SummarySet in the near future, Mother/Android follows Georgia (Chloë Grace Moretz) and her boyfriend Sam (Algee Smith) through their treacherous journey of escape as their country is caught in an unexpected war with artificial intelligence. Days away from the arrival of their first child, they must face No Man’s Land, a stronghold of the androi...
SummarySet in the near future, Mother/Android follows Georgia (Chloë Grace Moretz) and her boyfriend Sam (Algee Smith) through their treacherous journey of escape as their country is caught in an unexpected war with artificial intelligence. Days away from the arrival of their first child, they must face No Man’s Land, a stronghold of the androi...
In the end, Mother/Android is a dramatic triumph that uses cosmic horror alchemy to get some serious expressionism across. It is well worth the trip into the dark woods.
Mother/Android isn't the sci-fi movie you think it's going to be, or even the movie it probably wants to be, but it's nonetheless a solid first-time feature from from writer/director Mattson Tomlin.
I watched the movie on Netflix and liked it very much. I think it's original while mixing popular movie tropes. The relationships felt authentic to me and the characters were strong. I can understand why this movie got bad press and bad reviews in 2021, but I think it will find its audience internationally. This movie will stay in my head for a few days...
While the storytelling of “Mother/Android” leaves a lot to be desired, Tomlin does prove himself to be an efficient stylist across multiple scenes throughout this journey.
Tomlin’s screenplay deserves credit for mixing things up, introducing new characters and narrative turnabouts. But nothing is again as bluntly compelling as the early going, and despite hardworking principal performances, these characters and their movie lack the emotional depth to pull off an earnestly teary, draggy finale.
While it gets mileage out of its two fine lead performances and the story has deep emotional roots for the filmmakers, its journey fails to capture the imagination.
There is some panache to the film’s visuals and a lot of heart in the actors’ collective dedication, but “Mother/Android” feels like a bland mash-up of genre staples to forgettable effect.
Those robots have read our emotional programming, Arthur says, and know exactly how and why we’ll do what we do. Which is more than one can say for viewers of Mother/Android, who will find the robot rebellion more plausible than the human behavior.
6.5/10
Despite the powerful ending and some of the scene that works, Mother/Android could've been in a better situation, could've been a better performance (Chloë Grace Moretz did a good job but Algee Smith didn't), and could've been a better story.
If i were to end up with this "mother" in any catastrophe, i would blow my own brains out. Five seconds into the movie you can tell that this narcissistic, self-centered psychopath is going to **** moan and nag here way till the end of the movie.
The "father" in this movie is the biggest idiot in the world. Not because of intelligence, but because he can't spot the giant crimson red flag in front of him. You'll watch him be mentally abused for about 90 minutes straight, and be mutilated in the end. Oh yeah, and there's something about androids attacking humans which feels like a forgotten plot line next to **** Eventually Arthur is introduced, who makes the movie much more interesting. Beware of the Androids intelligence.
It was an underwhelming movie. 5/10.
Sounds interesting? It was. This is a promising premise, but after some exposition, long and drawn out scenes that refuse to end, and some good ol' dumb decisions getting made, I just didn't care for the plot and dull characters.
Below average cast deliver below average performances. The weak plot stretches far beyond its low budget and subsequently fails to excite beyond the average bar (oftentimes it falls into the schlocky bad b movie category). It's an interesting if a little odd concept very similar to other post apocalyptic movies of its ilk.
A complete waste of time ... depressing from start to end, unfortunately not only the plot but also settings, actors and music. This is a typical 10$ Netflix-Production that lacks, beside Chloë Grace Moretz, everything else.
I can't believe that Netflix still dares to produce and release crap like this super-boring, non-sense, non-fiction/fiction (?!?) work of WHAT EXACTLY?
Everything should be so so realistic, but what you see is just absolute impossible stuff far away from known physics on this planet. Also, why must military people ALWAYS be grumpy and crude, even they have to deal with their own kind? Oh, aha, and this has to do with androids, right? It at least should have to do with some kind of those who actually caused this fatal end-of-world scenario, right? Yes, but as everything in this movie, nothing makes sense, what is going on?!
A 9 (!) month pregnant woman rides on the back of a motorcycle, facing backwards, shooting running androids in the middle of the woods, while her boyfriend who drives this vehicle, races like hell in between trees, bumps, bushes and of course androids! If there's ANY SITUATION you might end up and there's no way out - just turn right and drive on - problem solved! She also 'rescues' her boyfriend, i never really liked and won't die, from a house full of those mad-killing machines by just dragging him out, because, yes, she can do it! Why he can't walk by himself? Both his legs where crashed by bad robots, that's why. Okay, okay ... there are so many stupid actions, plus the never ending, useless dialogs. And this boyfriend of her's actually just around to put both of 'em from one stupid situation into the next. I really hated him, he screwed up everything and the soon to be mother just followed him and, tada, manages to solve ANY situation.
You won't miss anything, if you leave this cure for insomnia, unseen in the depths of digital waste!