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- 1 h 32 m
- 1 h 32 m
Directed By: Andrew Zuchero, Sam Zuchero
Written By: Sam Zuchero, Andrew Zuchero
- 1 h 32 m
- 1 h 32 m
Love Me
54
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Directed By: Andrew Zuchero, Sam Zuchero
Written By: Sam Zuchero, Andrew Zuchero
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
54
25% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
69% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
6% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
54
25% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
69% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
6% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Love Me had the potential to be a little too precious in its storytelling — certainly there’s something profoundly cute about two robots falling in love, as any Wall-E fan will tell you. What keeps the narrative balanced is the raw bleakness of the setting.
It’s a sweeping, sweet and unique romance that works across different mediums to deliver something thoughtful that isn’t afraid to wear its heart on its sleeve.
Unfortunately, the film tends to underline its points, turning a clever idea into a fairly obvious one, and Love Me’s self-consciously innocent/sweet tone can become grating. But what holds the film together is the intelligence and commitment the two stars bring to this occasionally mawkish tale.
As Love Me unfolds, it becomes an exercise to explore how very human emotions affect evolving artificial intelligence beings. Although referring to it as an exercise sounds unfairly cold. The movie is certainly not that. Both Stewart and Yeun bring passion to their characters. . . But something feels off.
By the time the movie arrives at its broadly sweet but emotionally hollow final scene, it seems clear that the Zucheros want the audience to feel everything, but all I felt was nothing.
Taking two of the most magnetic actors on the planet, Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun, and transforming them into emotionally stunted virtual avatars for more than half the running time is the least of the miscalculations.
The further Love Me develops its scenario, the less plausible it becomes, even by lovelorn sci-fi standards.
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