Artificial Intelligence: AI
Metascore
65 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 32 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 32
  3. Negative: 3 out of 32
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  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. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Rosenbaum
    100
    A film that might make you cry watching it is just as likely to give you the creeps thinking about it afterward, which is as it should be.
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    91
    There aren't many at all like Spielberg and Kubrick, directors willing to lasso dreams (that's Steven) and nightmares (that's Stanley) or die trying. A.I. is a clash of the titans, a jumble, an oedipal drama, a carny act. I want to see it again.
  4. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: William Arnold
    91
    The movie is exactly what it's billed to be: the successful blending of two distinctly different filmmaking sensibilities from two different generations. But the stronger, and more pessimistic, sensibility -- Kubrick's -- carries the day.
  5. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Dana Stevens
    90
    (Spielberg) tells the story slowly and films it with lucid, mesmerizing objectivity, creating a mood as layered, dissonant and strange as John Williams's unusually restrained. modernist score.
  6. Newsweek
    Reviewed by: David Ansen
    90
    The result is fascinating -- a rich, strange, problematical movie full of wild tonal shifts and bravura moviemaking.
  7. Variety
    Reviewed by: Todd McCarthy
    90
    This is not "E.T.," nor is it a kid's film nor even necessarily a major mass-audience film, although Spielberg's name, high public anticipation and the child-oriented campaign will make it perform like one.

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User Score
6.0 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 277 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 68 out of 105
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 105
  3. Negative: 25 out of 105
  1. oliver1h
    8
    There has been many topics on various forums debating whether this movie is a good one or not. I think it is! Mr. Spielberg and Mr. Kubrick explored the the possible consequences of humans creating robots, that mainly serve our different needs and desires (child like robots, prostitute or service robots...). We can see this future world through the eyes of a child robot named David, who wants to become "real" so that he can regain the love of his human "mother". This is where things get interesting, Many ethical questions arise: What does it mean to be "real" or alive? Does a robot has real feelings, soul, thoughts of his own? How do humans approach these artificial beings. Are they even beings or just objects? I think the director explored these ideas quiet well. The cinematography, and acting is really good. The future world is well thought out, Definitely worth a look, because sooner or later we need to face these questions in reality!… Full Review »
  2. 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… Full Review »
  3. drlowdon
    4
    Far from being the complete disaster of a movie that some would have you believe A.I certainly gets many things right. The plot, revolving around the ability to produce life-like artificial children, is certainly an interesting concept and the film does on occasions raise some interesting questions The performances, particularly from Hayley Joel Osment (The Sixth Sense), are also very good.

    As a result, despite coming across as a little disjointed in places, A.I is a more than passable piece of sci-fi for the much of its running time. Unfortunately many viewers will remember only the apparently rushed and poorly explained ending and the fact that Spielberg has gone online to help clear it up speaks volumes for how it was received.    … Full Review »
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