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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoMore 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.
- 63TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThe 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.
- 60The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisAutomatons 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.
- 38Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsA mild and static attempt at sincere camp.
- 30Village VoiceVillage VoiceAutomatons 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.
- 30VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonAn 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.
- 30Chicago ReaderAndrea GronvallChicago ReaderAndrea GronvallWith its hypnotic pacing, blatantly nonsynchronous sound, clunky robot costumes, and graphic but unconvincing violence, the movie falls flatly between camp and art-house pretension.