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65 out of 100

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5.9 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 238 Ratings

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  • Starring: Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law
  • Summary: Started by Stanley Kubrick and finished by Spielberg, this project was adapted from Brian Aldiss's 1966 short story "Super-Toys Last All Summer Long." The film explores the idea of programming a child robot so that he is able to love.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 32
  3. Negative: 3 out of 32
  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    100
    Pure magic, a three-act movie fantasy that transports us -- as the best films do -- to a world of its own, a place of ambiguous joy and delirious terror.
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  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not credited)
    60
    A slickly crafted fable, however dark, but it's shot with haunting poetry.
  3. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Michael Sragow
    38
    Ends up neither fish nor fowl. It's a misanthrope's "E.T."
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 66 out of 100
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 100
  3. Negative: 25 out of 100
  1. J42Hmusic
    10
    One of the best films I have ever seen. They could have cut the end back but what fantastic acting and thoughtful plots... I can't understand why someone… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. ALangdon
    5
    I thought it was a very strange film. I saw it when I was very young and I feel like someone was just trying to make another version of ET. It did however tug on the heart strings a bunch. But the end was just weird.… Expand
    • 0 of 1 users said yes
  3. S.Gold
    1
    This movie is a bad creepy, boring, overlong, pointless, and weird among other things avoid if you can. Spielberg's worst!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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