with consistently funny jokes and the careful development of the Mitchell family members. - 80
Total Film
The Mitchells Vs. The Machines is as irreverently funny as 21 Jump Street and The Lego Movie. And, like Spider-Verse, it has a unique visual style that rewards close inspection. - 75
RogerEbert.com
It sometimes succumbs to that animated problem of choosing hyperactivity over all other storytelling options, but it’s also a whip-smart action film, a movie with nearly “Fury Road”-esque momentum in its asking of the question, “What if the only family that could save the world was as dysfunctional as yours?” - 63
Slant Magazine
While the film certainly lays out the dangers of technology run amok, it also sees its power to connect people.
