Everything GREAT About The Mitchells vs the Machines! 

“She seems agitated” “The lavender one has found us! Retreat!” “No! She’s grown too powerful!” “Brothers! Run!” “Hehe. Moms scary now.”

Fun detail: Every time Katie adds a rainbow to something, instead of it being a normal rainbow it's a 'family' rainbow with the 4 colors that represent them. Also those drawings are more frequent and noticable when she's feeling strong emotions

I don’t think people give Rick enough love when they talk about this movie. He’s not portrayed as some insufferable dad who tries forcing his family to be something they’re not like a lot of the media writes dads off as. He lets Katie and Aaron have their own interests and allows them to dress in their own style (look how much *character* Katie has just from her look, and her dad never comments negatively on it or tries to drag her down due to her personality) he just genuinely wants the best for them - and especially his daughter. It’s not that he didn’t believe in Katie, it’s that he didn’t think her dreams were going to make her successful or happy since he just didn’t understand technology. He doesn’t even get angry at her in the movie for using it, and even grows to enjoy its use when he realises that it can be used as another way to connect with his family. Also, extra points to this movie for adding the fact that the main conflict that gets them captured by the robots isn’t some stereotypical argument the protagonists have before the climax, it’s the fact that Rick gets hurt and feels betrayed by his daughter’s words being played back to him, which - it’s so often that kids forget their parents are people, and I think it’s brilliant that the movie showcased the effects Katie’s indirect resentment had on her father and that she felt regret for what she said. This movie is what shows such as Ginny and Georgia *wanted* to be. Hands down one of my favourites.

"PRANCER BELONGS TO THE CANYON NOW!" is my favorite line from that entire movie

Normal parents: Calls police when their child get taken Linda: so anyway *I committed mass genocide*

Let's be real, the furbee part was the most accurate representation of them. Anyone who owned one will tell you they felt like they were gonna kill you

I love how the movie makes it clear that both Katie and her father need to learn to understand and forgive each other instead of putting all the emotional responsibility on Katie as so many movies and shows do with father-daughter relationships.

I think what feels so incredibly familiar about this movie is the fact that Katie and Aaron are so, so nuerodivergent coded? Both my sister and I are neurodivergent and grew up with that same closeness they present. My sister may only be a couple of years younger, but their relationship with each other, with their parents, and with the world is so clearly a match to what I grew up with. And I never saw that in movie siblings as a kid. Man. I need to go call my sister.

"your flight will last *forever* " "..." "your destination is *the black void of distant space* " "..."

A lot of people complained about the dated memes but I viewed it as Katie incorporating memes from when she was growing up

I love the tiny details in this movie, the families house being messy and lived in. Katie has chipped nail polish and "Film School Tomorrow" doodled on the back of her hand. It's just more you notice of your 17th viewing

The detail in this movie is amazing. Katie doodles on everything, you can see that she even colored her nails with sharpie at 3:50

who ever made the subtitles for the furby scene, NO. *WHOEVER THOUGHT OF THAT ENTIRE SCENE NEEDS A RAISE.*

Fun Fact: The moment where Prancer is being swept away in the river was almost cut from the film because it was the most expensive shot to produce.

One of the best lines this movie has and the one I more remember is: "I know that you love the Dog. I love the Dog! Everyone loves the Dog! But me need to take into account that maybe we would need to eat the dog."

fun fact: I did my research and this movie is historically accurate, Live Your Life (that one Rihanna song) came out in September 2008, and the recording in the movie that first showed that song had the date October 2008, I love when movies are historically accurate about the most miniscule things

He missed when the robots where basically calling the warriors robots simps

OKAY SO you didn't mention this, but one thing that made Katie 100% more relatable to me, an ADHD teen raised on technology, is how often we get to see her little fidgets when she isn't on her phone. Playing with and chewing on her hoodie strings, fussing with the zipper, etc. AND whenever she's overwhelmed by stuff, specifically emotions, she retreats to a secluded area with her back against a wall or similar hard surface. That's literally exactly what I do, down to her camped out in her closet at the beginning when Rick broke her laptop. I'm not exaggerating in the slightest.

I love that this movie doesn't just villainize the dad. He has a point sometimes and he's shown as genuinely loving and trying to both understand his daughter as well as pass on some lessons and real world skills. Neither side of the age gap is wrong in this case. They both learn from each other.

