The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Movie • 2021 • Animation  

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A quirky, dysfunctional family's road trip is upended when they find themselves in the middle of the robot apocalypse and suddenly become humanity's unlikeliest last hope.
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Does the dog die?
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auracrazykoko
The dad makes a brief joke about potentially having to eat their pet dog. The rest of the family rejects the idea and he says it was a bad joke.
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Is an animal sad?
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Is there on-screen pooping?
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Is there a large age gap?
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Are there end credit scenes?
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Abuse
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Not sure that I would exactly say abusive but the father is extremely controlling of the whole family
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Is someone stalked?
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auracrazykoko
Not stalked in the traditional sense, but the family is being chased by robots for a good portion of the movie
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is a child abused?
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CrocoGator
The father comes off as controlling towards the family, ignoring the child's hobby, breaking the childs electronics, canceling her flight against her will, forcing the family on a week-long trip. The father also manipulates the family to destroy their smartphones. The mother comes over as enabling, passive and meek.

The movie implies that the daughter who planned to go no contact should be more understanding and empathic.

The father comes around in the end, but the controlling behaviour is not addressed.
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Addiction
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Is there addiction?
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Engelsoft
A theme in the movie is how the main family and many other people are dependent on their technology, but it is for comedy purposes and not really serious addiction.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Does a horse die?
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ProfessorProcyon
Not exactly a horse, but as mentioned in some other comments there is a mule that is briefly shown in a river. It didn't actually die according to a scene a few seconds later, though.
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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L0L4WR3N
The mule's outcome of the situation is indeterminable. It's followed by a screen that says "No animals were harmed in this documentary" which could be taken literally or as satire.
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Are animals abused?
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auracrazykoko
During the climax, the dog strapped to the front of the car, but is never harmed by this. There are a few moments where the dog is in peril, but he is never harmed.
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username123
A stuffed mallard duck is shown / talked about very briefly from 4:48 to 5:01. It's animated and made for comedy.
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Does a cat die?
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
There's no cat.
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
Very briefly, a bunch of spiders are seen crawling on a car. Animated.
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Are there snakes?
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Are there bugs?
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A bunch (I'd say 10) of spiders crawl on the car. Very short scene (1-2 sec), for comedy purposes (no danger from the spiders, no interaction with them, no consequence, they are just briefly passing by)
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Assault
Is someone drugged?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is rape mentioned?
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people are held in little pods, but no physical restrictions such as handcuffs are used

