Sony Animation Studios have never been high on my list as they make films that just really aren't to my tastes. There are some exceptions such as Into the Spider-Verse (coincidently made by the same film makers) but The Mitchells Vs. the Machines is more in the camp of the Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs and Hotel Transylvania, films series which just never quite capture my passion.
The Mitchells is one cliche after another. It's the simplest of stories about families connecting (the film was formerly named Connection) with very superficial messages about the use of electronic devices. The while thing is eye-rollingly rote. The jokes are predictable and the plot is... well you'll know what happens from the opening scenes. Everything about The Mitchells feels assembly line.
I give them points for making the main character queer and it's made explicit, well, with one reference at the very end... in a mid-credit scene. But still, it's there.
But that is really all I can give it credit for. Otherwise it's just another forgettable cliched family movie that will be easily forgotten very soon.
The Mitchells Vs. the Machines
Starring: Abbi Jccobson, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Olivia Coleman, Eric Andre, Chrissy Teigan, John Legend, Conan O'Brien
Director: Mike Rianda
Writers: Jeff Rowe, Mike Rianda
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