Very successful

Rating: 9/10 (2 May 2010)

This film delivered more than I expected.
I was expecting to enjoy it - I like Will Smith, I like CGI sci-fi extravaganzas, and I enjoyed the Asimov stories (although I expected them to be cordially sidelined).
I was pleasantly surprised by a number of elements I wasn't expecting.
I wasn't expecting the Laws of Robotics to be such a large plot element, nor for them to be respected in the way they were.
I wasn't expecting Smith to deliver a character of such depth, nor for that character (and the reasons for it) to impact on the plot to the extent it did.
I wasn't expecting a character so well realised - conception, design, execution, voice performance - as Sunny was.
And I wasn't expecting such a solid detective story.
This was a very meaty, pleasing movie.