Bicentennial Man

Try as he might, he just can't overcome the fact that he's a machine. Don't we all feel like that sometimes? This witty and wonderful movie will make you wonder about the meaning of life and the reasons we are motivated to keep going. Watch this on election night instead of the news coverage. Keep hope alive.

Recieved the DVD very quickly in like new condition. Excellent price for one of the most enjoyable movies I've purchased.

Don't be mislead by critics into thinking this is a substandard movie because it is not. The storyline is solid and the performances by the cast are true to form.

The story revolves around an android named Andrew Martin, portrayed by Robin Williams, and his desire to become human and experience all the emotions that come with it.

Should you read other reviews on this or other sites you will no doubt be inundated with comments telling you that the movie is too long, boring, resembles other movies, or that it is just not funny. I personally found them to be untrue!

The movie is a little over 2 hours long and held my interest the whole time. If you enjoy movies with a little sci-fi flair to them then you will like Bicentennial Man and while it does resemble other films it doesn't take away from or make this any less of a great, enjoyable film!

The movie is light and airy throughout and while younger children may not understand every reference and innuendo made in the film they will nonetheless enjoy it as well ... it is a great family film and one that I am PROUD to have in my video library.

Judge this movie for yourself and for what it is ... not for what others say it is, is not, or would like it to be!

WHAT BEGINS AS INTERESTING, A ROBOTIC HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE EXPRESSING HUMAN EMOTION, BECOMES THE RE-TELLING OF THE STORY OF PINOCCHIO, WITH A TWIST. OVERDONE AND CHILDISH...SO TYPICAL OF HOLLYWOOD.

Bicentennial Man was a very enjoyable four star film for me. It contained comedy, drama and morality messages all in a sci-fi film setting. This film had wonderful mechanical effects. However, I enjoyed it first and foremost because of Robin Williams and don't understand what those 1 and 2 star rating people were complaining about. Robin Williams worked very hard at his performance and I think brought out qualities in Andrew that no one else could have. I think all the special effects were beautifully done and the musical score was exquisite. Frankly, this helped get me through some of the few more drawn out portions of the film.

This is another in a long string of Hollywood robot films that quoted Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics, although it didn't seem to invoke any of them too heavily in any of the plot developments. Several of the film messages are lost on me and I don't quite know what the writer was trying to say about marriage and sex defining humanity. Perhaps he wasn't saying any more about life than "let's try to enjoy the ride".

I loved the scene in which the option of becoming "a complete man" was presented to Andrew by the robot maker and thought it was handled very well. I do know that when Andrew wished to be "more human" by being made mortal, I agreed with the robot maker. He felt that Andrew was definitely becoming more human because he was making one huge mistake.

It is clear to me that as long as life is pleasant and not filled with intolerable pain, it is also filled with constant fascination. If I were the writer I would not have permitted Andrew to "check-out", by becoming artificially mortal. Andrew, being above all things sentient and intelligent, should not have wished for death because his "life partner" was dying. In fact, I think he should have tried to convince his partner into extending her life by means of his biological implants. When she eventually died he could have remained behind to glorify her memory, and also could have developed devices to further extend the useful life of people and rendered other great services to humanity.

If there was some great point the writer was trying to make about marriage and sexuality defining humanity I guess I just missed it. Although I count myself as a great fan of both, I really don't think a reasoning robot would permit his "humanity" to have been defined by such a measure or have chosen to abandon useful life and just "check out".