Bicentennial Man
Chris Columbus
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Plot Summary
This film follows the life and times of an android named Andrew Martin (Robin Williams) who is purchased as a household robot programmed to perform menial tasks. Within a few days the Martin family realizes that they don't have an ordinary droid as Andrew begins to experience emotions and creative thought. In a story that spans two centuries, Andrew learns the intricacies of humanity while trying to stop those who created him from destroying him.
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Fantastic!!
I love this film! The trailer for it however makes it out to be a kid’s film with lots of laughs. It does have a few laughs in it, but to me it’s more of a film that adults would enjoy, simply for the fact that the film is in a way a tale of romance. I think some people find it a bit strange because the robot Andrew (Robin Williams) falls in love. But if you like a bit of Sci-Fi etc then this won’t bother you in the slightest. I love how the tale progresses from Andrew being introduced to the family and gradually moving through the years with the family and then their family. I love to watch this film to make me feel good. It is kind of sad in the end, but in a good way. Like I said, the trailer doesn’t do the film justice. If I had just seen the trailer and never gave the film a chance when I first saw it on TV I wouldn’t have bothered to watch it. Give it a go! You might just find your favourite film of all time!
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Will not download but very good film so I have paid for a film I can not watch sort it out iTunes
Good, but not what you'll expect and not as good as it should be.
This film is good, in some ways. Sort of alright in others but there are a few glairing problems. It's a high concept science fiction film, far too high for standard hollywood fair. There's no action, no world in peril. It's a slow, methodical movie and if you're not ready for it dull.
Lots of people expected a funny film, or the litteral interpritation of Azimov's work. It's neither. What you get is a thought provoking film on what it means to be human by following a robot as it becomes one of us. The robot has the potential to grow and does. And that's the story, in a nutshell.
Sam Neill is one of my all time favoute actors and while he plays second fiddle to Williams charicter the two of them put in a great performance. It's a shame the other actors don't match up in the end. but you don't want them to.
That is one of the big problems. The other is the length. At more than 2 hours there are times you reach for the fast forward and you won't misss much. You can leave the room brew a cup of tea and be back and it will feel as if you haven't missed anything.
The original Azimov story was short, colected in I Robot, it expected the reader to catch on. The film doesn't and as such drags in places. Never quite capturing your attention as much as it should.
Still I like it and if you want a heart warming film that helps you apreciate the future wind on to the last ten or twenty minuites. It can still bring a tear to the eye.
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- £4.99
- Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Released: 2000
- © 1999 Touchstone Pictures, a.a.d.o. Disney Enterprises, Inc. and Palisade Investors, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
