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Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001) Rank 3 Reviews
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Professor Hobby (William Hurt) works for Cybertronics, building robots. He wants to prove to the scientific community that he can build a robot that can love, so he creates David (Haley Joel Osment), who is programmed to love his "adoptive ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at The Movie Chicks
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Warner Bros. and DreamWorks present a film written and directed by Steven Spielberg. Screen story by Ian Watson, based on the short story "Supertoys Last All Summer Long" by Brian Aldiss. Running time: 145 minutes. Rated PG-13.
Steven Spielberg's A.I. ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at ShowBIZ Data
Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Brian Oliver)
Much anticipation has developed around AI , the new Steven Spielberg movie that explores the question of one day having a robot that is has the ability to think and love like any other human being. It also begs the question: Can a human love a robot the ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Brian Oliver)
Movie Gazette (Andrea Chee)
This is a reasonably sound sci-fi fantasy, but hardly the great masterwork that was promised. ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at Movie Gazette (Andrea Chee)
Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence is a science-fiction parable that's hard to wrap your mind around, which is exactly as the late Stanley Kubrick would have wanted it. This project had been gestating in Kubrick's mind since the early 1970s when he first met ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)
iofilm.co.uk
A.I. belongs to Spielberg, who wrote the script from a short story by Brian Aldiss, and to Osment, who, at 12-years-old, is the most heart-rending child actor of his generation. It is almost a triumph. ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at iofilm.co.uk
Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips Jr.)
In this film, which is the first and only collaboration between two of the giants of film history, Steven Spielberg and Stanley Kubrick, we get a sometimes uncomfortable, often brilliant and visionary blending of their two vastly different styles. It is ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips Jr.)
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TIME Magazine (Richard Corliss)
Spielberg laid the burden of the film on Osment like a backpack, and the young trouper carries it. ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at TIME Magazine (Richard Corliss)
Garpsworld Cinema (Brian Drury)
As expected, the journey is complex, mystical and filled with philosophical conundrums before reaching the end. ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at Garpsworld Cinema (Brian Drury)
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eFilmCritic.com (Scott Weinberg)
Not nearly Spielberg's best, A.I. is a smart and entertaining piece of escapism...surely better than anything else littering your local multiplex screens this summer. ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Scott Weinberg)
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New York Times (A.O. Scott)
The best fairy tale -- the most disturbing, complex and intellectually challenging boy's adventure story -- Mr. Spielberg has made. ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at New York Times (A.O. Scott)
Cinenganos (Luis Martinez)
Los sueños de un visionario en las manos de un genio... I.A. Inteligencia Artificial: el choque y la sinergia de dos leyendas: Kubrick y Spielberg. ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at Cinenganos (Luis Martinez)
Film Threat (Chris Gore)
Though the film is far from perfect, (mainly Spielberg's clunky writing and that final third) merely the attempt to explore true science fiction themes makes A.I. admirable. ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at Film Threat (Chris Gore)
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filmcritic.com dumbs down Intelligence
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Movielocity Movie Reviews (Blake Kunisch)
Great acting? Yes. Amazing special effects? Yes. An intriguing premise? Yes. Should it have stayed with Kubrick instead of transferring over to Spielberg? Yes. ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at Movielocity Movie Reviews (Blake Kunisch)
Cinema in Focus (Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin)
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Natural Born Viewers ("Geeky Marcus")
I don't believe Kubrick invited Steven Spielberg to make "A.I." after
watching "E.T." That didn't happen. And Spielberg is never Kubrick's
friend. "A.I." should never have been made, and Spielberg committed a
felony. I am just tired of these people ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at Natural Born Viewers ("Geeky Marcus")
Dark Horizons (Garth Franklin)
Both fascinating and frustrating - "AI" is a Kubrick/Spielberg hybrid which has resulted in a failed masterpiece. Adapted from a sci-fi short story, the project was a life-long one of Stanley Kubrick who had been trying to develop it for over two ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at Dark Horizons (Garth Franklin)
The UK Critic (Ian Waldron-Mantgani)
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Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
Oceans have risen to swallow cities. Land and
resources are scarce, hence pregnancies must be
licensed. But technology has advanced to fill the
void of a truncated family - why not purchase a ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
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USA TODAY
This is a movie to be knocked, chewed and gummed, but not dismissed. It's the first 2001 release I've rushed to see twice. ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at USA TODAY
Bob Bloom
For here we have another lost boy trying to find his way home, an outcast seeking family, themes very familiar from most of Spielbergís body of work from Sugarland Express to Close Encounters of the Third Kind to Empire of the Sun to Hook to Saving ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at Bob Bloom
Michael Dequina
These are indeed valid and troubling questions as one watch _AI_, but as with a number of films fundamentally flawed in design, execution more than smooths over most of the rough spotsnamely Haley Joel Osment's extraordinary lead turn as David, the "he" ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at Michael Dequina
Bob Bloom
For here we have another lost boy trying to find his way home, an outcast seeking family, themes very familiar from most of Spielberg's body of work from Sugarland Express to Close Encounters of the Third Kind to E.T. to Empire of the Sun to Hook to ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at Bob Bloom
