By: Ted Pfeifer
Title: A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Director:
Steven Spielberg
Cast: Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, William Hurt, Frances O'Conner
Rated: PG-13
Opened: June 29, 2001
Official Site

Steven Spielberg has found the cure for Insomnia, and it's called "A.I."

"A.l
." is a boring, slow, talky piece of non-entertainment. I warn you, do not think this is another "E.T.", if you take kids to see this movie they will be bored out of their heads.

This film is about a robot boy, played very well by Haley Joel Osment, who is programmed to love his new human mother and what happens when that love is not fully returned. The robot boy named David is the center piece of the film and Osment carries the load. Jude Law plays a robot as well and brings the only real life to the film, other than him everyone else is drab.

The movie follows David in his selfish quest to be loved more by his mother, he can not allow his mother to share her love between himself and his human brother. There is no emotional attachment to the character which takes any drama away from what is happening on screen.

As you may know this movie was the dream movie of director Stanley Kubrick who passed away before he could make the film. Over the last twenty years he has talked with Steven Spielberg about the movie and Steven was given the blessing to make it in his place.

Now here is the tough part about this review. Technically the movie is simply amazing because it has the touches of two of the greatest directors of all time in Kubrick and Spielberg. It will be studied for years to come for its mastery of camera movements and angles, lighting, the mixture of special effects and so on, but it is not entertaining at all. The screenplay in which Spielberg wrote would make a great book but not a good movie.

So if you are looking for a film that has been superbly put together than check this out. But if you want to be kept awake and entertained than go see something else.