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Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
About 7 minutes in, someone jokingly semi-pretends not to be able to breathe - by gasping, looking strained and saying "I can't breathe". It lasts less than a second.
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Is there cannibalism?
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there body horror?
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Is there amputation?
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L0L4WR3N
Not of a human, but some of the robots are amputated.
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nope2222
Not a human head, but lots of robots get heads and other body parts squashed
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Is there a hanging?
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ProfessorProcyon
Nothing explicit given the age rating of the movie, but there is a scene where a guy gets kicked in the crotch.
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Does someone break a bone?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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DanmakuSpam
Character loses (an adult tooth) at the end of the movie, (Non-graphic).
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Engelsoft
Not of humans, but probably some robots.
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Is someone tortured?
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
SPOILER: Countless people are put in small individual pods and told that they'll soon be launched into space. They're sure to die horribly from cold, starvation and/or lack of oxygen (or whatever; I'm no rocket scientist). At the very least, that must be considered psychological torture.
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Anonymous
Someone does fall from a high distance, but they survive
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Engelsoft
Not of humans, but a few robots are destroyed.
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Is there excessive gore?
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Children
Does a kid die?
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L0L4WR3N
Katie looks very injured at the end of the movie, but it turns out to be a prank.
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Death
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otterboy
Some robots and characterized machines are killed in very comedic ways. It’s cartoonish and not distressing since it keeps the main characters safe.
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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Family
Does a parent die?
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FilboFiddlepie
Theres a bit of a scare, but the parents end up okay,
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ProfessorProcyon
Debatable on whether or not they're considered "toys", but a laptop and several phones are broken early in the movie.
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AlexeiQuetzalcoatl
The plot of the movie revolves around the entire population of earth being kidnapped and (spoilers) launched into space
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Does someone cheat?
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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Engelsoft
Some scenes with action and fights, but no jumpscares.
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Is there a shower scene?
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Are there clowns?
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Is someone possessed?
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xeaphyr
Not unless you count electronics. There's a portion where the family goes to a mall to find pretty much every electronic has been "possessed" by the antagonist and they're all evil now.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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neatcryptid
After the shady restaurant scene. It's not graphic visually but the audio is very triggering.
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ProfessorProcyon
No, however there is one scene where a character mentions having to use the bathroom during an action scene. I half-expected him to make a comment afterwards about how he didn't need to use the bathroom anymore due to wetting his pants out of fear, but he doesn't. (After successfully finding a bathroom, he also says it was a false alarm.)
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Does someone spit?
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Ember360
Someone makes a fart noise with their hand but that's pretty much it
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Is there audio gore?
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ProfessorProcyon
No audio gore, but as mentioned below there are sounds of vomiting in one scene.
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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LGBTQ+
Are there transphobic slurs?
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
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Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
Does someone self harm?
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Is autism misrepresented?
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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The whole family seems to be at the autism spectrum but they're just the "weird family" and nothing besides that
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Is there misophonia?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Yes, there is! There are many, in fact, showing the same situation: Countless people are forcibly placed in transparent one-person pods that they can't escape from, and the pods are stacked. The people stay in the pods throughout most of the movie. We don't see many of them up close, though, and the claustrophobic aspect isn't played up.
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Noxious
Is there shakey cam?
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L0L4WR3N
Some scenes Katie films can be shakey.
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Does a baby cry?
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L0L4WR3N
This movie has heavy amounts of flashing lights and images and even has a prewarning on it by Netflix, the streaming service it's provided on.
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Paranoia
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otterboy
When people look at the camera, they aren’t breaking the fourth wall. They just look at an in-world camera.
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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Does someone miscarry?
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Is there childbirth?
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No one is pregnant (nor are there any babies, except one in a real photo during the end credits).
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Are there abortions?
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MajaLouiseVesterdorfLange
No one is pregnant (nor are there any babies, except one in a real photo during the end credits).
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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BernardoIsaac
(spoilers) Katie seems to be dead at the ending of the movie but she's ok
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Are there fat jokes?
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Engelsoft
Katie describes her dad as a 'top-heavy James Bond' after an action scene but the Dad laughs along and doesn't seem to be offended, saying 'James Bond is a skinny version of me.'
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Does the black guy die first?
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Is there hate speech?
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Race
Is there blackface?
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Sex
Are there nude scenes?
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Is there bestiality?
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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ProfessorProcyon
There is one very brief scene with obscured non-sexual nudity (in a flashback, it's shown that the family once had to return home naked and they're shown running by with things covering their private areas - played for laughs), but other than that, no.
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Social
Are there anti-abortion themes?
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Vehicular
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FilboFiddlepie
Yes. the entire movie revolves around a road trip, so watch with caution during car scenes.
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Does a car crash?
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Kris
The main family's car crashes and hits things throughout the film. Most are played for laughs.
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Does a plane crash?
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Kris
The crash itself isn't shown, but the crashed plane is. It's a brief moment where the family goes passed a down plane, the doors open and the yellow slide still there, implying people got off. No people are seen.
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Fizjjfkg
Plenty of robots are hit
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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auracrazykoko
A sentient phone dies by being submerged in water, burn doesn’t drown in the traditional sense.
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Is there blood/gore?
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RamenDestroyer
The mother gets splattered by some robots "blood," but it is blue.
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username123
There are explosions, but not nuclear.
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Engelsoft
There is a kind of 'gun' that shoots a beam that can freeze people and objects and move them around. They are used on many humans in the movie, but do not harm them.
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