A.I. Artificial Intelligence

Watch: A.I. Artificial Intelligence

PG-13

6/29/20012h 26m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ 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. ~

Overview:

David, a robotic boy—the first of his kind programmed to love—is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually becomes their child, a series of unexpected circumstances make this life impossible for David.

Director:

Steven Spielberg

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$100,000,000.00

Revenue:

$235,926,552.00

Key words:

android
prostitute
artificial intelligence (a.i.)
prophecy
loss of loved one
extraterrestrial technology
fairy tale
dystopia
adoption
ice age
prosecution
gigolo
hologram
alien
robot
destiny
capture
doppelgänger
human android relationship
robot boy
advanced technology

Cast

Haley Joel Osment

~ as ~

David

Jude Law

~ as ~

Gigolo Joe

Frances O'Connor

~ as ~

Monica Swinton

Sam Robards

~ as ~

Henry Swinton

Jake Thomas

~ as ~

Martin Swinton

William Hurt

~ as ~

Prof. Hobby

Jack Angel

~ as ~

Teddy (voice)

Robin Williams

~ as ~

Dr. Know (voice)

Ben Kingsley

~ as ~

Specialist (voice)

Meryl Streep

~ as ~

Blue Mecha (voice)

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Reviews (3)

Peter McGinn
Written 4 year(s) ago
6
I bought this on DVD many years ago, convinced I had never seen it. I finally got around to watching it, and it wasn’t until I reached the robot demolition circus (words I bet I have never seen in the same sentence before) that I realized I had watched this movie before. That is a memorable sequence.

In many respects I thought the movie was well made: the special effects, the deep thinking behind the plot, and the writing was mostly good. It almost felt like it was covering too much ground, and I felt there were a few lapses. I will mention only one, and try not to give anything away. There is a pivotal scene where John Hurt’s character is with the AI child David. It took a lot of effort to get David there, so what does the guy do/ he leaves David alone and unchaperoned. And the end of the movie turns on that. Why would he wander off like that except to serve the plot?

Still, the film, mirroring and projecting the story of Pinocchio into the future, was quite an achievement. I liked it, but not as much as a lot of other Spielberg efforts.
Andre Gonzales
Written 2 year(s) ago
4
The movie was actually pretty good. The ending sucked to me though.
CinemaSerf
Written 2 year(s) ago
7
With their son "Martin" supposedly out for the count, "Henry" (Sam Robards) procures a solution for his wife "Monica" (Frances O'Connor) in the form of "David" (Haley Joel Osment). He is a state of the art android. Not robotic in function like previous models, but an adaptive model that can learn to love, to feel, to be... Initially very apprehensive, she gradually bonds with the curious and friendly young man just as readily as dad "Henry" starts not to. Then, re-enter "Martin" (Jake Thomas) who turns out to be a rather malevolent and jealous lad who, with his fellow human friends, contrives a scenario that results in "David" becoming abandoned with only his talking "Teddy" for company. Now "David" had learned of the famous "Blue Fairy" who could turn him into a real boy, so convinced that his mother would love him again, sets out to track it down at the end of the Earth. His adventures along the way are perilous, he meets some salvage hunters with an almost circus-like approach to recycling before alighting on "Gigolo Joe" (Jude Law). His name says it all, his job being to "pleasure" women who want something that bit special. The two share his quest as the latter is pursued by the authorities - but can "David" reach his holy grail? This is heavily based on the "Pinocchio" story and that gives it a solid, potent and dark bedrock for a story of wishing for the moon. Osment is super here as the vulnerable but determined and lost lad looking for a mother's love and affection. Law also reminds us why he was ever an A-lister with an almost Astaire-esque performance as the ostensible wastrel who has more substance to his character than we might expect. The last half hour takes it's time, that could do with being tightened up - but the whole gist of this story of being careful what you wish for is otherwise well balanced between the drama, the emotion, a bit of technology and some fun too. It takes a swipe at the temporary culture that has prevailed for generations and maybe just reminds us that if it seems to good to be true, then it almost certainly is. Looks great on a big screen and is Spielberg at his most sensitively imaginative.