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A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

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Reviews Counted:39

Fresh:27

Rotten:12

Average Rating:6.5/10

Consensus: A curious, not always seamless, amalgamation of Kubrick's chilly bleakness and Spielberg's warm-hearted optimism, A.I. is, in a word, fascinating.

Runtime: 2 hrs 25 mins

Genre: Dramas

US Box Office: $77,620,945

Synopsis: It is a time when natural resources are limited and technology is advancing at an astronomical pace. Where you live is monitored; what you eat is engineered; and the person serving you is not a... It is a time when natural resources are limited and technology is advancing at an astronomical pace. Where you live is monitored; what you eat is engineered; and the person serving you is not a person at all. It’s artificial. Gardening, housekeeping, companionship -- there is a robot for every need. Except love.

Emotion is the last, controversial frontier in robot evolution. Robots are seen as sophisticated appliances; they’re not supposed to have feelings. But with so many parents not yet approved to have children, the possibilities abound.

And Cybertronics Manufacturing has created the solution.

His name is David (HALEY JOEL OSMENT).

A robotic boy, the first programmed to love, David is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee (SAM ROBARDS) and his wife (FRANCES O’CONNOR), whose own terminally ill child has been cryogenically frozen until a cure can be found. Though he gradually becomes their child, with all the love and stewardship that entails, a series of unexpected circumstances make this life impossible for David.

Without final acceptance by humans or machines, and armed only with Teddy, his supertoy teddy bear and protector, David embarks on a journey to discover where he truly belongs, uncovering a world in which the line between robot and machine is both terrifyingly vast and profoundly thin. -- © 2001 Warner Bros. [More]

Starring: Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O'Connor, Jake Thomas

Starring: Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O'Connor, Jake Thomas, Brendan Gleeson, William Hurt, Sam Robards, Adam Scott, Kathryn Morris, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Clara Bellar, Keith Campbell, Miguel Perez, Jack Angel, Robin Williams, Meryl Streep, Chris Rock

Director: Steven Spielberg

Director: Steven Spielberg
Screenwriter: Steven Spielberg
Producer: Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Bonnie Curtis
Composer: John Williams
Studio: Warner Bros.

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12/22/01
Garth Franklin
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A.I. is a great yarn, a fantasy-filled sci-fi adventure with a heart.

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09/14/01
Louise Keller
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It's an almost laughably creaky museum piece.

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10/12/01
Peter Bradshaw
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Guardian [UK]
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Its heart is in the right place. But the intelligence behind the rest of the movie is, well, a little too artificial.

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06/29/01
Desson Thomson
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Washington Post
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Fascinating, if uneven and ultimately rather silly.

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06/29/01
Stephen Hunter
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A movie both wonderful and maddening.

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06/29/01
Roger Ebert
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The best fairy tale -- the most disturbing, complex and intellectually challenging boy's adventure story -- Mr. Spielberg has made.

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06/28/01
A.O. Scott
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A not quite seamless, not completely satisfying but invariably attention-grabbing combination of divergent themes, genres and even story lines.

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06/28/01
Kenneth Turan
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A movie to be knocked, chewed and gummed, but not dismissed.

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06/28/01
Mike Clark
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Deeply thoughtful and thoroughly fascinating.

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06/20/01
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