A.I. Artificial Intelligence

Name: A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Drama
Released: June 29, 2001
Duration: 146 min
Rating: 65
Cast: Clark Gregg, Frances O'Connor, Haley Joel Osment, Jake Thomas, Jude Law

2001

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Warner Bros. Pictures | Release Date: June 29, 2001 | PG-13

Starring: Clark Gregg, Frances O'Connor, Haley Joel Osment, Jake Thomas, Jude Law, Ken Leung, Kevin Sussman, Sam Robards, Tom Gallop, William Hurt

Summary: Started by Stanley Kubrick and finished by Steven 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.

Director: Steven Spielberg

Genre(s): Adventure, Sci-Fi, Drama

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 146 min

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Michael Wilmington

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.

David Ansen

The result is fascinating -- a rich, strange, problematical movie full of wild tonal shifts and bravura moviemaking. Read full review

Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard

Actually, it's a childhood "A Clockwork Orange," a reverent realization of the late Stanley Kubrick's final obsession.

Peter Travers

Whether audiences are pleased or vexed, very vexed, by A.I., any movie buff worth his salt will want to sift through this fascinating wreck of a movie. Read full review

Desmond Ryan

A fascinating but flawed work that demonstrates that, contrary to popular wisdom, great minds do not think alike. Read full review

Desson Thomson

Intriguing, inspired, flawed, misbegotten and fascinating -- all of these qualities apply to the movie, at one point or another. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

By the end A.I. exhibits all its creators' bad traits and none of the good. So we end up with the structureless, meandering, slow-motion endlessness of Kubrick combined with the fuzzy, cuddly mindlessness of Spielberg. Read full review

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J42Hmusic

Feb 19, 2011

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

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ShaneS.

Aug 15, 2006

I'm a bit surprised, actually, by all the negative ratings this film has gotten. I disagree, though, because this film is great with three things. [***SPOILERS***] It pushes the imagination in a very uncomfortable way. That is, it actually distorts the modern happy ending and hands it I'm a bit surprised, actually, by all the negative ratings this film has gotten. I disagree, though, because this film is great with three things. [***SPOILERS***] It pushes the imagination in a very uncomfortable way. That is, it actually distorts the modern happy ending and hands it an undertone of depressing creepiness, and it does it for a good reason. It speaks volumes of whether or not love is an exclusively human thing. And lastly, it's a subtle examination of modern evolutionary theory, expecting in its efforts to say "humans' time will eventually end on this planet." The ending scene is necessary for that reason, and without it the film would not really have a point. With these long endings, though, where the first fade-out tricks you into believing it actually ends at a certain point, people get a little angry and flabberghasted that they didn't get to leave the theatres that much earlier.… Expand

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KolomanR.

Jun 19, 2009

Who knew sentimentality could be lifted to such artistic heights? Kubrick was spot on in his choice of director. This film is an unqualified masterpiece.

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EpicLadySponge

Apr 5, 2016

As smart as a normal computer AI in any video game you might be playing right now, but still suffers from lack of total hardness like what a tough computer AI would always do.

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SEROJ

Jul 10, 2014

Superb acting, great visual effects, decent story. It had some fun and dramatic scenes, but overall this was a boring movie to me. Great idea but with less fantasy it would've been much better. 7/10

2 of 2 users found this helpful20

ManveerR.

Feb 18, 2006

Palin average one speilbergs half hearted efforts good visuals and not bad acting but movie dragged on way too long it was pathetic.

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BobS.

Aug 30, 2005

As stiff and robotic as its own characters. The ending renders the entire movie not just pointless, but a complete waste of time. I would have rather spent my two hours in line at the DMV than watching this enigma.

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