What the “Machine” filmmakers did here is to point this out in a humorous and lighthearted manner why AI is the last thing humanity needs at the moment. To be sure, it is a cautionary tale and does so without any furrow-browed, tsk-tsk, finger-wagging.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 3, 2024

The Mitchells vs. The Machines puts a new spin on the dysfunctional family trope by setting it in the midst of a smartphone apocalypse.

| Aug 22, 2023

Rianda and Rowe deliver their smart script with animation that ranges from traditional to chaotic. Even when the presentation jumps around, the film never loses focus.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 10, 2023

PERFECT, Chaotic, Creative, HILARIOUS heartwarming, & the BEST FILM so far of 2021! You’re gonna cry, you’re gonna laugh, & you’ll do both through the entire runtime. I’ve seen the film twice & absolutely adore the film!

| Jul 26, 2023

With a beautiful blend of two animation styles - that may impact the future of this type of movie - Mike Rianda and Jeff Rowe deliver an emotionally resonant story about family, love, and more explicitly, placing ourselves in someone else's shoes.

| Original Score: A | Jul 24, 2023

It is an animated feature that includes so many cliches, and yet, it is fun and quirky with a burst of visual storytelling about a family that learns to communicate just in time to save the world.

| Jul 20, 2023

It's a little patronizing and borders on cliche, but carries a charm and wit that barrel through your concerns with the energy and subtlety of a good old Rick Mitchell Special.

| Mar 31, 2023

In one of the best surprises of the year, the battle between humans and technology is a wild, high-watt blast of comedy and film homages that attaches old and new generations to the love/hate relationship with our phones.

| Feb 21, 2023

Director Michael Rianda and producers Lord and Miller have produced the best example of why “the medium is the message”.

| Feb 10, 2023

The Mitchells vs. the Machines is a fun, family-friendly subversion of “sci-fi disaster” stories with a wholly compelling emotional core and vibrant voice work from the entire ensemble.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 1, 2022

The daddy-daughter dynamic hit me right in my soft spot.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 17, 2022

An inventive, high-energy adventure with a genuine heart that's rarely found in films of its kind.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jul 11, 2022

A reflection on the possibilities of the internet and what we've created with it... [Full review in Spanish]

| Jun 17, 2022

An inclusive family treat.

| May 19, 2022

The feature debut of Mike Rianda, The Mitchells vs The Machines is both a great coming of age film, a fantastic story of a family coming together and learn to be better, and a highly entertaining apocalyptic adventure.

| Apr 1, 2022

Frenetic and fast-paced, it's become popular because of a massive marketing campaign.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Mar 28, 2022

The animated film The Mitchells vs. the Machines puts a high-energy spin on the over-used apocalypse concept, by balancing heartwarming earnest about family with biting satire about technology obsessions.

| Mar 27, 2022

...an exceedingly slick animated adventure that is, to a progressively distressing degree, dominated by larger-than-life, over-the-top action set-pieces...

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 20, 2022

Its not just the family that work together, everything seems to mesh perfectly in this joyous and hilarious misadventure. On the surface, theres a lot of gags about our reliance on technology... However, its also about embracing the difference in you.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Mar 2, 2022

Not every individual frame of the film will work, but the overall experience carries both enough laughs and hearts to be clearly worth checking out

| Feb 22, 2022