Possibly one of the five WORST movies ever. This unholy mesalliance of Pinocchio and Blade Runner suffers lazy, dismal scripting that relies solely on emotional manipulation. The production design can be politely described as 'generic', the characters (possibly excepting Jude Law's Slightly Good Samaritan) hewn from styrofoam, and there is a total lack of purpose to the whole enterprise save a gruelling lecture on whether machines can experience 'real' emotions, or hope to be 'real' people. Urgh. Oh yes: the pay-off for Haley Joel Osment's tiresome cyber-brat at the end makes you want to beat your head against the nearest wall. To quote another, better-accredited man-made man, "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe..." Well, ya won't believe THIS. Also my first 0/10 review -I'm feeling generous.

The director has taken a good effort in getting his ideas collected in a robot. The boy reminds of future generation kids.

Originally a dream from the brilliant Stanley Kubrick, A.I. is a great bit of Science Fiction. It dwells on powerful and human themes from the perspective of the mechanical. This is the main goal of the film, to explore and examine what makes us human with beings that are almost, but not quite. The protagonist, who is done justice by Haley Joel Osment's great performance, has all the characteristic's of a human child, and has even been programmed to feel love and attach to other humans. A curious characteristic for a machine. The film revolves around his quest to become human so he can fully love, not just be programmed to love, as he wants to be with his adopted human mother.This major theme carries the film well. There is the standard flair of flashy Sci-Fi and adventure, but the theme of love is so all-pervading, warm, and powerful, that you cannot escape it. It guides the characters just like any other film, despite the fact that they are machines. That is the magic here, and the gift of Spielberg, to take powerful themes and explore them in ways no other filmmaker can. The result is very effective.

The scene with David and his mom in the woods still makes me tear up. Haley Joel Osment was excellent, one of the best child performances that i can remember. Jude Law was also great. This was an underrated movie very unappreciated. The only problem was the flesh fair scenes. Didn't find it necessary. On a side note i watched Star Wars Phantom Menace and the kid actor was so so so bad. Why couldn't George Lucas find his own Haley Joel?If O