Recently it’s felt like a lot of movies don’t know how to have fun anymore, they’re either too serious or take on a self-aware tone when dealing with any dramatic or over the top elements. M3GAN, directed by Gerard Johnstone, is a step forward towards creating films that can be over the top and crazy. Yet, these films totally embrace that and don’t feel the need to make it more than it is, they’re okay with it just being a silly movie. A summation of the plot reveals how absurd this film really is. M3GAN tells the story of an orphaned child named Cady (Violet McGraw) who becomes attached to a new type of doll which her adoptive Aunt Gemma (Allison Williams) gifts her, M3GAN. She is a robot that can perfectly fill the place of a human friend. Things go awry though when M3GAN goes too far in her defensive and caring nature of Cady and people get hurt.
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