A deeply "human" film with an AI theme

Rating: 8/10 (6 May 2020)

This is a beautiful and deeply humanistic movie that should resonate with the audience on many levels. The cinematography with its understated color tones was meticulously constructed in a disembodied future where artificial intelligence enabled people to form emotional attachment in a void of broken-hearted relationships. Joaquin who played the melancholy lead with so much sensitivity deserved a standing ovation. As a motion picture, it may come across as somewhat staid, premediated monologue that could benefit from more realism in projecting the relationship between the protagonists. Nevertheless, the movie is profoundly moving and at times bitter-sweet - an endearing thought experiment on human existance, notions of self versus relationships, nature of love, letting go and finding contentment in the small things of life.