AI Artificial Intelligence
2001
Steven Spielberg
★★
145
In the near future, scientist Hurt and his team develop a highly sophisticated robot child who can experience emotions, including love, but his adoption by a loving couple who have lost a son is fraught with problems. Intriguing story draws us in, thanks in part to Osment's exceptional performance, but takes several wrong turns; ultimately, it just doesn't work. Spielberg rewrote the adaptation Stanley Kubrick commissioned of the Brian Aldiss short story 'Super Toys Last All Summer Long'; result is a curious and uncomfortable hybrid of Kubrick and Spielberg sensibilities. Striking music score by John Williams. Robin Williams, Chris Rock, and Meryl Streep are unbilled for the use of their voices.
[PG-13]
Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O'Connor, Brendan Gleeson, Sam Robards, William Hurt, Jake Thomas, Ken Leung, Michael Mantell, Adrian Grenier; narrated by Ben Kingsley
Drama, Sci-Fi, Fantasy
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