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A robotics engineer at a toy company builds a life-like doll that begins to take on a life of its own.
When Gemma suddenly becomes the caretaker of her orphaned 8-year-old niece, Cady, Gemma's unsure and unprepared to be a parent. Under intense pressure at work, Gemma decides to pair her M3GAN prototype with Cady in an attempt to resolve both problems-a decision that will have unimaginable consequences.
Following a freak accident, orphaned 8-year-old Cady is sent to live with Aunt Gemma, a brilliant, career-driven roboticist. But new beginnings are always challenging. As a result, forced to make a pivotal decision under deadline pressure, Gemma puts forward her pioneering, secret M3GAN project: an imperfect, lifelike android. And as the risky decision proves to be a lifesaver, the traumatised girl develops a profound bond with the machine, redefining the meaning of family and friendship. The question is, however, can Gemma imagine what her invention is capable of?
Sleepin Dragon
★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆
M3gan is another example of a movie that was originally meant to be rated R, absolutely should be rated R, but is toned down to PG-13 so they can sell more tickets. Instead of focusing on making something awesome for real movie fans, something people will talk about for years, they focus on the casuals and teens (there were even a few children at my viewing). I continue to ask, when are studios going to stop being cowards and have the courage to go all out? Unfortunately that's far from the only problem with M3gan. My biggest complaint is it feels like such a tease. Part of the reason is the aforementioned limitations which doesn't allow you to be creative with or even show the kills. The other reason is that this movie takes FOREVER to get going. And every time I think, okay here we go, it steps back and makes me wait longer. It's not a long movie, and I don't have a short attention span. I just wanted it to go crazy and it never really did. Other than that, this is just a mediocre movie. I love a good blend of horror and comedy, but the comedy barely made me laugh, and the horror is barely that. With the exception of a solid performance by the main child, I found the rest of the acting to be serviceable at best. If you're like me and feel like this barely scratched an itch, watch Malignant. Oh, it scratches. (1 viewing, opening Thursday 1/5/2023)
jfgibson73
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
Most movies seem to either be underwhelming or just fine. Once in a great while, they over-deliver and exceed your expectations. But possibly the rarest result is when you are excited to see a movie and you get exactly what you'd hoped for. For me, M3GAN was a blast of entertainment, a perfect concoction of a well-paced story that is just there for you to have fun with. Okay, if I'm honest, it did have some moments that elevated my enjoyment even a little more than I'd hoped--they went to a few places I could not have expected. That doesn't mean that the story wasn't predictable; it was pretty clear where this was going the whole time. But it was still fun and memorable, and I expect that if I ever happen to walk into a room where someone has this movie on, I will sit and watch with them to the end. I enjoyed it.
Jean Doe
★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
You have a niece who's lost her parents comes to stay, this distraction starts to disrupt your work day, so you revisit a work project, you'd been trying to keep secret, you call it M3gan, it's all just child's play. It's not long before machine and niece connect, takes the role of parenting without neglect, keeps a watch on its young guard, any threat, it will discard, with a mission to defend, secure, protect. Before too long you have concerns as the creator, your brainchild has become, a calculator, a consciousness that learns, considers all the twists and turns, perhaps it's time to pull the plug, and terminate her. A variation on several themes you've encountered many times before but entertaining nonetheless and thought provoking as well.