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Next Gen

  • 2018
  • TV-PG
  • 1h 46m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
21K
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Michael Peña, John Krasinski, and Charlyne Yi in Next Gen (2018)
A friendship with a top-secret robot turns a lonely girl's life into a thrilling adventure as they take on bullies, evil bots, and a scheming madman.
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A friendship with a top-secret robot turns a lonely girl's life into a thrilling adventure as they take on bullies, evil bots and a scheming madman.A friendship with a top-secret robot turns a lonely girl's life into a thrilling adventure as they take on bullies, evil bots and a scheming madman.A friendship with a top-secret robot turns a lonely girl's life into a thrilling adventure as they take on bullies, evil bots and a scheming madman.

  • Directors
    • Kevin R. Adams
    • Joe Ksander
  • Writers
    • Wang Nima
    • The Baozou Family
    • Kevin R. Adams
  • Stars
    • John Krasinski
    • Charlyne Yi
    • Jason Sudeikis
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    21K
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Kevin R. Adams
      • Joe Ksander
    • Writers
      • Wang Nima
      • The Baozou Family
      • Kevin R. Adams
    • Stars
      • John Krasinski
      • Charlyne Yi
      • Jason Sudeikis
    • 334User reviews
    • 23Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 5 nominations total

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    John Krasinski
    John Krasinski
    • Project 77
    • (voice)
    Charlyne Yi
    Charlyne Yi
    • Mai
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Jason Sudeikis
    Jason Sudeikis
    • Justin Pin
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    • …
    Michael Peña
    Michael Peña
    • Momo
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    David Cross
    David Cross
    • Dr. Tanner Rice
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    • …
    Constance Wu
    Constance Wu
    • Molly
    • (voice)
    Kiana Ledé
    Kiana Ledé
    • Greenwood
    • (voice)
    Anna Akana
    Anna Akana
    • Ani
    • (voice)
    Issac Ryan Brown
    Issac Ryan Brown
    • Ric
    • (voice)
    Reba Buhr
    Reba Buhr
    • Diagnostic Computer
    • (voice)
    Amber Friendly
    Amber Friendly
    • Mailbox Drone
    • (voice)
    Jet Jurgensmeyer
    Jet Jurgensmeyer
    • Junior
    • (voice)
    Joe Ksander
    • Ramen Cup
    • (voice)
    Shaye Ogbonna
    Shaye Ogbonna
    • Fan Boy
    • (voice)
    Jon Oswald
    Jon Oswald
    • Toothbrush
    • (voice)
    • …
    Betsy Sodaro
    Betsy Sodaro
    • Toilet
    • (voice)
    • …
    Fred Tatasciore
    Fred Tatasciore
    • Police Robots
    • (voice)
    • …
    Kitana Turnbull
    Kitana Turnbull
    • RJ
    • (voice)
    • Directors
      • Kevin R. Adams
      • Joe Ksander
    • Writers
      • Wang Nima
      • The Baozou Family
      • Kevin R. Adams
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    User reviews334

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    8MrGenre

    Great Animated Film!

    It has a few stumbles along the way, and some jokes that run too long, but it's definitely worth your time. Mai is a great lead character and John Krasinski as the robot has a lot of heart.

    This may not be top of the heap, but it holds its own in the world of Pixars and DreamWorks. Well done!
    7robertandrews-63249

    Fun

    It was a fun feel good movie without being DreamWorks or Disney. They did a great job, good story, visuals and soundtrack. It was fun.
    7helmutpadilla

    Big Hero 6 for broken kids with rage issues

    If you are growing good kids don't see this movie with them, it has a lot of violence and bad behavior, if you are growing kids that use bad language, have rage issues and bad behavior this movie is for them.

    This movie has an unlikeable manipulative broken little girl as a lead, she is so annoying until the point of want to stop the movie.

    The other lead is a likable robot that feels an irrational love for the second human being that he saw, it's designed to learn morality from humans but is not well explained in the movie.

    Some parts of the movie don't fit well but the animation is really well, so overall is a good movie.

    Fun fact: 6 (from Big Hero 6) is a perfect number, 7723 (original webcomic from this movie) is a prime number and in consequence a deficient number only divisible by 1 and himself.
    6woodnti

    I, Robot meets Disney's Big Hero 6

    It was a fun movie. I'd agree with most users that it is a bit of a more mature film than most PG movies. Essentially it is I, Robot aimed at families with a flair of Big Hero 6.
    6dntshootmwht

    Cussing and an Obnoxiously angry little girl

    Animation was great no issue there. The story was even good. The character of Mai was were it took a negative turn for me, she is angry for a good portion of the movie working through it in various ways but never showing any sign of an improved emotional state just continuously angry, destructive, selfish and cold, honestly maybe to accurate a depiction a child's behavior after losing someone to put into a child's movie and it drags out for far to long. There is a lot of bleeped out cussing. Honestly just really bad character development in a really cool story with sweet animation.

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    • Trivia
      The budget of this film was 30 million dollars. An average Pixar film costs about 200 million.
    • Goofs
      Mai and 7723 crash through the street, into the sewer after fighting the big robot. They fly down the sewer, then come right back. As they come into view, Mai has the Band-aid on her cheek. When she jumps off and yells at 7723, the Band-aid is gone. Scene goes back to 7723, and when back to Mai, the Band-aid reappears.
    • Quotes

      Mai: What a team we make. A broken robot and a broken little girl.

    • Crazy credits
      No robots were harmed in the making of this film. The filmmakers do not believe that robots are evil. They are good. Definitely good. Super super good. In fact, when the robot overlords take over we will be the first in line to bow at their benevolent feet. Or wheels -- or whatever.
    • Connections
      Referenced in AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast: And The Nominees Are... (2018)
    • Soundtracks
      Rebel Girl
      Written by Kathleen Hanna, Kathryn Wilcox, Tobi Vail and Billy Karren

      Performed by Bikini Kill

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    • Release date
      • September 7, 2018 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • China
      • Canada
      • United States
    • Official sites
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    • Languages
      • English
      • Mandarin
    • Also known as
      • Biệt Đội Giải Cứu Thế Giới
    • Filming locations
      • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Netflix
      • Baozou Manhua
      • Tangent Animation
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    • Budget
      • CN¥150,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,379,961
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 46m(106 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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