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The Mitchells vs. the Machines
2021
· Movie
· 114 min
A
MEANRANK
81/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #112
- IMDb #126
- Google retired #175
- Rotten Tomatoes #53
- Metacritic #69
- Letterboxd #172
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #43
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #87
- Metacritic Critics #63
- Metacritic Audience #94
- Criticker #80
- Douban #206
- Kinopoisk #117
- AlloCiné #89
- Trakt #79
Every rating
59–97
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 59, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 97.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →An eccentric, dysfunctional family embarks on a cross-country road trip to take their eldest daughter to film school. Their journey is interrupted when all technology worldwide revolts and begins capturing humanity. The Mitchells become the unlikely last hope for mankind, forced to use their weirdness to save the world from the robot apocalypse.
Details
- Directors
- Jeff Rowe, Mike Rianda
- Writers
- Jeff Rowe, Mike Rianda
- Released
- 22 April 2021
- Country
- Hong Kong, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $75.0M
- Awards
- 19 wins, 20 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 39 →1 major award won · 19 wins from 39 nominations across 24 ceremonies
| 27th Critics' Choice Awards 2022 | Best Animated Feature | Mike Rianda | Winner |
| 33rd Producers Guild of America Awards 2022 | Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures | Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Kurt Albrecht | Nominee |
| 94th Academy Awards 2022 | Best Animated Feature | Mike Rianda, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Kurt Albrecht | Nominee |
| Art Directors Guild Awards 2021 2022 | Excellence in Production Design for an Animated Film | Lindsey Olivares | Nominee |
| 20th Visual Effects Society Awards 2022 | Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature | Alan Hawkins, Carey A. Smith, Mike Lasker, Nicola Lavender | Nominee |
| 20th Visual Effects Society Awards 2022 | Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature | Lindsey Olivares, Kurt Judson, Soh-I Jeong, Rohini Kumar (for Katie Mitchell) | Nominee |
| 26th Satellite Awards 2022 | Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature | The Mitchells vs. the Machines | Nominee |
| 33rd GLAAD Media Awards 2022 | GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film – Wide Release | The Mitchells vs. the Machines | Nominee |
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27th Critics' Choice Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animated Feature | Mike Rianda | Winner |
33rd Producers Guild of America Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures | Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Kurt Albrecht | Nominee |
94th Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature | Mike Rianda, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Kurt Albrecht | Nominee |
Art Directors Guild Awards 2021
1 nomination
| Excellence in Production Design for an Animated Film | Lindsey Olivares | Nominee |
49th Annie Awards
8 nominations, 8 won
| Best Animated Feature | Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Kurt Albrecht | Winner |
| Best Character Design - Feature | Lindsey Olivares | Winner |
| Best Direction - Feature | Mike Rianda, Jeff Rowe | Winner |
| Best Editorial - Feature | Greg Levitan, Collin Wightman, T.J. Young, Tony Ferdinand, and Bret Allen | Winner |
| Best FX – Feature | FX Production Company: Sony Pictures Imageworks | Winner |
| Best Production Design – Feature | Lindsey Olivares, Toby Wilson, and Dave Bleich | Winner |
| Best Voice Acting - Feature | Abbi Jacobson (Katie Mitchell) | Winner |
| Best Writing - Feature | Mike Rianda, Jeff Rowe | Winner |
Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2021
2 nominations, 2 won
| Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film | The Mitchells vs. the Machines | Winner |
| Best Voice Performance | Abbi Jacobson | Winner |
Hollywood Critics Association Midseason Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Screenplay | Mike Rianda & Jeff Rowe | Winner |
| Best Filmmaker | Mike Rianda | Nominee |
| Best Picture | The Mitchells vs. the Machines | Nominee |
Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Animated Film | The Mitchells vs. the Machines | Winner |
| Best Animated Female | Abbi Jacobson | Nominee |
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards 2021
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Animated Film | The Mitchells vs. the Machines | Winner |
| Best Comedy Film | The Mitchells vs. the Machines | Nominee |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2021
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Animated Film | The Mitchells vs. the Machines | Winner |
| Best Voice Performance | Abbi Jacobson | Nominee |
Detroit Film Critics Society
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animated Film | The Mitchells vs. the Machines | Winner |
Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2021
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animated Feature | The Mitchells vs. the Machines | Winner |
New York Film Critics Circle
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animated Film | The Mitchells vs. the Machines | Winner |
SCAD Savannah Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Outstanding Achievement in Animation | Phil Lord and Christopher Miller | Winner |
12th Hollywood Music in Media Awards
2 nominations
| Original Score — Animated Film | Mark Mothersbaugh | Nominee |
| Original Song — Animated Film | "On My Way" - Alex Lahey, Sophie Payten and Gab Strum | Nominee |
20th Visual Effects Society Awards
2 nominations
| Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature | Lindsey Olivares, Kurt Judson, Soh-I Jeong, Rohini Kumar (for Katie Mitchell) | Nominee |
| Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature | Alan Hawkins, Carey A. Smith, Mike Lasker, Nicola Lavender | Nominee |
26th Satellite Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature | The Mitchells vs. the Machines | Nominee |
33rd GLAAD Media Awards
1 nomination
| GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film – Wide Release | The Mitchells vs. the Machines | Nominee |
75th British Academy Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Film | Mike Rianda, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller | Nominee |
American Cinema Editors Awards 2022
1 nomination
| Best Edited Animated Feature Film | Greg Levitan | Nominee |
British Academy Children's Awards 2022
1 nomination
| Best Feature Film | Mike Rianda, Kurt Albrecht, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller | Nominee |
Cinema Audio Society Awards 2021
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Animated | Aaron Hasson, Howard London (original dialogue mixers); Tony Lamberti, Michael Semanick (re-recording mixers); John Sanacore (foley mixer) | Nominee |
Golden Reel Awards 2021
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Animation | Geoffrey G. Rubay (supervising sound editor); James Morioka (supervising adr editor); John Pospisil (sound designer); Greg Ten Bosch, Dan Kenyon, Alec G. Rubay, Andy Sisul, Kip Smedley (sound editors); Curt Schulkey (adr editor); Gregg Barbanell, Rick Owens (foley artists); Dominick Certo, Barbara M | Nominee |
People's Choice Awards
1 nomination
| Favorite Family Movie | The Mitchells vs. the Machines | Nominee |