The Mitchells vs the Machines

With its eye-popping animation, gleefully anarchic humour and heartfelt father-daughter narrative, this dazzling comedy is every bit the kind of film you'd expect from the producers of The Lego Movie and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Movie-loving teenager Katie (voiced by Broad City's Abbi Jacobson) can't wait to go to university, not least to get away from her overprotective dad (Danny McBride). A fraught situation is made worse when he packs the whole family into the car to take Katie to college, only for their road trip to be thrown off course by a robot uprising. Can the Mitchells set aside their differences and save the planet? Though it's stuffed with visual gags and outrageously funny set pieces (many involving pet pug Doug), the film never loses sight of its human characters. They imbue this kaleidoscopic feast for the eyes with real heart, ensuring that while The Mitchells vs the Machines is a nonstop gag-fest, it's also a warm and witty celebration of family. And pugs.