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Bicentennial Man

Sci-Fi. Drama This film follows the 'life' and times of the lead character, an android who is purchased as a household robot programmed to perform menial tasks. Within a few days the Martin family realizes that they don't have an ordinary droid as Andrew begins to experience emotions and creative thought. In a story that spans two centuries, Andrew learns the intricacies of humanity while trying to stop those who created him from destroying him.

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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
"A mainstream holiday movie, complete with stupendous special effects, amazing make-up artistry and sumptuous production design.  NEU
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New York Post
New York Post
"The once-funny Robin Williams is still stuck in his excruciating touchy-feely mode" NEG
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Miami Herald
Miami Herald
Entertains but never quite engages. NEU
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Chicago Reader
Chicago Reader
"The childish humor and sensationalistic effects undercut the movie's philosophical agenda." NEG
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Austin Chronicle
Austin Chronicle
"More a meditation on the nature of life itself than anything else, and a welcome respite from Robin Williams, the emotion sponge." POS
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Newsweek
Newsweek
"Kids will be bored, the rest of us baffled." NEG
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Variety
Variety
"Columbus' approach is intended to cloak such topics as mortality and human identity in the warm glow of greeting card sentiment, which renders the prescription palatable for mass consumption but hopelessly diluted" NEU
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
"A mainstream holiday movie, complete with stupendous special effects, amazing make-up artistry and sumptuous production design." POS
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Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
"Director Chris Columbus...seals this comedy in an impenetrable bubble of hollow humanism" NEG
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia Inquirer
"I'll be darned if I can think of a more excruciating, ponderous, remarkably unfunny and inert cinemagoing experience to come down the pike in ages." NEG
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post
"A cold, protracted and unemotional affair" NEG
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