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5 stars for the acting which was great and convincing, also nice scenic shots and proper use of CGI and make-up. I was expecting much more tension and mystery to be quite honest (like who or what constantly messed with the security system, opening doors, breaking in and stuff? no answer to that) and instead of that we get like hour long drama between our protagonist and the jealous J2. I think that the "Risk Assessor" character in the movie was just so they can film the 80s like aesthetics with the "Evil Guy" (which doesn't do anything evil and actually is very cooperative answering his calls in the middle of night too lol) The wolf scene was totally useless too (I felt like it was your average "lone animal looking at the protagonist/camera" try-hard artistic shot) All this made me feel like everything leading up to the twist in the end is just drama fueled filler. I'd recommend this movie for the drama fans. Not even recommended for the sci-fi crowd...

Essentially a long episode of black mirror so not a bad thing, a nice sharp pair of scissors in the director's hands would have been a good thing. Santa Claus are you listening? Well, next time. Good acting, metaphors, twists, turns, etc. Note that the robots he's built are all ersatz wives.....

The acting was good. The story was a good idea. The surprise ending, which was never ever evident during the film, was interesting, but having said that, trying to retrospectively review the movie from memory during the final credits in an attempt to place the surprise ending didn't work for me. I couldn't see how it was possible considering what was happening. Explains why the main character was all alone working on AI R&D. I may have to watch it again, but I'm not jumping to the opportunity at this moment. At the moment I can only give this a 5 because it was so very slow paced, could have been 10-15 mins shorter... The movie was also very slow to take off at the start.

Not only was this film slow to the point that you could use it as a sleep aid, but the only "twists" that the overrated reviews talk of are actually just the ending which was predictable. What a waste of time and film.

I tried to like it but 45 minutes was enough. Nothing was happening, Boring dialogs, nonsense story and bad directing. Looks like a B-movie and production. Script was a complete fail. Current 6.4 rating is fake. At the most it should be about 4.5/10.

I was just going to let this pass by, untill reading an interview with the director. Which drove me to this. First the good. Slow burning but not too slow, good cinematography, decent acting. The robots J1 and J2 are excellent. Character development in the first 2/3rd's is good. The last 3rd let's it down, the shock ending is anything but a shock and simply burns the first parts down. I think the Toby Jones scene finished it for me in retrospect. Nothing to do with his performance which is great work as always, but it demonstrates the lack of closure the film winds up at by pulling the same tired twist as other, better works. Hint. When being interviewed about your tripe filled film that ends with a tried and tested one, don't tell us you burned all the usual tropes in your search for originality. A pity, as the emotional nuances provided by the bots ARE really good, it deserved a more eloquent ending to match the set up, which is done well. A solid 7.5.