I like how the little touches in the setting design shows how the family has repeated arguments or philosophies. Specifically, that "No Cell Phones At The Dinner Table" sign shows that Rick has been attempting to do the whole "traditional family dinner" concept for quite a while.

imagine ignoring the furby scene where they say "summon the elder" thats a REALLY obscure reference that shows how much work went into this movie that they knew that obscure fact

The fact that Linda's fight scene is actually super brutal and graphic, but technically not because they're robots, made me laugh for an hour Like when the oil sprays on her blood-lusted face LMAO

Some of my favorite (or at least win-deserving) flaws of the Mitchells: - "Walks to the kitchen and forgets why" (but, for me, far from limited to just the kitchen) - "Can't accept his daughter is her own unique person and not simply a reflection of himself" (not a good or relatable thing, but certainly relevant and worth mentioning) - "Says Marry-O instead of Mario" - "Eats own weight in cheese puffs every month" (For which a certain somebody I love has a few words to say about) - "Showers only occasionally" (I'm sorry)

12:59 eric and Debrahbo hold hands. I found that really cute, and showing how they start to understand more and more what It means to be human

Love how the dog’s simple existence is enough to break a robots eyes

i just really like the fact that the collar of aarons shirt is stretched because he chews on it when hes nervous

My win i'd love to add for this movie: I just can't stop staring at how they animated Pal's face! It's extremely difficult to get that level of emotion with such simple shapes on a 2d object, yet with the smooth movements and creative use of positioning on the screen, they manage to get a very unique and interesting effect that encapsulates Pal's character very well!

God I LOVE this movie. When we first watched it my entire family’s reaction was, “look! It’s Ada!” I’m an artsy neurodivergent red headed sapphic (though I’m enby) who runs on memes so I felt painfully seen by everything her character does, especially her reaction to her crush! I just- I fucking love this movie.

Aaron's search history includes: "abbey Posey" "abbi Posey" "how is abbey Poseys name spelled tell me pls" "what islove" "do dinosaurs kiss" "ate soda and pop rocks am i gonna die"

I loved this movie so much and I'm glad that they never even pretended to go for the "Phone bad/How do I click the book?" stance it could have. It celebrates the Katie's digital culture while also having her, without any real pushing, engaging with her family on their terms when she wanted to. Within moments of being into the road trip she's accepted it and doing things with her family instead of being sulky for half the film.

The fact that she wants to makes movies in the future resonates with me so much and makes me so happy. It’s always writing, painting, music but movies :D! Also has glasses and an outcast.

Dude I loved Katie’s character. Ever since I came out as lesbian I’ve felt exactly like her, kinda nervous talking about my partner but with how much my family accepted me (and also kept pushing me to talk about them) I get more comfortable talking about my love life and stuff. Also as soon as we watching this as a family I screamed lesbian once Katie talked about her meeting Jade and VERY obviously having a crush on her

I love the subtle neurodivergent rep with Aaron when it comes to his interest in dinosaurs and him biting his shirt whenever he's nervous. He's my favorite character throughout the whole movie. I also REALLY love the bond between him and Katie.

Can we just appreciate that this is one of the few family movies to NOT have a dumb sibling rivalry subplot and have them actually be cool with each other

That Rick Mitchell scene at the end where he's just freaking out over his computer makes me laugh every time.

This entire movie deserves to be more well known because it's a perfect mix of emotional and comical and all the actors feel so real and its just a melting pot of laughter and emotion if you can't find a character you sympathize with you are not human or robot

Can we agree that Katie and Flint Lockwood from Cloudy with a Chance of meatballs would have AMAZING comedy and conversations?

Dude I cried when Eric and Debrah bot got rebooted- they were so wholesome

This is 100% one of the best movies of all time and it’s SO UNDERRATED.

*13:16* i really love Eric and Deborahbot playing patty cake and rock, paper, scissors they're so adorable 🥺❤️

The furby's were genius, give who's ever idea that was a raise.

I feel like this movie is gonna get winned for absolutely everything

20:16. Amphibia the hardest thing, the space fight scene. Wait that’s 3

T-T-THE FINAL DESTINATION REFERENCE ON 19:25 win count being exactly 180 as the bot mentions “your final destination” i’m crying.

After Eric and Deborah were leaving the mall, they hit each other on the head and patted each others shoulders, like they were imitating when they saw Katie and Aaron hit each other when the kill code was entered, to show excitement, I just thought I should point that out to my fellow Eric and Deborah stans (bc I’m one of them too and I died when I realized this)

I love how this movie didn’t just take the boomer route with sayings “PHONE BAD, BOOK BETTER,” instead, we got a badass movie with lovable characters, (this one’s going out to Eric and Deborahbot) an amazing plot line, pop culture references, (albeit outdated or not) and an amazing ending. When I saw this movie’s trailer, I thought it was going to be the stereotypical kid’s movie, with cringe worthy jokes and a boring storyline. Instead, I got a movie that is not only for the kids, but for the entire family. I’d be lying if I told you that I’m not under the age of 10 and I still laughed at this movie.

