, Mattson Tomlin’s “Mother/Android” is the sort of mediocre streaming fare that might appease genre fans for 100 minutes or so, but will almost certainly leave them pining for the days when original sci-fi movies demanded (or at least encouraged) a modicum of originality.
Perhaps the best thing that can be said about this ultra-depressing slice of Hulu for the holidays is that it’s never quite as clumsy as its title.
Ditto Chloë Grace Moretz’s fiercely tender lead performance as a very pregnant young woman trying to deliver her baby without being killed by robots; the “Greta,” “Suspiria,” and “Shadow in the Cloud” actress has spent the last few years cutting her teeth as a B-movie star with A-movie grit, and the raw emotion she’s able to rescue from the rushed final minutes of this misadventure is a pure testament to the craft she’s been able to hone over that time.
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