Automatons
Cinema Purgatorio | Release Date: December 13, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
43
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
1
Negative:
4

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
New York PostV.A. Musetto
More violent than anything Wood ever did, Automatons nevertheless has the kitschy feel and look of something he might have concocted. And I mean that as a compliment. Read full review
63
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
The acting is flat, and the scientist's ideological speeches too bluntly designed to mirror post-9/11 rhetoric. But there's a dreamy fascination to the iconic images of machines fighting a perpetual war for the human creators they'll inevitably outlast. Read full review
60
The New York TimesJeannette Catsoulis
Automatons is driven less by its hints of suicide bombers than by its rigorous adherence to a time when robots were played by inverted dustbins and battles were represented by dots converging on a crackling screen. This lack of sophistication is enormously endearing, leaving us with the comforting notion that the end of the world will look a lot like the beginning of television. Read full review
38
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
A mild and static attempt at sincere camp. Read full review
30
Village VoiceNathan Lee
Automatons is what happens when "Eraserhead" and "Tetsuo the Iron Man" bong themselves into oblivion and collaborate on a minimalist avant-garde sci-fi cheapie shot in a toolshed. Read full review
30
VarietyJoe Leydon
An unwieldy mix of self-conscious camp and heavy-handed allegory, Automatons plays like a cheesy '50s no-budget sci-fier with serious delusions of grandeur. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderAndrea Gronvall
With its hypnotic pacing, blatantly nonsynchronous sound, clunky robot costumes, and graphic but unconvincing violence, the movie falls flatly between camp and art-house pretension. Read full review
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