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- 1984
- PG
- MGM/UA Entertainment Company
- 1 h 35 m
- 1984
- PG
- MGM/UA Entertainment Company
- 1 h 35 m
Summary An artificially intelligent PC and his human owner find themselves in a romantic rivalry over a woman.
Directed By: Steve Barron
Written By: Rusty Lemorande
- 1984
- PG
- MGM/UA Entertainment Company
- 1 h 35 m
- 1984
- PG
- MGM/UA Entertainment Company
- 1 h 35 m
Electric Dreams
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Summary An artificially intelligent PC and his human owner find themselves in a romantic rivalry over a woman.
Directed By: Steve Barron
Written By: Rusty Lemorande
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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33% Positive
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4 Reviews
50% Mixed
6 Reviews
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17% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
52
33% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
50% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
17% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
One of the nicest things about the movie is the way it maintains its note of slightly bewildered innocence.
The story gets silly from time to time, stretching credibility to the breaking point, but the final result is an old-fashioned love triangle made new by the third party's being electronic.
The viewer is diverted, but not terribly involved. As a romantic partner, hardware has considerably less resonance than Cary Grant. [06 Aug 1984, p.74]
In the failure of Electric Dreams to blend and balance its ingredients properly, plot elements are lost (the brick), credibility is overtaxed (the lovelorn computer), and what remains is high tech without being high art.
Photographically busy, though to no meaningful purpose, mildly amusing at best, the piece finally expires with what could be, but probably isn't, a parody of a feel-good ending.
Electric Dreams seems to take forever to establish its premise and its characters, who (computer excepted) are nonetheless rather one-dimensional. [23 Jul 1984, p.C6]
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Awards
Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
BAFTA Awards
• 1 Nomination
