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A.I.
Artificial Intelligence
A.I. ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE is the story of David
(Haley Joel Osment), the first mecha
(a futuristic term for a mechanized
human being) designed with the
ability to love. A couple whose son
is in a coma "adopts"
David to help them recover from
their loss. Naturally, things do not
go as planned, and David is forced
to leave the mother (Frances
O’Connor) he's been
"imprinted" to love, and
make his way in the world. Traveling
with Teddy, a hi-tech stuffed bear,
David escapes the Flesh Fair, where
angry humans destroy mechas to
"purge artificiality," and
unexpectedly befriends Gigolo Joe
(Jude Law in a wry performance), a
robot designed to pleasure women.
Joe agrees to help David in his
quest to become human. Director
Stanley Kubrick originally developed
A.I., at one point asking Spielberg
to direct it. When Kubrick passed
away, Spielberg took the reins.
Using a treatment and thousands of
drawings commissioned by Kubrick,
Spielberg wrote his own screenplay
(his first since 1979's CLOSE
ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND).
Osment, perhaps the only pre-teen
actor who can effectively convey
existential angst, gives a marvelous
performance, helping Spielberg
create a gorgeous futuristic fairy
tale that questions the very nature
of what we call life.
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