And I screamed at the screen in frustration....

Rating: 6/10 (28 July 2004)

...and continued to scream in this review....
This is a good movie that should have been better. This is actually a great film that was tinkered with to the point of becoming middling.
This film, inspired rather than based on Asimov's book, is a film of ideas that is corrupted by the need to be a big Hollywood movie. Time and time again this film lingers on the spectacle when it hits every small moment.
What were they thinking?
No, this is not vintage Will Smith, and yes the female lead is pretty bad, but the film still works. Despite a completely unreal world this film still works. Despite the fact that the film was wounded by Smith battling Proyas for the shape of the film, it still works whenever the small personal moment, or the moments of ideas, for example Smith's first meeting with James Cromwell floored me in its simplicity and perfection... and left me to wonder what this film might have been.
See this on TV where I'm certain the small moments will play better than on the big screen. Then again it will leave you sobbing for what might have been.
6 out of 10