A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
75%RT Audience Score: 64%
Awards & Nominations: Nominated for 2 Oscars
17 wins & 71 nominations total
A curious, not always seamless, amalgamation of Kubrick’s chilly bleakness and Spielberg’s warm-hearted optimism, A.I. is, in a word, fascinating
A.I.: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE is like that one friend who can’t decide what they want to do for the day, so they try to do everything at once. It’s a drama, a morality tale, a noir, a parable, and a fairy tale all rolled into one. But hey, at least it keeps things interesting! The visuals are stunning, and the exploration of love and the morality of creating something that can love is thought-provoking. Plus, who doesn’t love a good robot-humanity irony? Overall, A.I. is a wild ride that’s worth taking, even if it can’t quite decide what it wants to be.
Production Company(ies)
The Weinstein Company, UK Film Council Momentum Pictures,
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Type
Filming Location(s)
Oxbow Park – 3010 SE Oxbow Parkway, Gresham, Oregon, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG-13 for some sexual content and violent images
Year of Release
2001
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:DTS-ES Dolby Digital EXSDDS
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Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
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Runtime:2h 25m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jun 29, 2001 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 22, 2006
Genre(s)
Fantasy/Drama
Keyword(s)
Worldwide gross: $235,926,552
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $397,604,292
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 387
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 43,359,247
US/Canada gross: $78,616,689
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $132,491,798
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 573
US/Canada opening weekend: $29,352,630
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $49,467,648
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 234
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $100,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $168,528,845
Production budget ranking: 179
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $90,752,783
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $138,322,665
ROI to date (est.): 53%
ROI ranking: 1,129
Ryan Gosling – Greg Lippmann
Christian Bale – Michael Burry
Brad Pitt – Ben Hockett
Marisa Tomei – Cynthia Baum
Hamish Linklater – Porter Collins
Director(s)
Steven Spielberg
Writer(s)
Ian Watson, Brian Aldiss, Steven Spielberg
Producer(s)
Kathleen Kennedy, Bonnie Curtis
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 2 Oscars
17 wins & 71 nominations total
Academy Awards
All Critics (197) | Top Critics (51) | Fresh (148) | Rotten (49)
A confined domestic drama, a considerable morality tale, a fleeting futuristic noir, a persecution parable, an on-the-nose fairy tale adventure… and then it keeps going.
April 21, 2011
William Goss
Film.com
TOP CRITIC
Provocative movie suitable for teens.
September 2, 2010 | Rating: 4/5
Nell Minow
Common Sense Media
TOP CRITIC
At heart it’s a terribly anguished expression of rejection, loneliness and love. If only it knew when to stop.
August 16, 2007
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
TOP CRITIC
What makes this world so compelling is that Spielberg shows us, as few others could have, how ordinary people like ourselves feel living in it.
May 9, 2002 | Rating: B-
Steven D. Greydanus
Decent Films
TOP CRITIC
At least it restates HAL’s case with commendable vehemence and a kaleidoscopic ingenuity.
March 3, 2002
Philip Strick
Sight & Sound
TOP CRITIC
Temperamentally, Spielberg and Kubrick are such polar opposites that A.I. has the moment-to-moment effect of being completely at odds with itself.
October 29, 2001
Peter Rainer
New York Magazine/Vulture
TOP CRITIC
It’s a film whose humanity is kept at a distance so audiences might question how to define it, challenging us through its narrative to approach humanity from a human-less perspective.
March 18, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
Brian Eggert
Deep Focus Review
In addition to its study of love, A.I. examines the morality of creating something that can love, that must love, but whose deeply-felt affections may not always be returned.
July 6, 2021
Andrew Bloom
The Spool
It’s Spielberg’s distinct sensibility that makes the difference. Rejecting the cynical trickery some people prefer in drama, his A.I. is equal to Kubrick’s finest work.
June 30, 2021
Armond White
New York Press
A.I. Artificial Intelligence manages to honor its Kubrickian origin while Steven Spielberg adds his own touch.
June 29, 2021
Danielle Solzman
Solzy at the Movies
Aside from the conflicting ideas on artificiality and humankind and love (and the ill-defined boundaries of David’s capabilities), the visuals are spectacular.
September 25, 2020 | Rating: 6/10
Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins
Although [A.I.] falls short of answering the questions raised by the basic premise of the film, it nevertheless makes you take pause in showing the irony of robots who are actually more human, and definitely more humane, than the humans themselves.
November 6, 2019
Debbie Lynn Elias
Behind The Lens…
Plot
In the not-so-far future the polar ice caps have melted and the resulting rise of the ocean waters has drowned all the coastal cities of the world. Withdrawn to the interior of the continents, the human race keeps advancing, reaching the point of creating realistic robots (called mechas) to serve them. One of the mecha-producing companies builds David, an artificial kid which is the first to have real feelings, especially a never-ending love for his “mother”, Monica. Monica is the woman who adopted him as a substitute for her real son, who remains in cryo-stasis, stricken by an incurable disease. David is living happily with Monica and her husband, but when their real son returns home after a cure is discovered, his life changes dramatically.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
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