"A.I. Artificial Intelligence" Talkback (Spoilers)

[I.R Joey]

David is 11 years old. He weighs 60 pounds. He is 4 feet, 6 inches tall. He has brown hair. His love is real. But he is not.

"You are a real boy. At least as real as I've ever made one." - Professor Allen Hobby

Release Date: June 29th, 2001
Studio: Warner Bros., DreamWorks
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O' Connor, Brendan Gleeson, Jake Thomas, William Hurt, Daveigh Chase, Sam Robards, Clara Bellar, Keith Campbell, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Kathryn Morris, Adam Scott, Kirk B.R. Woller, Robin Williams (narrator)

Plot Summary: 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 (Osment). A robotic boy, the first programmed to love, David is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee (Robards) and his wife (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.

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This was a really deep movie, it worked on so many levels, and it kept us thinking. It really made us think about ourselves, and where we might be heading in the future. Believe it or not Hally Osmand does not blink throughout the flick.Really good acting on his part. I must say that I was kinda let down by the ending, but I think it sorta made sense. Very much like a wheel that came back to where it started. Overall I give it

a 9.2/10

[James Harvey]

I hope to see that this week. He doesn't blink? That's funy becuase in that special trailer they made, I think he blinks in it. Still, that is a cool job on Osment's part. I heard that Jude Law was spectacular as his character.

[joker]

i saw it yesterday and i thought it was very good. since it was done by spielburg and kubric, you could pick out elements of each person. it was fun to sit throught the movie and say"oh spielburg threw that in there." or "thats so kubric trade mark"

[Jedi Knight]

Definitely an excellent movie, though I thought the ending got a little drawn out. I thought it should've ended a bit earlier.

Although I think I may be a bit biased, since I am a huge Kubrick fan. Jude Law and Haley Joel Osment both do terrific jobs with their respective roles, and the Teddy is just a nice touch. Added a bit of a comical touch to a somewhat humourless script.