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54 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91ColliderAlyse WaxColliderAlyse WaxM3GAN might just become the Malignant of 2023. It doesn’t have a twist, but it is a weird, bonkers movie. Director Gerard Johnstone knocked it out of the park with his second film. It’s not traditionally scary, but it is existentially scary. As the world makes greater strides in AI and robotics, these kinds of scenarios become more terrifyingly possible. Luckily, you have the strange image of M3GAN twerking or driving an expensive sports car to make you giggle past the discomfort.
- 90TheWrapWilliam BibbianiTheWrapWilliam BibbianiJohnstone’s film captures the same alchemical blend of heart, humor and havoc you find only rarely, in crossover classics like “Gremlins,” and it yields more entertainment than most would-be blockbusters.
- 85SlashfilmJeff EwingSlashfilmJeff EwingFrom a horror standpoint, M3GAN could be scarier, but it's difficult enough for a film to balance suspense, a nuanced look at grief, and intelligently meta jokes, and M3GAN does all that surprisingly well. The long and the short of it is that, while M3GAN could perhaps be scarier and it doesn't feel entirely conceptually novel, it's a genuinely great addition to the horror-comedy canon.
- 83IndieWireKate ErblandIndieWireKate ErblandIts creators are so clearly on the same insane wavelength, nimbly blending camp and social satire and actual terror, that “M3GAN” is poised to crack the murder-doll pantheon and stay there forever. Oscars!
- 80The IndependentClarisse LoughreyThe IndependentClarisse LoughreyPicture the ‘Mean Girls’ queen bee Regina George if someone had given her a knife and a death wish. And she was an android.
- 80EmpireEmpireWith impressive performances by McGraw and Get Out star Williams, and seamless technology bringing to life the film’s robot havoc-wreaker, M3GAN may be silly but it’s a toy story like no other.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyM3GAN might be too frequently funny to be terrifying, but it’s never too silly to deliver tension and vicious thrills. It seems a safe bet that the killer doll will return, not to mention become an in-demand costume next Halloween.
- 75The PlaylistMarshall ShafferThe PlaylistMarshall ShafferM3GAN locates the horror and hilarity lurking barely beneath the surface of our screen-addled society.
- 70IGNMatt DonatoIGNMatt DonatoM3GAN capably proves herself more than a horror villain meme, although the film does sometimes struggle to balance the horror and comedy.
- 60The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawA entertainingly nasty film for the new year.