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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... 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 learn that they don't have an ordinary robot when Andrew begins to experience emotions and creative thought. In a story that spans two centuries, Andrew learns the intricacies of humanity, life, and love. -- © 1999 Touchstone Pictures [More]

Starring: Robin Williams, Embeth Davidtz, Sam Neill, Wendy Crewson

Starring: Robin Williams, Embeth Davidtz, Sam Neill, Wendy Crewson, Oliver Platt, Hallie Kate Eisenberg, Stephen Root, Lynne Thigpen, Bradley Whitford, Kiersten Warren, John Michael Higgins

Director: Chris Columbus

Director: Chris Columbus
Screenwriter: Nicholas Kazan
Story: Isaac Asimov, Robert Silverberg
Producer: Chris Columbus, Wolfgang Petersen, Michael Barnathan, Gail Katz, Neal Miller, Laurence Mark, Mark Radcliffe
Composer: James Horner

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Full Review Source: CinemaSense.Com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Cornell & Petricelli
Cornell & Petricelli
CinemaSense.Com

...nothing but a sappy, shameless, and morbid production that wastes talent and time in a script designed to line the bottom of a bird cage.

Full Review Source: Cinemaphile.org | comment Comment
01/01/00
David Keyes
David Keyes
Cinemaphile.org

A likable movie.

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01/01/00
David L. Beck
David L. Beck
San Jose Mercury News

Almost always convinces and involves the viewer.

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01/01/00
Dustin Putman
Dustin Putman
DustinPutman.com
N/R

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01/01/00
Edward Johnson-Ott
Edward Johnson-Ott
NUVO Newsweekly

Robin Williams is a talented man in danger of becoming a habitual hack.

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01/01/00
Edward Johnson-Ott
Edward Johnson-Ott
NUVO Newsweekly
N/R

Click your red slippers Dorothy; here comes Holiday Ho-Ho-Hokum sprinkling with cheer, but devoid of pressing issues, Y2K fears, and anything closely resembling controversy.

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01/01/00
Elias Savada
Elias Savada
Nitrate Online

This film is everything a good film should be.

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01/01/00
Eric Lurio
Eric Lurio
Greenwich Village Gazette

This isn't a perfect movie, but it entertains and touches the heart, and it's certainly a big step up from Patch Adams.

Full Review Source: Film Blather | comment Comment
01/01/00
Eugene Novikov
Eugene Novikov
Film Blather
N/R

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Full Review Source: Houston Community Newspapers | comment Comment
01/01/00
Gary Brown
Gary Brown
Houston Community Newspapers

If anyone's going to animate a machine, it might as well be Robin Williams.

Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly | comment Comment
01/01/00
George Meyer
George Meyer
Orlando Weekly

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01/01/00
Greg Dean Schmitz
Greg Dean Schmitz
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01/01/00
Greg Muskewitz
Greg Muskewitz
eFilmCritic.com

In addition to its provocative dialogue, Bicentennial Man features some cute scenes of the future city.

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01/01/00
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve

Even though it takes too long to make some of its points, Bicentennial Man boasts thought-provoking ideas about the nature of humanity, the blessings and curses of emotions and the meaning of mortality.

Full Review Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jack Garner
Jack Garner
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Feels like 200 years of dullness.

Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jackie Loohauis
Jackie Loohauis
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

By relegating the story to a disappointing level of superficiality and never attempting to venture more than skin-deep into some intriguing themes, Bicentennial Man comes across like recycled, diluted Star Trek.

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01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews

Gives up too early in its search to say something authentic.

Full Review Source: San Diego Union-Tribune | comment Comment
01/01/00
James Hebert
James Hebert
San Diego Union-Tribune
N/R

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01/01/00
James O'Ehley
James O'Ehley
Sci-Fi Movie Page

Those who get a catch in the throat just thinking about Valentines Day might not mind slogging through this epic... Everyone else will emerge from "Bicentennial" feeling about 200 years older than they were when they went in.

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01/01/00
James Sanford
James Sanford
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