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‘M3GAN’ review: The sweetest lil’ lethal robotic friend a girl could want

Violet McGraw, left, as Cady, M3GAN, and Allison Williams as Gemma in "M3GAN," directed by Gerard Johnstone.

A pleasantly nutty thriller about a crafty, high-end toy, “M3GAN” exploits a child’s grief for the greater good of the killer-doll genre. That may be enough for 100 minutes of your early January.

The writer Philip K. Dick once asked: Do androids dream of electric sheep? M3GAN, which stands for “Model 3 Generative Android,” looks as if she/it dreams only of Nicole Kidman in “To Die For.” She’s a fast learner, this

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