Maya Rudolph on why we all need a little zap of mom energy

In Netflix’s excellent new animated movie The Mitchells Vs. The Machines, Maya Rudolph plays Linda Mitchell, a suburban mother of two balancing the strain of family dynamics with the threat of humanity’s imminent destruction by a cadre of sentient techno-beings. While the latter certainly might seem like no. 1 with a bullet to most, to Linda, beating the robots is just as important as making sure the relationship between her college-bound, YouTubing daughter, played by Abbi Jacobson, and practical and technophobic husband remains as sweet as it once was. It’s big mom energy, and Rudolph delivers.