A.I. - Artificial Intelligence Details

[Highly rated reviewer]

either you will love it or hate it

A.I. comes under one of those films that you will either love or hate and I will explain in a moment. For me I enjoyed this film with good characters and equally good acting. The script is very well put together and Speilberg does (as usual) a good job of telling the story. John Williams provides the score and as you would expect is up to his usual standard. Although the film is maybe half an hour to long it doesnt lose its way and will keep you gripped. Now the ending is why I say this film may be a hit or miss with you. It does take a dramatic turn and goes in a direction that you will not expect. It does work but some may think this was a step too far. On the whole a good solid film and worthy of a try.

Artificial Movie

The 'special features' on the DVD has an interview with Spielberg where he gives a convoluted explanation as to how he made the film instead of Kubrick and first he was producing then Kubrick was producing then he was directing then Kubrick was directing then he was....but the explanantion only proves that he made this movie as part tribute part homage and part obligation. And these are possibly the worst reasons for making a movie.

The movie is cold and functionless, the most enjoyable and endearing character in the whole film being the 'special toy' bear.

In this one character we see all the charm and wit that Spielberg has shown in ET, Jurrasic Park etc where the characters connect straight to our own 'childhoods', our own memories and bury themselves in our emotions.

This film becomes disturbingly sentimental and limps eventually towards the fake 'happy ending'.

Too long, this movie takes itself far too seriously as well.