Movie

Bicentennial Man

1999 · 131 min

A gentle, sweeping story that spans centuries, blending warmth and melancholy as it explores what it means to be human.

Tagline: One robot's 200 year journey to become an ordinary man.
Overview: Richard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew by the youngest of the family's children. "Bicentennial Man" follows the life and times of Andrew, a robot purchased as a household appliance programmed to perform menial tasks. As Andrew begins to experience emotions and creative thought, the Martin family soon discovers they don't have an ordinary robot.
How it feels: Warm, earnest, melancholic and whimsical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Identity, family, love, mystery
Content: Mild sexual content. No violence, gore or swearing.
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Tone: warmstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 3 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
family
love
mystery
death
Places: home
big city
countryside
Era: near-future
Audience: family
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex mild