Director Maria Schrader. Cast: Stars Maren Eggert, Dan Stevens, Sandra Hüller. 108 min. Sci-fi/Romance.
- As part of an experiment, a scientist takes in an android specifically created to meet her emotional needs. She hates him in the beginning ... so when I write in the beginning, it's somewhat predictable what happens by the end.
- This adds to a long list movies, mainly started forty years ago by Ridley Scott in Alien and Blade Runner, and most recently by others in Her and Ex Machina, asking: "what if" androids were an indiscernible part of our lives? Moreover, what if they were discernable? As opposed to the older (horror) movies that originated the concept, this one asks: can you fall in love with a robot specifically made for you? Or, should you fall in love with it? Though-provoking film.
- The movie is hit hard by a narrative mistake at the end: the protagonist summarizes her findings from the experiment in a letter which she reads ... to us. We had already reached those conclusions through the story, and did not need the reiteration.
- A decade ago Dan Stevens left the great TV show Downton Abbey in search of better opportunities in the realm of cinema. I've been waiting since to see if this was a wise gamble. Considering his current (average) status, I'm not sure it was.
MoGo's rating: 7/10
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