Much-liked/hyper-active CGI animation, something of a mirror-image to those secret Super-Hero INCREDIBLES/’04, here swapped out for a nerdy nuclear family who derive a different kind of power not from colossal comic-book strengths, but from their reputations as misfit obsessives, socially awkward outcasts whose nonconformity can embarrass both inside & outside of the family. (Even the family dog pushes the envelope.) Yet, it will be their one track minds & outside-the-box improvisatory powers that just might save the world against an Artificial Intelligence Apocalypse. Yikes! Delightful & adorable close to home, the constant inter-familial bickering countered by clumsy loving support, gets put to the test when a computer genius mogul (memorably voiced by Olivia Colman) casts off last year’s Smart Phone Model for his new robot-machines. And that’s about where the film starts to run off the tracks, jettisoning Revenge of the Nerds tropes for Revenge of the AI monsters as our dysfunctional family unit must work as a team if they want to put the genie back in the bottle. A metaphor for writer/directors Michael Rianda & Jeff Rowe? Giving up logic, logistics & consequences to incessant action, they wind up playing tennis without a net.
DOUBLE-BILL/LINK: As mentioned, THE INCREDIBLES/’04. Our LINK is for the inferior sequel. https://maksquibs.blogspot.com/2019/03/incredibles-2-2018.html
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