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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 parent". Henry Swinton (Sam Robards) works
for Cybertronics and agrees to take David home for his wife Monica (Frances
O'Connor), who has been grieving since their own son Martin (Jake Thomas)
got ill and had to be cryogenically frozen. David is a little creepy, but
he becomes part of the family - then Martin recovers and comes home. The
sibling rivalry begins. We don't want this to be a spoiler, but David finds
himself out in the world with Teddy, his super-toy, and Gigolo Joe (Jude
Law), a "love mecha" (sex machine), to help him find his way
home.
This is a very thought-provoking film that raises a lot of questions: why
can't David be taught to love more than one person; which side of the moral
fence do you sit on - when it comes to making machines behave like humans;
would you like having a robotic child; if robots can be taught to love,
can they learn to hate; and how can we get one of those love mechas?
Everything about this movie is slick - the visual effects are terrific,
the sets have a futuristic feel, the make-up transforms the actors (especially
Jude Law) to look man-made, and Haley brings the robot boy to life, yet
still seems not quite real.
We love Teddy, he is an amazing toy - everybody should have a protector
like him. Jude Law is entertaining as the robot built for pleasure; he
changes the more time he spends with David. We found ourselves cheering
for the machines, because the people are too cruel and jealous.
Based on the trailer, this isn't the movie we expected, but it's originally
Stanley Kubrik's project, so don't be surprised if you're surprised. There
are slow parts that make this two and a half-hour movie feel longer. The
PG-13 rating is no joke! It has some dark elements, sexual references,
violence, and is way too creepy for the little ones.
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