How To Make an Animated Film With A Dysfunctional Family Fighting Against Vengeful Robots? (The Mitchells vs The Machines)

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The irony that invites itself when writing this all new review is that I spent a part of my last review talking about how I loved the fresh new adult take within the animated TV/movie world in the recent endeavors of the 8 episode first season of the comic-book inspired Invincible created by Robert Kirkman and today, my review is for the Phil Lord and Christopher Miller's latest addition to their more visually appetizing animated movies like The Lego Movie and Spider Man Into the Spider Verse. 

This Sony production released on Netflix unlike Spider Verse and Lego Movie possibly due to the pandemic but honestly, I really wished I watched The Mitchells vs The Machines in the cinema. The Mitchells are a 'weird' family - like it says in the trailer - that is put into a life and death situation trying to save the world from the robot apocalypse due to human's bad treatment towards technology and it all plays out as the Mitchells also find a way to do it together. 

From start to finish, what was clearly obvious was the stellar animation that manages to pop out of your screen, an effect expected by Lord and Miller's storytelling in this family-friendly fashion. The main themes of the film does not only include a warning aimed towards viewers, no matter what age - the threat artificial intelligence devices pose upon the world but also the leaving-the-nest scenario and how kids will eventually miss being with family. All Katie wants is to leave home, to finally be in an environment where everyone believes and supports her choices when it comes to deciding her career and future, a trait a lot of teenagers these days beg for. And like all teenagers, it takes Katie a large event involving the inclusion of her family members to acknowledge that no matter what, she will miss the idea of being home with her 'weird' family. 

A lesson for parents in this movie is also one to marvel at with how Katie's dad has never considered her choice of being filmmaker possibly being a successful career choice for his daughter and how he eventually accepts that she wants to do it as well as learning that she is good at what she does through learning someone else's love of her YouTube short movies. ALWAYS believe in your kids, You Guys!!

To end this review, I can definitely say that watching The Mitchells vs The Machines will be a fun ride during Family Movie night in homes everywhere on a slow Saturday... or Sunday, whatever slows your roll. Netflix continues to include great additions recently and The Mitchells definitely works so well for anyone. Get your head out of the 'I'm too old for cartoon movies'-mentality and watch this great movie for the sake of a good laugh at least.  

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