Ever since the slapstick “Vacation” franchise of the ‘80s, the dysfunctional family road trip has earned its place as a reliable Hollywood construct. At its best, it offers simple truths ...

The Oscar-winning star lends her voice to an apocalyptically angry algorithm in The Mitchells vs. The Machines ... ubiquitous smart personal assistant PAL turns out to be even more sinister ...

Rather than go quietly, PAL (nicely voiced by Olivia Colman ... think they’re getting a run for their money. “The Mitchells vs. The Machines” features great voice work from the stars ...

The movie keeps telling us the Mitchells are “weird ... in which anything with a Pal chip becomes weaponized, from marauding Roombas and soda machines to washer-driers with a “Carnage ...

The Mitchells vs. the Machines starts with a deceptively simple setup: Katie (Abbi Jacobson), a tech-savvy young filmmaker, is fed up with her old-fashioned father, Rick (Danny McBride), who just ...

Where PAL and her AI forces are all cold ... feel like you could feel the hand of a human being on it." THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES - (L-R) Maya Rudolph as “Linda Mitchell", Abbi Jacobson ...

Who is PAL? PAL is the main antagonist in The Mitchells vs. The Machines. She is a virtual assistant and takes the form of a black smartphone with a white face on a blue screen. She is the leader ...

the Machines cast just before the movie debuted ... On one hand, you have a ton of physical comedy involving the Mitchells and the various Pal Max robots they encounter, spastic scenes with ...

Why? PAL's World The Mitchells Vs. The Machines: Or How a Group of Passionate Weirdos Made a Big Animated Movie: Go inside the story of The Mitchells vs the Machines and meet a group of first-time ...

Animation supervisor Alan Hawkins created a new kind of shape-shifting robot with the Pal Max Prime, empowering the team at Sony Pictures Imageworks. While “The Mitchells vs. The Machines ...

buzzing buffet featuring rampaging robots -- and Oscar-winner Olivia Colman hilariously voicing a rogue A.I. called PAL. The Mitchells vs. The Machines is a ridiculous, riotous, and relevant ...