Made during the height of the pandemic, this film wryly weaves its way around the misadventures of a modern family trying to make it to California in the "road trip from Hell," during a world-ending, robot apocalypse. The story centers around the relationship-building between Katie, a smart, savvy film student with modern sensibilities, and her father Rick, an old-school, old-fashioned handyman who is terrified of the internet and all things electronic. Awkwardness and arguments abound, but that is just the tip of the iceberg to this amazing film. There are fantastic side characters that steal the show at every turn: their dog, the little brother, the over-protective mother, the too-perfect neighbors, the two "defected" robots that join the Mitchells on their road-trip, and the super-nerd of Silicon Valley that accidentally started the apocalypse with his omnipotent, omnipresent mobile operating system PAL. This film is a deeply intelligent, touching, exciting and funny spectacle you don't want to miss.
Review of The Mitchells vs. the Machines
