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The Automat

  • 1hr 19m
  • 75

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Lisa Hurwitz

Runtime:

1hr 19m

Synopsis

Documentary centers on the vending machine popularized in the 20th century that offered fresh cooked meals in a commissary-style eatery.

Cast

  • Ron Barrett
  • Mel Brooks
  • Lorraine Diehl
  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg
  • Wilson Goode
  • Elliott Gould
  • Marianne Hardart
  • Paul Hardart
  • Norris Horn

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Metacritic

75
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Based on 15 Critics
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USER SCORE (3)

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75
Apr 25, 2022

Given its century-plus life span, the life and times of Horn and Hardart’s Automat restaurants, is a lot of story. And Hurowitz does it thoroughly in 78 minutes, in a wonderfully evocative way.

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Karen Gordon
Original-Cin
90
Feb 25, 2022

The Automat taps into so many resonant aspects of what America used to be that to watch it is to be drawn into an enchanting and wistfully profound time-tripping reverie.

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Metacritic review by Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Variety
80
Feb 25, 2022

[A] lovely, deeply nostalgic tribute.

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Metacritic review by Gary Goldstein
Gary Goldstein
Los Angeles Times
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