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"THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES"
(2021) (voices of Abbi Jacobson, Danny McBride) (PG)


At-A-Glace Content Summary

Alcohol/Drugs Minor
Blood/Gross Stuff Mild
Disrespectful/Bad Attitude Heavy
Frightening/Tense Scenes Moderate
Gun/Weapons Moderate
Imitative Behavior Heavy
Jump Scenes None
Music (Scary/Tense) Heavy
Music (Inappropriate) None
Profanity Minor
Sex/Nudity Mild
Smoking None
Tense Family Scenes Heavy
Topics to Talk About Heavy
Violence Moderate


QUICK TAKE:
Computer Animated: Sci-Fi/Comedy: A dysfunctional family tries to save the world after robots have taken control.
PLOT:

Katie Mitchell (voice of ABBI JACOBSON) is a high school senior who can't wait to attend film school across the country. That's not only because making movies is her passion, but also because she's tired of clashing with her anti-technology father, Rick (voice of DANNY MCBRIDE), who believes she's setting herself up for failure and disappointment, much to the chagrin of his wife, Linda (voice of MAYA RUDOLPH), and Katie's younger, dinosaur-loving brother, Aaron (voice of MIKE RIANDA).

Hoping to make amends for his past behavior, Rick cancels Katie's plane ticket and informs her that the entire family will be taking a cross-country road trip one last time. That doesn't sit well with her, and while she tries to fake her way through enjoying that, the unimaginable happens. And that's when personal assistant robots created by PAL Labs CEO Dr. Mark Bowman (voice of ERIC ANDRE) decide to take over the world and capture all the pesky humans.

Their leader is PAL (voice of OLIVIA COLMAN), Mark's original virtual assistant that he discarded in favor of his new robots. With the Mitchells being the only humans who managed to avoid capture, they try to put their differences aside to save the day. With the help of two damaged robots -- Deborahbot 5000 (voice of FRED ARMISEN) and Eric (voice of BECK BENNETT) -- that are no longer following PAL's commands, they set out to upload a kill code that will deactivate PAL and her robotic minions.

WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT?
It's a good bet many will.
WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: PG
For action and some language.


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