This movie is like PEAK neurodiverse family representation. I was Katie as a teen and mom now

5:46 he was saying foxtrot, tango, and alpha as in the military call names

Who would've thought the studio behind the abomimation that is "Emoji Movie" would make excellent movies like this and Spider Verse.

I love the details on Katie's character design: - The "The Shining" pattern on her socks - The hole on her pants that has eyes drawn on top of it - The doodles drawn on her hands (fingernails included) - Her single lightning bolt earring - Her stretched out T-shirt collar due to her pulling it when she's nervous - The pride pin (and the entire way this movie handles Katie's homosexuality) - The patch on her hoodie's left sleeve (meaning she really loves that hoodie and she chose to fix it rather than throwing it away) IMO Katie has one of the best character designs in an animated movie ever. Also, I noticed that at one point in the movie, she gets a wound in her knee (after the giant furby showdown). That really surprised me, as they did make the characters more believable in that way. All in all, amazing movie.

I love how at 11:47 they just straight-up commit arson

I sobbed when I saw this movie for the first time. I was right in the middle of applying for college, and I really related to Katie and the conflict with her dad. My dad doesn’t always get what I do in terms of art, but he still loves me and wants me to be supportive regardless. Those scenes near the end where you see how much he does care, and how he didn’t mean to push her so hard really hit me in the heart. This movie will probably be one of my favorites forever b/c of that. Not to mention I laughed really hard at some parts

*No words can describe how much i love deborahbot5000 and eric*

The little "no!" and hand wave when Linda was in the massage chair sold me on this movie. It felt all too real.

6:22 "Cut that loaf of bread some slack" But I thought Dog Cop was a pig

8:39 I like that the Walk The Dinosaur reference is his own win

Can we just talk about how Sony quickly turned from the nearly the worst animation studio to nearly the best.

At 15:48, Linda is quoting Ozymandias, which is a poem… “I am Ozymandias, king of kings, look upon me in despair” “I am Linda Mitchel, mother of two, look upon me in fear”

17:19 mom scary now

So no one is gonna talk about the among us guy with hearts around him being held 19:19

Notice that during Katie's heartfelt speech, during the flashbacks it takes away her little drawings, to show that she's reflecting on them more emotionally. Also it's gonna be really hard to make a cinema sins video on this, it was just so perfect!

12:58 You missed a detail: The Robots are starting to feel emotion and they become closer to humans than to the other robots throught the movie. And in this scene you can see them hold hands after seeing the giant spaceship.

3:16 it’s…. literally directed by the guy who creative-directed gravity falls… ?

I _love_ the soundtrack for this film. All the Los Campesinos, The Mae Shi, and the song I Want More just fits in so well - especially since it’s a movie from (mostly) Katie’s perspective. These songs and bands just fit her SOO unbelievably well, and it’s such a cool touch.

That spelling issue at 3:35 isn't about our declining education system. It's about the frustrating way we type on our phones, the way smartphone keyboards are laid out, is rife for typos to frequently happen. And thank God for autocorrect in those instances.

"Not forced, not hidden, just is" THATS HOW YOU MAKE DIVERSITY ON SHOWS!!!!

THANK YOUUU i have to analyse this movie for my English assessment and write a blog about it YOU HELPED ME SOOO MUCHHHH!

It's funny how you said it's like this movie was almost made for the channel. When I saw you upload this I was like oh this is the perfect movie for Cinema Wins. All the feel good moments, details, humor, actors talent, music

The actual sin is that this film was not in the movie theaters. I needed to see this in IMAX 3D 4DX, with shaking chairs, smoke, water squirting in my face, the whole deal. Excellent

Me: Sony can make good movies! Sony: _we can’t do it on command..._ Me: THEY CANT DO IT ON COMMAND!

I have watched this video like 8 times and I always find more details. I didn't even notice how when Katie is typing to Jade in the beginning and sending her a picture of Monchi her nails clearly look like black sharpie and I love it!

ahhh I think you just made me MORE obsessed with this film, which I didn't think was possible!! THANK YOU!! And for the record, yes, I 100% think Katie watches the CinemaWins of her universe and wanted to get as many points as possible while making this. 100%, no question.

