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A group of bickering suburbanites finds themselves stuck together when an android uprising causes their well-intentioned household robots to lock them in for their own safety. ^{^Source}

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Pesky humans 🤖

I don't know what it is, but I keep finding really awesome French movies a lot here lately. Big Bug is another film that originated in France that I recently watched with English dubs. The English version made it even more hilarious than it would have been normally. I got some Idiocracy vibes from this one and that is most certainly a good thing.

The year is 2050 and artificial intelligence has reached a point where human beings are beginning to look obsolete. The Yonyx is the most advanced AI-powered robot in existence and they seek to rise to power and lead the humans, most likely off of a cliff since they clearly are superior in nearly every way.

You can expect the entirety of this movie to take place inside of the Barelli home. This is a place that is retro, yet futuristic. The design of the home is pretty cool and I honestly wouldn't mind living in this place. A wide assortment of odd people manage to get inside of the house all at once, but then they are unable to leave. The four out-of-date robots that run this home decide that it is safer for the humans to remain inside of the home rather than leave and venture out into the world of the Yonyx.

The safety protocols are enacted automatically and there is no way to manually override and escape the home. This leaves nearly a dozen crazy characters to go mad with each other. Some characters include the crazy ex-wife, robot-obsessed husband and his new and younger girlfriend, teens going through puberty, a nosey neighbor, a horny dad who always has a boner, and of course the robots. This bunch of people provides endless amounts of hilarious moments.

This approach to an AI-led future is a bit different than some other films that I have seen in the past. There are some things that you may expect, but I found myself genuinely impressed with some new ideas. The robots old models of robots that are keeping all of these people inside of the house are especially cool to me. They each are totally different and have comical personalities. They want nothing more than to be human and they truly seem to care for the safety of these brainless people they aim to protect from the Yonyx.

These Yonyx are as blunt as they come and they seem to have gotten out of control. The world could be coming to an end for these humans, or perhaps it will just start over in a new way. I'll leave it up to you to find out. I just want to make it abundantly clear that I really loved this movie. Don't expect some over-the-top cinematics that most big-budget films carry, but you will get some real laughs and new ideas about our possible future.

If you watch this trailer, you can get an excellent idea of why this unique film is so worth your time. If it disappoints, then you can tell me that I wasted your time. However, if you are like me and have an open mind and a wild sense of humor, this will likely become one of your favorite foreign comedies.