''Robot in the Family'' (also known as ''Golddigger'') is a 1994 American

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produced and directed by Mark Richardson and Jack Shaoul. It was written by Shaoul and stars

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, and

Amy Wright Amy Wright is an American actress and former model. She has appeared in such films as ''The Deer Hunter'', ''Breaking Away'', '' The Accidental Tourist'', ''Hard Promises'', ''Crossing Delancey'', and ''Miss Firecracker''. She is the widow of ...

Cast

as Jack Shamir *

as Eli Taki / Rashmud / Sashri *

as Alex Shamir *

as Kristina Shamir * Howard Scott Nicoll, Derrick McQueen, Patrick Shanley, and Ari Taub as Golddigger ** Don Peoples as the voice of Golddigger * Peter Maloney as Dr. Clayhand * Matthew Locricchio as Clyde Baldino * David Shuman as Bono Baldino * Jack Shaoul as Isaac Shamir / Blind Man * Tom Signorelli as Detective Goober *

Barton Heyman Barton Heyman (born January 24, 1937, in Washington, D.C. - died May 16, 1996, in Manhattan, New York City, New York) was an American actor. Heyman was a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles where he studied theater arts. As an a ...

as Mr. Marshall *

Jane Connell Jane Sperry Connell (pronounced con-NELL, née Bennett; October 27, 1925 – September 22, 2013) was an American actress and singer. Early years Connell was born in Berkeley, California, to Louis Wesley and Mary (née Sperry) Bennett. She majo ...

as Mrs. Miller

Release

''Robot in the Family'' was distributed on home video in 1994.

Reception

In their review of ''Robot in the Family'', critics Mick Martin and Marsha Porter wrote: "This cheap, sophomoric comedy about an ambulatory robot is one of the worst films we've ever seen".

In popular culture

In March 2020, members of

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described the film as "nonsensical" and "madness". Red Letter Media member Rich Evans referred to the film as having "shortcircuited isbrain every five seconds", and fellow members Jay Bauman and Mike Stoklasa respectively called it "a cacophony of noise" and "the antithesis of sense and logic".

References

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* *{{Rotten Tomatoes, id=robot_in_the_family, title=Robot in the Family 1994 comedy films 1994 films 1994 science fiction films American comedy films American robot films 1990s English-language films 1990s American films