Should you watch Bicentennial Man?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Bicentennial Man
Film · 1999
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.
The sides of Bicentennial Man
- Robin Williams as a household robot
- A robot who wants to be human
- Two centuries with one family
Bicentennial Man is good for you if…
- you like being moved by a robot's long wait to be called human.
- you like Robin Williams at his most big-hearted.
- you like a love story that spans generations of one family.
Bicentennial Man is bad for you if…
- you find more than two hours a lot for a gentle film.
- you want a robot film with action in it.
About: mortality · what makes us human · love
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