Bicentennial Man
An android endeavors to become human as he gradually acquires emotions.
2 August 1992, East Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
8 June 1917, New York City, New York, USA
14 September 1947, Omagh, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland, UK
December 22, 2010
Film about robot who wants to be human is so-so.October 23, 2003
Bicentennial Man is sometimes sweet, but it's also a phenomenal waste of talent, and a continuation of a Williams' trip down the wrong road.January 01, 2000
So coldly calculated it could give you frostbite.October 15, 2002
Virtually every emotion, motivation, idea, character and plot point in the movie is flat and perfunctory -- except for those that carry the invisible subtitle, 'Cry, dammit!'January 01, 2000
You wish that the film unfolded on a more modest scale and in the real world.March 19, 2002
It's one thing to ask an audience to love a mechanical man, but quite another to love a mechanical performance.January 01, 2000
A male fantasy with artificial intelligence.January 01, 2000
It's a bit strange, and strained.January 02, 2005
...aspires to an almost adult level of seriousness.June 05, 2002
You long for [Williams] to break the metal mold, if only for a minute, to remind you that you are watching the best improvisational comedian of this millennium.November 06, 2002
Columbus lays on the sentimentality thickly, sometimes letting it get in the way of the storytelling. The longer the movie continues, the more overt he becomes in his emotional pandering.December 02, 2002
The film swiftly settles into an unevenly paced, episodic structure, unsure whether it's a family saga, a sci-fi drama or a children's comedy.