Rating: 
Summary: Awful Movie
Review: What's the difference between A.I. and a bucket of shit? The bucket. The only thing worse than a bad movie is a long bad movie.
Don't waste your time or money.
Huge disappointment!
5 stars?
I didn't know so many people smoked crack.
Rating: 
Summary: Disjointed and Overblown
Review: Essentially, A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLEGENCE is a short film stretched out into a feature. The first segment which introduces the artificially created boy would have made an excellent episode for the "Twilight Zone" or "The Outer Limits." Unfortunately, the filmmakers do not leave well enough alone. Instead, they drag the film out into a series of seemingly endless subplots and twists.In the last reel or so, the film rolls off a series of endings which mostly fail to generate the emotional impact that is Spielberg's trademark. Some semblance of a theme survives, but its impact is weakened by the film's lack of urgency. The theme is also not brought out in the most compelling way. If you have any interest in seeing this film, watch only the first thirty or forty minutes. It goes steadily downhill from that point on. A major disappointment.
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Summary: POO POO
Review: If this movie would have ended after just hours, it would have only been awful. However it kept going (and going) and turned into a complete piece of cinematic dung. I forget at exactly what point in the movie I ceased to just be upset and turned suicidal.
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Summary: Best movie I've seen from Spielberg since 1st Indiana Jones!
Review: Being a Kubrick NUT, I was excited, yet scared by the prospect of Spielberg directing this...Other than the last 10 minutes, I thought he did a wonderful job on this...I enjoyed this more than anything he's released since the first Indiana Jones flick... Visually, the film is STUNNING, and Haley Joel Osmond deserved an Oscar nod for this one (HE NEVER BLINKED!!! Creepy but effective). Jude Law was a funny (yet again creepy) companion, in my favorite film I've seen him in. The story could have ended 10 minutes earlier (those who saw the movie know what I mean), but otherwise, it's a beautiful film that I enjoyed immensely. I was enthralled by the story, special effects, and acting, and I though Spielberg had balls to make this one (was not a "Safe" bet). I will say though that this film shouldn't be seen by young children (my son was 9 when we saw it at the movies)...this is an emotionally ripping film for young kids...I wasn't expecting the amount of intense emotion, and my son was in tears for a lot of the film (we had to wait five minutes after the movie for him to stop crying). I was kinda watching it and living it through him, so I was in tears a lot myself. (In case you're wondering, he liked it, but was freaked out by it). So, highly recommended (I would have given 4 1/2 stars if I could...the ending kept it from a 5). On my top ten movie list of the year, I gave it a 3 (Lord of the Rings & Ghost World came in at 1 & 2).
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Summary: Not one of Speilburg's Best
Review: I suffered through this disjointed story the day it came out. Save your time and money.
Rating: 
Summary: Magnificent.
Review: In my most humble of opinions, this was the best film of 2001. I am infuriated that it was nominated only for visual effects and the score (though those things were, assuredly, excellent). I think Spielberg did an excellent job of blending his sensibility with Kubrick's creepy vision. I can't think of anything I dislike about this movie, and I can't say enough in its praise. Watch it for yourself, and see.
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Summary: Sci-fi stunner
Review: It is a time when natural resources are limited and technology is advancing at an astronomical pace. Where you live is monitored; what you eat is engineered; and the person serving you is not a person at all. It's artificial. Gardening, housekeeping, companionship -- there is a robot for every need. Except love. Much of this movie is dark. At one point, a hopelessly depressed David leaps from the top of a skyscraper. And it grows unnervingly frustrating, especially as Spielberg's script tries to reach a conclusion that always seems just beyond reach. Spielberg wants a happy ending filled with hope. The ending? An anticlimax, but hopelessly touching. I felt tears streaming down my cheeks, and I don't cry easily. Hayley Joel Osment is simply out of the world. Such talent for acting is rare, and for a child to deliver with such emotional intensity is rarer. Go see this film. What goes around comes around in a film that was hated by the critics, criticised by viewers, but essentially loved by me. It is a moral story of love in a world where love cannot exist.
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Summary: An Absolute Masterpiece!
Review: I cannot agree with those who say this movie was terrible - I found it was an absolute delight, and I felt it melded Kubrick & Spielberg beautifully! Such a dark film, but at times it showed humanity as we cannot imagine it being, through the eyes of someone who desperately just wants to be loved - that is all. The acting was superb. Obviously thought, this film is not for everyone - it's a mental journey. It's not Clockwork, and it's not Close Encounters. It is of its own, and a beautiful vision Kubrick would have been proud of.
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Summary: This is the worst movie.....ever
Review: It is difficult to describe the physical pain I experienced when watching this movie. Haly Joel Osment's constant whining completely ruins this film, the only thing worse than it are those ridiculous aliens at the end of the film. Do we really need a film about a robot wanting to be a "real little boy"? Didn't they already come out with Pinnochio ? I would only recommend buying this DVD to hear the commentary by Spielberg... I would love to hear him try to explain away this car wreck of a movie.
Rating: 
Summary: Overwrought and overlong
Review: The film would have been just barely tolerable had they left the child frozen in the ice. Much of the film's imagery is beautiful, but the plot goes from fascinating to ludicrous rather abruptly (two-thirds of the way through). By the end the audience was laughing, what with the teddy bear that has miraculously saved a lock of the mother's hair and the valium-voiced aliens. And talk about Oedipal endings! Certainly an embarassment for all parties involved.
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