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Title: It has its moments
Review: When Spielberg isn't rewriting World War II, he seems to be trying to resurrect the insight, heart, and imagination he brought to his early, wonderful movies like ET. But when it's gone, it's gone. AI is watchable only for the remarkable Haley Joel Osment (who isn't seeing dead people in this movie, but he might as well have been) and the always splendid Jude Law. Hey, even the Teddy (as in mechanical teddy bear with functional intelligence) was good. The first half of the movie isn't terrible; the second half sinks like a stone. No amount of acting talent could rescue this turgid, overlong melodrama. Not even the return of those onion-headed, big-hearted stick people (from Close Encounters. Remember them?) could rescue this story. It's worth seeing for the special effects, and for Haley Joel and Jude Law. It has few other redeeming features. The Pinnochio theme gets worked to death; the adults are all dolts and so are most of the kids. Only the mechanical people have hearts. Duh.
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