We haven't seen the last of Ava.

Rating: 8/10 (13 May 2015)

Here's a slick tight sci-fi movie that puts artificial intelligence in an attractive package. It works because it is absorbing and the character, are interesting and actually likable.
Good performances all around, but nobody is asked to stretch at an emotional level. Artificial intelligence is always played at a cool calm collected level and Ava, played by Alicia Vikander fills the bill. Most of the time the story plays indoors but there is a field trip to a great waterfall.
Written and directed by Alex Garland, he deserves the credit for taking a Twilight Zone premise and turning it into an absorbing feature length movie. There is an appropriate score that gets too loud on occasion.
The ending screams a sequel is coming. Look for "Ava in the City" or "Ava the Almost Girl Next Door". It would be sad to think we were watching a giant trailer for the next installment. This is actually a small personal movie that will play well on home platform after it's deserving successful theatrical run. Spend some time with Ava. She may be artificial but she's a charmer.