Synopsis
Four stories including: "My Robot Baby," in which a couple must care for a robot baby before adopting a human child; "The Robot Fixer," in which a mother tries to connect with her dying son; "Machine Love," in which an office worker android learns that he, too, needs love; and "Clay," in which an old sculptor must choose between natural death and digital immortality.
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Cast
- Karen Tsen LeeMrs. Ito
- Glenn KubotaMr. Ito
- Tamlyn TomitaMarcia
- James SaitoRoy
- Vin KnightDoug
- Gina QuintosYoung Marcia
- Wai Ching HoBernice
- Cindy CheungGrace
- John CarianiSalesman
- Louis OzawaWilson
Recommendations
- 90
Village Voice
A quietly impassioned, genuinely stirring indie rarity. - 75
Christian Science Monitor
Four stories with automatons as important characters...The last is the most touching, but all are skillfully made. - 75
New York Daily News
The stories are sharply written and well composed. Some are high tech on a low-tech budget, but where they find their strength -- in the emotions of their characters -- money is no object. - 75
New York Post
If you ever wondered how robots make love, here's your chance to find out. - 75
Entertainment Weekly
The collection can be summed up in four words I never thought I'd see together: science-fiction chamber music. - 70
Film Threat
I was hoping to be blown away, but was left feeling much like the iPerson in the "Machine Love" segment -- kind of cold. - 70
Variety
Greg Pak understands the short form well, mercifully avoiding blatant O'Henry twists while pulling off neat reversals of expertly set-up genre expectations. - 70
TV Guide Magazine
Ostensibly about artificial life forms, each of these four short, expertly crafted stories offers a poignant perspective on what it means to be human.
