Synopsis
Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop is forced to leave his home for the first time in years in order to investigate the murders of others' surrogates.
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Cast
- Bruce WillisTom Greer
- Radha MitchellJennifer Peters
- Rosamund PikeMaggie Greer
- James CromwellDr. Lionel Canter
- Ving RhamesProphet
- Helena MattssonJJ the Blonde
- Boris KodjoeAndrew Stone
- Ian NovickAndre
- Devin RatrayBobby Saunders
- Jack NoseworthyMiles Strickland
Recommendations
- 75
Entertainment Weekly
There's fun robot stuff, some good philosophical ideas, and a brief, nutty Willis-Ving Rhames reunion 15 years after "Pulp Fiction." - 70
Variety
Mostow's smart speculative suspenser imagines a time when people can live through ideal versions of themselves while they sit wired up at home. - 70
Salon
Surrogates stays afloat by not taking itself too seriously, but also by recognizing that a movie about robots shouldn't look as if it were made by one. - 50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
The questions the movie raises have less to do with science than movie execution: Do the actors sound so robotic because they are playing robots well or humans badly? And did a machine write this dialogue? If so, could we please apply for an upgrade? - 50
USA Today
Half a howler but not nearly funny enough. - 50
Boston Globe
A reasonably watchable sci-fi B movie, a case of a good director and some intriguing ideas struggling to overcome formula plotting, limp dialogue, and a serious case of the sillies. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
A mechanical sci-fi'er absent of logic or emotions. It functions as an expensive place-filler on the Disney release schedule and, as such, will be welcomed by only the least discriminating thriller fans. - 40
Los Angeles Times
An interesting idea, but unfortunately, the film's narrative and emotional engine operate as mechanically as the titular, dead-eyed glamazoids.
