A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE is the story of David (Haley Joel Osment), the first mecha (a futuristic term for a mechanized human being) designed with the ability to love. A couple whose son is in a coma "adopts" David to help them recover from their loss. Naturally, things do not go as planned, and David is forced to leave the .. Read more
| Starring | Haley Joel Osment, Frances O'Connor, Sam Robards, Jake Thomas |
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| Director | Steven Spielberg |
| Genres | Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
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A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE is the story of David (Haley Joel Osment), the first mecha (a futuristic term for a mechanized human being) designed with the ability to love. A couple whose son is in a coma "adopts" David to help them recover from their loss. Naturally, things do not go as planned, and David is forced to leave the mother (Frances O'Connor) he's been "imprinted" to love, and make his way in the world. Traveling with Teddy, a hi-tech stuffed bear, David escapes the Flesh Fair, where angry humans destroy mechas to "purge artificiality," and unexpectedly befriends Gigolo Joe (Jude Law in a wry performance), a robot designed to pleasure women. Joe agrees to help David in his quest to become human.
Director Stanley Kubrick originally developed A.I., at one point asking Spielberg to direct it. When Kubrick passed away, Spielberg took the reins. Using a treatment and thousands of drawings commissioned by Kubrick, Spielberg wrote his own screenplay (his first since 1979's CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND). Osment, perhaps the only pre-teen actor who can effectively convey existential angst, gives a marvelous performance, helping Spielberg create a gorgeous futuristic fairy tale that questions the very nature of what we call life.
| Starring | Haley Joel Osment, Frances O'Connor, Sam Robards, Jake Thomas, Jude Law, William Hurt |
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| Director | Steven Spielberg |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 25 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 25 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Released | Production year: 2001 To Rent: DVD: 18 Mar 2002 Blu-ray: 18 Jul 2011 |
Overlong, often spectacular, but fuzzy updating of the story of Pinocchio. Beneath its surface gloss, and sentimental whimsy, there is a darker theme of the end of humankind: the narrative equates love with biological imprinting and prefers mechanical fa
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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 ... read more »
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A thinking person's fairy tale
A fairly tale, beautifully acted, elaborately presented and shot with panache, this is a movie which deserves to be thought about. It is too easy to dismiss ... read more »
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A MASTERPIECE
I love this film. It is AMAZING. I can't begin to say how intelligent and how deep this film goes. I've seen it before but had forgotten what a ... read more »
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Emotional Robot
I loved this film. The main character is a robot and to begin with i was freaked out by how much of a robot he was. However by the end he was more human than id... read more »
"It's all about escapism." Steven Spielberg, discussing his trade, November 2011 In his 1982 documentary Room 666, Wim Wenders set up a camera in a hotel room in Cannes and invited his colleagues to come in, sit down and talk to the (unmanned) camera for five minutes about the future of cinema. There was no interviewer, no other prompt – it was entirely up to the filmmakers to speak their piece. Godard talked (brilliantly) about television and digital. Herzog took off his shoes and... Read more
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