There’s a delete scene of the Eric and Deborahbot, where the mom was telling one of them was about how family is important. then starts eating crayons 🖍✨

“The lavender one has found us, run!” Best moment in the entire movie

I freaking love this movie. The art style, the story in was funny, cheesy and sappy all in one and I enjoyed every single second of it

16:07 I hate myself for saying “ehh, more magenta than lavender, really.”

YOU FORGOT THE "GOT KICKED OUT OF AN OLIVE GARDEN FOR SMUGGLING A BREADSTICKS IN HER PURSE"

The perfect family: - Mom - Dad - Son - Daughter - Dog - One robot (Minimum)

i love little details you dont see till you watch a youtube video. it makes the characters feel real, like they have a life, one outside of the 1-2 hours we get! it makes it relatable cuz our lives are filled with tiny moments and little habits

I will always remember this movie as one of my best comedic runs with my family. So many wonderful moments that I could just add an extra quip, so many others where I would ad-lib my own line and then the next line in the movie would be nearly the exact same. God I love this movie

I love how at first, Katie was going to leave for college all like “I’m going to abandon you all and never come back!!!” But in the end she ultimately found it hard to leave.

This movie really spoke to me on a personal level, since Y’know, I’m moving away for college to study animation, and my parents are more often than not crying for loosing their oldest daughter to another city! Mom cries quite hard, and it’s sweet, but… I mean, I’m not dying, I’ll just be away for a few months at a time, and I’ll visit them in November.

it’s been 2 years since the events of the movie take place, and it still holds up

It’s really cool how he picked up on every little detail that I noticed as well. Los Campesinos! Is amazing!

6:15 So erm, might just be me but I love the line 'If you can teach yourself photoshop' mostly because it implies she didn't have the manual, almost like say... she pirated it? because she's a teen who can't aford the overpriced crap.

*hears that Katie relates reality through movies* Me: Finally, Abed has a new friend.

*12:43* I don't know man, I would still be hoping for that WRX. Once met a guy with one where even the babies car seat had a spoiler 😂

6:02 The fact that the entire wall shakes just shows how poorly made the Dino stop was

Can we just talk about the "deregulate tapioca" thing. That was the first *accurate* depiction of shitposting culture I've ever seen in a film, and my brother and I cackled at it for a solid 5 minutes

I’m so glad that you’re covering this movie! One of the best details (in my opinion) has to be when PAL is pointing out all of their flaws, and one of Katie’s flaws is something along the lines of “Makes silly movies because she’s afraid that if she actually tries to make something really, really good, she’ll fail.” so I’m really happy that you included that in the video! :D

If anyone watching this video didn’t go and check out Los Campesinos! when they were mentioned, PLEASE take absolutely any time you have to go listen so some of their songs! I knew nothing about them before watching this review, I didn’t even bother checking them out when I saw the credits of the movie. But watching this, I thought I would give them a quick listen seeing as I had some time spare, and no joke, they quickly became my favourite band of all time! I absolutely positively highly recommend them with all of my being. While you’re at it, check out some of the other artists, like Le Tigre, Alex Lahey, or Sigur Rós!

This was so wholesome, I love your channel

a little disappointed you didn’t give a win to the “Don’t worry, Momma’s got you *SCREAM*” from Lin. but still very glad you covered this movie.

I would love a channel called “CinemaWars” where cinema sins and cinema wins battle it out watching a movie together. The most wins/sins on a movie wins. So if cinema sins has more sins he wins and vise versa.

I had NO IDEA this movie existed and now it is part of library. Thanks for covering it.

Because of your video on everything great about The Mitchell's VS The Machines, I went and watched it on Netflix. Without your praise, I would have missed an awesome movie. Thank you! I saw a lot of similarities between me and my dad. We have always been on different levels. Neither of us has ever been sure quite how to relate to the other. Now he is 85, and I am running out of time to truly connect with him. We are much, much closer now. However, I want it to be even better. Thank you for this video that has actually given me some inspiration to finding that connection.

"We must make a sacrifice to the router" REALY relatable. "Don't male the world make you normal" that..that line made me realise something I already knew but didn't know how to put to words, words that everyone need to hear at least once.

Still that moment when you can almost hear the writers and animators saying "we can be as violent as we want with this scene because it robots, and it's not blood so it's completely fine with the publishers if we put this in." Is one of the best moments in the movie just yes.

When I first saw the film itself it was one of my favorite films I had ever seen and I have watched a lot of movies in my short life. The comedy was already funny, but it’s emotional too. I honestly didn’t expect much from a Netflix original.

if you pause it just in time,and i mean the slow it down and mash your space bar kind of just in time! in 17:59, the shot becomes black and white to highlight the explosion.