Robot Stories

Name: Robot Stories
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama
Released: February 13, 2004
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 66

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Pak Film | Release Date: February 13, 2004

Summary: Four stories in which utterly human characters struggle to connect in a world of robot babies, robot toys, android office workers, and digital immortality.

Director: Greg Pak

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Drama

Runtime: 85 min

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Peter Hartlaub

This is a science fiction film, but like all excellent movies in the genre, the focus never strays from the human heart. Read full review

Karen Karbo

The subtext is singular: The presence of potentially dehumanizing technology serves to make the characters seem more human. Read full review

David Sterritt

Four stories with automatons as important characters...The last is the most touching, but all are skillfully made. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Each of the stories, impeccably staged and acted, has just the right length, well befitting the slight aspects of their story lines. Never allowing preciousness or ponderousness to infuse the material, filmmaker Pak demonstrates a real talent for concise storytelling marked by poignancy and humor. Read full review

Doug Brunell

I was hoping to be blown away, but was left feeling much like the iPerson in the "Machine Love" segment -- kind of cold. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

Ostensibly about artificial life forms, each of these four short, expertly crafted stories offers a poignant perspective on what it means to be human. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

Robot Stories isn't any good. I don't say this lightly. There's no pleasure in giving new directors bad reviews and it's especially unpleasant when what's wrong with their work isn't a clumsy performance or two, a sagging second act or a repugnant worldview, but a near-total absence of filmmaking talent. Read full review

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ChadS.

Feb 11, 2006

It's not so much the shoestring budget, but the amateurish performances that hamper "Robot Stories"; in particular, the female lead in "My Robot Baby". She was the weak link in a well-received studio film in '93, and here as well. "My Robot Baby" brought back memories of that It's not so much the shoestring budget, but the amateurish performances that hamper "Robot Stories"; in particular, the female lead in "My Robot Baby". She was the weak link in a well-received studio film in '93, and here as well. "My Robot Baby" brought back memories of that gussied-up sack of flour I took care of for a week. It's a good idea that's squandered by acting that draws our attention to the digital video. "The Robot Fixer" is okay. "Clay" needs more time in the kiln. "Robot Love", however, is provocative, better than anything George Lucas, or Shields & Yarnell, ever came up with.… Expand

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