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Superintelligence

2020

Ben Falcone

Melissa McCarthy, Bobby Cannavale, Jean Smart, Brian Tyree Henry ...

4.1

394

Comedy. Romance Carol Peters' life is turned upside down when she is selected for observation by the world's first superintelligence - a form of artificial intelligence that may or may not take over the world.

	Author	Review
United States	Caryn James The Hollywood Reporter	"It's a fine idea to applaud ordinary people, but a film about the most average person on Earth shouldn't be completely ordinary itself"	NEU
United Kingdom	Benjamin Lee The Guardian	"Superintelligence won’t be filed as a total disaster. Instead, it’s just another regrettable waste of [Melissa McCarthy's] talent (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Johnny Oleksinski New York Post	"A pleasant watch with some solid jokes (...) What 'Superintelligence' is missing is a bit of flair (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Mark Olsen Los Angeles Times	"A spotlight for McCarthy’s genuine gift for blending broad comedy with emotional sincerity (...) in many ways the movie fits the model of so many movies in the emerging streaming era — innocuously passable diversions."	NEU
United States	Joe Leydon Variety	"A lightweight, undemandingly engaging comedy (...) Some of the funny business is very funny indeed, and the movie overall is more enjoyable than not"	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"One of the year’s worst (...) Melissa McCarthy's laugh-free HBO Max comedy crystallizes a grim future where movies have to satisfy algorithms but not theatrical audiences."	NEG
United States	Glenn Kenny The New York Times	"'This is nice — they’re nice people,' Falcone’s character, an F.B.I. agent tailing Carol, says (...) That is about the best recommendation one can give 'Superintelligence'."	POS
United Kingdom	Stephen Whitty Screendaily	"Melissa McCarthy may save the world, but she can’t fix this sci-fi farce (...) Superintelligence isn’t as smart as it thinks it is"	NEG
United States	Jake Coyle Minneapolis Star Tribune	"Even though the innocuous 'Superintelligence' is on the bland side, it remains hard not to enjoy two hours with McCarthy (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Christy Lemire rogerebert.com	"Everything is wrong with 'Superintelligence,' beginning with the misbegotten premise of Steve Mallory’s script (…) Rating: ½ (out of 4)"	NEG

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