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Black Eyed Susan

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Derek takes a job at a tech firm, developing an AI sex doll named Susan. As he explores the boundaries of desire, pleasure and pain with Susan, he confronts profound questions about humanity in an uncertain future.

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Joonatan Itkonen Region Free 11/01/2024
4/5
Like other great cyberpunk stories in recent years, (most notably Ex Machina), Black Eyed Susan is at its best when it heightens reality to absurd and uncomfortable lengths to reveal truths about our broken society. Go to Full Review
C.H. Newell Father Son Holy Gore 10/25/2024
2.5/5
There are only difficult, scary questions to confront, and when the film’s over the viewer’s left only with the company of a dark screen and the darkness of their minds with which to contend. Go to Full Review
Emilie Black Cinema Crazed 09/14/2024
This film assumed its audience is intelligent and lets them make up their own minds while giving them some details of a story that seems much more complex. Go to Full Review
Anthony O'Connor FILMINK (Australia) 09/11/2024
13.5/20
... for those seeking a clear eyed, albeit grim, look into our very near future, there’s enough here to elevate the experience beyond the very low budget and occasionally stilted acting. Go to Full Review
Jennie Kermode Eye for Film 08/06/2024
4.5/5
Underlying the human and not-quite-human drama here are sharp observations about the way capitalism feeds and in the process exaggerates human desires... Go to Full Review
Nadine Whitney AWFJ.org 08/05/2024
Audiences open to exploring the dynamics of control, capitalism, and particular psychosexual masculine urges being equated with rage and domination will find grist to chew on in Black Eyed Susan. Go to Full Review
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Movie Info

Synopsis Derek takes a job at a tech firm, developing an AI sex doll named Susan. As he explores the boundaries of desire, pleasure and pain with Susan, he confronts profound questions about humanity in an uncertain future.
Director
Scooter McCrae
Producer
Maureen Costello, Seager Dixon, Aimee Kuge, Justin A. Martell
Screenwriter
Scooter McCrae
Production Co
Vinegar Syndrome, Not the Funeral Home
Genre
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 25m