Lobo Howls (Judith Wolfe)
To make a long story short... I was disappointed. (Oh yeah, I will be getting mail on this one too.) For those of you that don't know this movies' background (have you been in a cave)? Stanley Kubrick ( Clockwork Orange, Dr. Strangelove ) had bought the ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at Lobo Howls (Judith Wolfe)
Homer Yen
The production of David creates a fascinating quandary. For, even if he could love a family, would the family love him back? And would this technology somehow threaten the frail structure upon which humanity currently sits? This intriguing question, ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at Homer Yen
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
So is A.I. a Kubrick movie or a Spielberg production? Since the film, which suffers from a case of split personality, can't seem to make up its mind, how are we supposed to? Perhaps the more relevant question is whether it's worth seeing. ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
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Decent Films Guide (Steven D. Greydanus)
What makes this world so compelling is that Spielberg shows us, as few others could have, how ordinary people like ourselves feel living in it. ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at Decent Films Guide (Steven D. Greydanus)
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Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)
The most astounding effect of all is not mecha, but orga: Haley Joel Osment's transcendent performance. ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)
ToxicUniverse.com (Lee Chase IV)
A.I. has so many interesting aspects on screen that I really wanted to like it. After seeing it twice, I was still torn on how to rate the movie, because the good stuff is very good but the themes are all out of place. I can’t ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at ToxicUniverse.com (Lee Chase IV)
Reel.com
Shortly after his defeat at the hands of IBM supercomputer Deep Blue in 1997, chess master Gary Kasparov was asked if he thought the machine was intelligent. "No," he said, quickly adding the caveat, "but you can definitely feel something stirring ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at Reel.com
filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
I remember sitting in a movie theater at the tender age of 14, watching a little film called D.A.R.Y.L., about a boy with a computer brain trying to cope with modern society and questions of emotion and identity. D.A.R.Y.L. was not some overblown, 2 ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
watchingmovies.com (Rob McKinnon)
Osment literally carries the film on his young shoulders, brilliantly....It's a terrific piece of cinematic work. ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at watchingmovies.com (Rob McKinnon)
Zap2it.com (Michael Szymanski)
There's no question that somehow, some way, director Steven Spielberg figured out a way to channel the talents and advice of his mentor Stanley Kubrick as he compiled the incredible, intriguing sci fi stor ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at Zap2it.com (Michael Szymanski)
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Happily, the beauty shows up before the frustrations set in. ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at Globe and Mail (Rick Groen)
efilmcritic.com (Collin Souter)
The first movie of the summer worthy of serious debate ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at efilmcritic.com (Collin Souter)
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Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Greatness and miscalculation fight for screen space in Steven Spielberg's "A.I. Artificial Intelligence," a movie both wonderful and maddening. Here is one of the most ambitious films of ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Expectations were high, perhaps unreasonably so, for A.I., the first - and only - movie to bear the monikers of cinematic heavyweights Stanley Kubrick and Steven Spielberg. Yet, while A.I. is consistently involving, and has moments of near-brilliance, it ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
Because audiences are so predisposed to a 1-2-3 style of storytelling, one viewing may do an injustice to convince someone of its power. ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
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Typical Corman drive-in flick, made in a couple of days with stock sets and costumes, but shot with a lairy stylism. That doesn't stop it from being pretty dull, however - there's a limit to how interesting a film can be if your plot is an improvised ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at The Filmsnobs (James Owen)
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The themes of A.I.: Artificial Intelligence are simple: the need to be real and the desire to be loved. It’s the execution of those themes that are exceedingly complex. Try for a moment to mentally merge the classic children’s book The Velveteen ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at Plugged In
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It's odd to see the nearly infallible Steven Spielberg so visibly unsure of himself. But his new film "A.I.: Artificial Intelligence" feels as though it were made by a man riding the edge between breaking new ground and falling back on his instincts. ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)
Matinee Magazine (Chuck Rudolph)
The film is neither too cold nor too sentimental for its own good, and its ambitions remain fitfully engaging while its promise goes mostly unachieved. ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at Matinee Magazine (Chuck Rudolph)
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It is clear why Steven Spielberg is one of the most successful modern filmmakers. During AI: Artificial Intelligence, Spielberg exhibits the artistry that has elevated him to the status of an exalted auteur as opposed to a merely adequate entertainer. ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at Big Picture Big Sound (Roburado)
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Haley Joel Osment does live up to the hype surrounding his performance. I mean the guy doesn't blink once in a 2 1/2-hour movie. The parallels to Pinocchio are poignant and appropriate and the futuristic visuals are first rate. Still what should have ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at Three Movie Buffs (Patrick Nash)
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David Morse and Bruce Willis in 16 BlocksThe twists and turns of this formulaic actioner feel about as familiar as the 16 blocks of a routine newspaper route. Crooked cops, sketchy crooks and Bruce Willis as a washed-up detective --- this one has ...read the complete Artificial Intelligence: AI movie review at Palo Alto Online (Susan Tavernetti)
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