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Marjorie Prime

2017

Michael Almereyda

Lois Smith, Jon Hamm, Geena Davis, Tim Robbins ...

5.8

398

Drama. Sci-Fi. Romance 86-year-old Marjorie spends her final days with a Prime, a holographic simulation of her late husband that feeds the story of her life back to her. But as their interactions develop it becomes clear that each has a very complex relationship with their shared histories, and with each other.

	Author	Review
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"Exquisitely acted chamber drama (...) Based on Jordan Harrison's Pulitzer-shortlisted 2014 play, this is the rare recent stage-to-screen adaptation that actually improves on the source."	POS
United States	Guy Lodge Variety	"Jordan Harrison's complex, Pulitzer-nominated artificial-intelligence drama gets a smart, well-acted but stifled screen transfer."	NEU
United Kingdom	Anthony Kaufman Screendaily	"Intelligent, precise, and always operating just one step ahead of its audience"	POS
United States	Kate Erbland IndieWire	"'Marjorie Prime' feels less true at every turn."	NEG
United States	Jessica Kiang The Playlist	"Even though Almereyda’s directorial impulse seems to be that the images are there to contain the actors speaking words, rather than to build story in their own right, it doesn’t altogether hamper the film’s genteel effectiveness."	POS
United Kingdom	Benjamin Lee The Guardian	"There are scenes of remarkable insight (...) It’s a haunting little film that ends with a somewhat overwhelming poignancy (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	David Edelstein Vulture	"The sci-fi chamber drama 'Marjorie Prime' is exquisite — beautiful, intense, shivering with empathy (...) The actors are marvelous (...) A transcendently lovely work"	POS

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