Beautiful but superficial (especially if you're aware of how AI works)

Rating: 6/10 (31 August 2016)

This film requires quite a bit of suspension of disbelief for people like myself, with some basic knowledge of how AI works.
Even with that said, the story isn't particularly amazing: Writer is having some intimacy issues (can't forget his lifelong partner ex-wife who filed for divorce AND most women he meets seem to be really weird and sexual) Writer meets AI and falls in love because AI listens and is attentive and always there, etc AI falls in love with writer (because writer? because he writes beautiful letters?) Vague issues about AI not being a real relationship - opportunity to explore how world is being overtaken by relationships with AI and people divide between AI lovers and not is very vaguely explored AI decides to "disappear" (unclear) Writer watches sunset
Their conversations stay on a basic level, with a bit of cheap philosophy in between and some dramas on the whole "not having a body" thing, which seems to be the most important part of being an AI.
The music score is great, the cinematography is beautiful. With not caring so much about the technology and the depth of the relationship, you can probably let your imagination run free and see much more love in the movie than there actually is.
As it is though, it's just OK.