Movie Review - The Mitchells VS The Machines

You know after such a phenomenal film like Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, it's really hard to think where Phil Lord and Chris Miller will go next. Much like with Christopher Nolan, not one film of theirs has truly been bad (and yes I am including Solo when I say that) and most of them which are animated, have gone on to become huge hits and win loads of awards. Their influence has been more well known among those who enjoy Sony Pictures Animation films (excluding The Emoji Movie obviously) and the LEGO films made by Warner Animation Group. Now we get another film of theirs which once again, looks like a film that's prepared to go that extra step further in animation. It was affected by the pandemic which led to Sony making a deal with both Netflix and Disney to bring most of their films (new or otherwise) to both streaming platforms with this one being bought onto the former. So let's see who is superior between machines and humans in this film previously known as Connected:

The film is told from the perspective of Katie Mitchell (voiced by Abbi Jacobson), a quirky and aspiring filmmaker who wants to go to film school. She generally gets on with her dysfunctional family, but often clashes with her nature-obssessed and technophobic father Rick (voiced by Danny McBride). In an attempt to do the bonding that he used to do with her until growing up, Rick decides to go on a road trip with the family and cancels what would've been Katie's flight to the place the school is at as he wants to take her there himself with the family. But as time goes on, little do the family know that the machines are about to take over the human race's lives in a bigger way than they had done before. Which forces the family to find common ground and work together to bring an end to what could be a hostile takeover of planet Earth.

Interesting how this is an original story yet also loosely based on the true lives of the real Mitchell family (at least according to the credits at the end... whoopsie, spoilers!!). Anyway I really like this film. The eyes of the characters are very expressive, the animation is once again top-notch and feels like a hybrid between traditional and 3D animation with a few moments of stop motion and moments that look like things you would see while high on drugs. A feel good film and another great Lord and Miller production with its moral being to not give up on your loved ones, and you will always feel connected with them one way or another. And I got to say, great voice acting from the main stars who I think were all perfectly cast in the roles they got. But Furby robots are still terrifying even many years later when they are not really going into production as often as they used to. 10/10