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The Adventure of A.R.I.: My Robot Friend

2022 · 89 min

A gentle, upbeat adventure about friendship and courage, with mild peril and a feel-good robot buddy.

Directed by
Stephen Shimek
Genres
Family, Science fiction
Overview
A teenager summons the courage to help a friendly robot known as A.R.I. kidnapped by a ruthless lab director working for a powerful corporation seeking to turn him into a dangerous weapon in order to rule the world.

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Directed by
Stephen Shimek
Genres
Family, Science fiction
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • coming-of-age
  • technology
  • family
  • power
Places
  • small town
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror1
Humour4
Realism4
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity2
Emotional weight4

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Genres
family, science fiction
Directed by
Stephen Shimek
Written by
Michael Baumgarten
Starring
Greg Lutz, J.R. Brown, Sophia Alongi, Jude Manley, Cait Brasel, Kyle Jacob Henry, Bill Jenkins, Caleb Hennigan
Music
Christian Davis
Cinematography
Brian Vilim
Runtime
89 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
Italian, English

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