Rating: 
Summary: Leaves you wanting more
Review: The central theme of this film is endlessly fascinating: do we have genuine feelings in the classical/romantic sense, or are our emotions simply the sum of neurochemical processes? A sub-theme, the nature of artificial intelligence and how much it has in common with the human psyche, has been far more developed in films such as "A.I." and "Bladerunner," but was nevertheless poignant in the character of Koy-Koy. There was some intelligent scripting here, though the material on brain chemistry failed to go much beyond what one could glean from one good newspaper article. I felt it was a missed opportunity to really explore the topic in depth. The the actor playing Rand stands out as a real natural. Nice tasteful soundtrack. An enjoyable and touching film, but it felt a bit thin and underdeveloped.
Rating:
Summary: Leaves you wanting more
Review: The central theme of this film is endlessly fascinating: do we have genuine feelings in the classical/romantic sense, or are our emotions simply the sum of neurochemical processes? A sub-theme, the nature of artificial intelligence and how much it has in common with the human psyche, has been far more developed in films such as "A.I." and "Bladerunner," but was nevertheless poignant in the character of Koy-Koy. There was some intelligent scripting here, though the material on brain chemistry failed to go much beyond what one could glean from one good newspaper article. I felt it was a missed opportunity to really explore the topic in depth. The the actor playing Rand stands out as a real natural. Nice tasteful soundtrack. An enjoyable and touching film, but it felt a bit thin and underdeveloped.
Rating: 
Summary: Requiem much?
Review: This film artistically is a complete rip off of Requiem for a Dream. Many recent films have tried and failed by mostly focusing on the drug aspects (Spun), so you'd think one that focuses little on the drugs and mostly on the relationships would be able to have some sort of success...wrong. The wanna-be Clint Mansell soundtrack and time lapse cinemetography a la Darren Aranofsky should only be copywrited and only used in their respective films. Anyone else who makes such a blatant attempt always fails, this being no exception. I thought Sundance for for innovation? They certainly let this one slip through the cracks.
Rating: 
Summary: A wonderful little movie...
Review: This is an award-winning film from the 2003 Sundance Festival. It captured the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize, which the festival judges give to the film which best handles issues of science and technology. (3 stars, square in the middle, as I have not yet seen the movie)There will be goodies on this DVD to look forward to; an audio commentary by director Mark Decena and co-writer (with Decena) Tim Breitbach; deleted scenes; a behind-the-scenes featurette; the trailer; Decena's introduction from the Sundance screening of Dopamine, and (apparently with all Sundance Home Entertainment DVD's), it will have '03 Sundance highlights. Plus it has Sabrina Lloyd. And any film that has her on its roster demands a look-see, because of her immense talent she displayed on ABC's late, lamented Sports Night.
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