Zoe

Name: Zoe
Genre: Sci-Fi, Romance
Released: July 20, 2018
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 39
Cast: Adam Bernett, Andrea Susan Bush, Anthony Shim, Arlen Aguayo-Stewart, Christina Aguilera

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Zoe

Movie Details & Credits

Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): July 20, 2018

Starring: Adam Bernett, Andrea Susan Bush, Anthony Shim, Arlen Aguayo-Stewart, Christina Aguilera, Donovan Colan, Ewan McGregor, Helen Johns, Jordana Lajoie, Léa Seydoux, Matthew Gray Gubler, Miranda Otto, Rashida Jones, Richard Brimblecombe, Sarah Levesque, Stephanie Ng Wan, Theo James

Summary: Two colleagues at a revolutionary research lab design technology to improve and perfect romantic relationships. As their work progresses, their discoveries become more profound.

Director: Drake Doremus

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 104 min

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The Hollywood Reporter - John DeFore

Apr 27, 2018

A human/robot love story that is less deeply imaginative than Spike Jonze's Her and less heartbreaking than Doremus' own Like Crazy, the picture is nevertheless a beautifully acted, affecting drama that teases some questions society may need to answer sooner than we expect. Read full review

Screen International - David D'Arcy

Apr 27, 2018

Both McGregor, close cropped, and Seydoux, in retro bangs, give tender performances, although there’s not much that’s new in the love story once you push the robotics aside. Tech-heads who rush to Zoe may leave the theater feeling under-charged. Read full review

Entertainment Weekly - Christian Holub

May 2, 2018

An unimaginative waste of science-fiction potential. Read full review

The A.V. Club - Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

Jul 22, 2018

Wrestling with the intrinsic creepiness of the premise would involve some social commentary, self-awareness, and honest-to-God storytelling, and that’s not Doremus’ bag. Read full review

The New York Times - Glenn Kenny

Jul 16, 2018

In Zoe, the characters, all in their 30s at least (except for the robots, I know, but bear with me), still believe that 100-percent glitch-free everlasting love is a reasonable life goal. It’s this component, even more than the poorly realized sci-fi trappings, that finally make the movie a little insufferable. Read full review

The Playlist - Lena Wilson

Apr 27, 2018

Though the film attempts to introduce a future laden with fascinating social implications, it maddeningly ignores them in favor of an overwrought, plodding, and inherently sexist romance. Read full review

IndieWire - David Ehrlich

Apr 27, 2018

If we ever truly sympathize with Doremus’ nebulous characters, it’s only because they help us appreciate how painful it can be to spend so much time trying to divine meaning from utter emptiness. Read full review

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amralshura

Jul 20, 2018

This movie is amazing, Christina was so natural and professional in this. Loved it.

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annbd

May 21, 2019

Great mix between science and love. Things happened a little bit quicker and unclearer than the viewer will expect, but film was decent and emotional with happy ending. People taking pills to feel in love for at least one day is scary with it's reality and probable future in real life.

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