Farmer McAllister's Thinkin' Machine (2001) User Reviews

Pretty much guaranteed to offend everyone.

[planktonrules · 8/10 · 21 February 2009]

A farmer has a wife who screams and nags constantly. So, he decides to build himself a robot to do his chores and make "the good woman" happy. Amazingly, although the guy sounds like he has an IQ of about 58, he manages to succeed beyond his wildest expectations.

This film is a sick and guilty pleasure--there's just no other way of looking at it. It is likely to offend many Southerners, homosexuals, people with any sense of moral values or outrage and people with good taste. Yet, sadly, I liked it despite it being a horribly irreverent and sick film. Just don't let the kids see it and if your friends ask about it, claim you've never seen the film but think it's disgraceful that they make such awful films--then watch it again when nobody is looking.

weird SF short with unexpected politically incorrect twists

[takatomon · 8/10 · 11 November 2010]

this short starts with a good natured hen pecked (pun intended) farmer's attempt to appease his nagging wife by building a robot out of junk. the southern stereotypical dialogue is so over the top it's hysterical especially so out of place in a science fiction story.

he manages to pull it off and build the robot to take over all of his chores, but there's more to the story than just that, there's unexpected twists to follow.

all along the way, there are plenty of laughs even if the jokes are dumb, but the film definitely isn't a pale imitation of something else. the writers had to have dropped acid or something because this story is really out there.

it kind of falls apart a little at the very end, but it hard to stop laughing the 1st 3/4 of the film. if you've been starving to see something unlike anything else you've ever seen or predictable, this is it!

Irreverently Hilarious

[katiedamien · 10/10 · 4 October 2006]

Beautifully shot. Tony Forresta did an excellent job with the visual aspects of this film. The film's bizarre comedy is not usually something I would go for, but the more I've seen this short, the more I laugh. The strange nature of the scenes and unexpected twists keep the movie going forward. I usually don't like scenes that don't cut, that is scenes that are one shot, but in this movie I think they worked well. The timing and pace of the movie was also very good. The actors were perfectly cast and very talented. I especially enjoyed the character of Peg. The robot was cheesy, but for me that just adds to the comedy. I look forward to seeing Brady's next endeavor.