Automatons
Metascore
43 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 7 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 4 out of 7
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  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Phillips
    38
    A mild and static attempt at sincere camp.
  2. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Nathan Lee
    30
    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.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Joe Leydon
    30
    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.
  4. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Andrea Gronvall
    30
    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.

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