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User Rating:
6.9/10   85,159 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Brian Aldiss (short story "Supertoys Last All Summer Long")
Ian Watson (screen story)
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Release Date:
29 June 2001 (USA) more
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David is 11 years old. He weighs 60 pounds. He is 4 feet, 6 inches tall. He has brown hair. His love is real. But he is not. more
Plot:
A highly advanced robotic boy longs to become "real" so that he can regain the love of his human mother. full summary | full synopsis
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Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 40 nominations more
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Haley Joel Osment ... David

Frances O'Connor ... Monica Swinton

Sam Robards ... Henry Swinton

Jake Thomas ... Martin Swinton

Jude Law ... Gigolo Joe

William Hurt ... Prof. Hobby

Ken Leung ... Syatyoo-Sama

Clark Gregg ... Supernerd

Kevin Sussman ... Supernerd
Tom Gallop ... Supernerd
Eugene Osment ... Supernerd

April Grace ... Female Colleague

Matt Winston ... Executive

Sabrina Grdevich ... Secretary
Theo Greenly ... Todd
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Also Known As:
A.I. (USA) (working title (promotional title))
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (USA) (poster title)
A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (USA) (alternative spelling)
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Rated PG-13 for some sexual content and violent images.
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146 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Real-life amputees played some of the robots with missing limbs. more
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Continuity: When David approaches Monica's bed to cut off a strand of her hair, she is first lying her face turned away from him. In the next shot, she is lying face towards him. more
Quotes:
David: Mommy? Will you die?
Monica: Well, one day, David, yes, I will.
David: I'll be alone.
Monica: Don't worry yourself so.
David: How long will you live?
Monica: For ages. For 50 years.
David: I love you, Mommy. I hope you never die. Never.
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Referenced in Producing Fiction (2007) more
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What About Us more

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135 out of 213 people found the following review useful.
A.I.--A Film With Heart And Brains, 6 July 2001
10/10
Author: virek213 from San Gabriel, Ca., USA

Steven Spielberg's latest movie A.I.: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, which he took up at the encouragement of the late, great Stanley Kubrick, has caused widely divergent comments. And I can't help wondering if the most scathingly negative reviews of this movie aren't just an open desire to see Spielberg crash, as he had with "1941" and HOOK.

For my money, Spielberg has done it again with this futuristic science fiction drama, regardless of what the negative reviews say. Its story of a robot boy (Haley Joel Osment) who desires to be a real boy in a far future in which humans (Orgas) and machines (Mechas) exist side-by-side but not always in harmony is very much modeled on the Pinocchio story, though it is actually based on a 1969 short story by Brian Aldiss. It raises some interesting and sometimes unsettling moral dilemmas that few films of late have done. Can a parent love a child, even if that child is not real? What might happen if that child desired to be real? How will Man and Machine be able to co-exist?

Like all intelligent science fiction, such as Kubrick's own 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY and Spielberg's own CLOSE ENCOUNTERS, A.I. forces us to ponder where we've been and where we might be going. It's an incredible combination of Kubrick's icy intellectual and clinical mind and Spielberg's emotional heart; and I think it works exceedingly well. But it forces the viewer to not leave their heart and brains at the door, which I think is why it is being so negatively received in this season of mindless summer movie fare. It may be too intelligent for its own good, and many don't have the 145 minutes of patience needed for the movie. I did, however; and I would call this an absolute masterpiece. Out of ten stars, give this one a 10.

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