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Title: In the vein of I, Robot
Review: I feel incredible sadness. David's uniqueness was also the source of his alone-ness. How cruel then to program this being to love and seek love in return from one other, Monica. Longing for love is particularly poignant in a child. The power of science fiction to prolong this longing over a couple millennia shows David's extreme sincerity of his longing. I thought it particularly sad that David was able to accept the love of a facsimile of Monica (admittedly a very close facsimile) which I as a human did not find as cathartic.Although the story at times came across as contrived, the movie works on the strength of the performance of Haley Joel Osment as David. It also benefits from an unusually strong supporting cast, which included William Hurt and in particular, Jude Law.The science fiction is in the vein of Asimov's I,Robot stories. I thought it was wonderfully brought to screen.
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