It's one thing to ask an audience to love a mechanical man, but quite another to love a mechanical performance.
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03/19/02
Bicentennial Man (1999)
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Reviews Counted:93
Fresh:35
Rotten:58
Average Rating:4.8/10
Consensus: Bicentennial Man is ruined by a bad script and ends up being dull and mawkish.
Runtime: 2 hrs 11 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Bicentennial Man follows the life and times of the title character, an android (Robin Williams) who is purchased as a household robot programmed to perform menial tasks. The Martin family quickly... [More]
Starring: Robin Williams, Embeth Davidtz, Sam Neill, Wendy Crewson
Director: Chris Columbus
Reviews for Bicentennial Man
Best left on the shelf to collect dust.
03/08/02
A shiny houehold robot becomes an exemplar of the spiritual practice of kindness in this film that must be taken to heart.
03/05/02
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03/21/01
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03/21/01
Robin Williams cae en el tipo de personaje que ha venido interpretando hasta el cansancio: el del hombre bueno que es todo emociones y que es capaz de llorar amargamente
03/14/01
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01/01/01
Is it incest or insurrection?
01/01/00
Top CriticMr. Williams latches onto every cheap laugh he can find.
01/01/00
In a perfect world, I would have gotten sick with a stomach virus 45 minutes into this film, ran out of the theater, puked all over the place, and then proceeded to leave with a smile on my face.
01/01/00
The lack of any real conflict makes Bicentennial Man seem even longer than it is.
01/01/00
The music in Bicentennial Man is excellent and Williams' performance is heartwarming.
01/01/00
gradually becomes more and more penetrating
01/01/00
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01/01/00
Bicentennial Man's heart may be synthetic, but it beats strongly, nonetheless.
01/01/00
Robin Williams continues to demand attention.
01/01/00
Tries to win our hearts without doing much for our brains or our funny bones, and it just doesn't work.
01/01/00
Whatever truly thought-provoking sci-fi or philosophical concepts the original material contained have been watered down to sentimental blandness.
01/01/00
A good time.
01/01/00
So coldly calculated it could give you frostbite.
01/01/00
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