Synopsis
Jacq Vaucan, an insurance agent of ROC robotics corporation, routinely investigates the case of manipulating a robot. What he discovers will have profound consequences for the future of humanity.
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Cast
- Antonio BanderasJacq Vaucan
- Melanie GriffithDr. Susan Dupré / Cleo (voice)
- Birgitte Hjort SørensenRachel Vaucan
- Dylan McDermottWallace
- Robert ForsterRobert Bold
- Tim McInnernyVernon Conway
- Andy NymanEllis
- David RyallDominic Hawk
- Geraldine SomervilleSamantha
- Andrew TiernanManager
Recommendations
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Time Out
The early scenes of Gabe Ibáñez’s impressively mounted but uneven thriller do some terrific dystopian world-building. - 50
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Yet another “Blade Runner” knock-off, a sci-fi dystopia about robots getting too smart for humanity’s own good on an already sun-cooked Earth. - 50
The A.V. Club
Once the film hits the desert, a little before the halfway point, Jacq has the energy sucked out of him and so does the film, limping along while he repeatedly throws histrionic fits. - 50
The Playlist
With all of its glaring faults, Automata has some shining moments, most of which come during the surprisingly emotional climax. - 40
Village Voice
Automata has moments of tremendous visual and storytelling elegance which are punctuated with ham-fisted characterization and thunderingly terrible acting. - 40
The Dissolve
Automata approximates the look and feel of idea-driven science fiction, but it doesn’t have any actual ideas. That future looks bleak. - 40
New York Daily News
The performances range wildly from high (Banderas) to low (Birgitte Hjort Sørensen as Jacq’s pregnant wife) to you-must-be-kidding (Melanie Griffith as both a scientific genius and a prostitute android). - 38
Slant Magazine
Much like a spate of recent summer blockbusters, there's a tiring sense that every single facet of the narrative has to be rendered with truculent solemnity.
