Eternal You

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Eternal You

2024

1h 27m

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Startups are using AI to create avatars that allow relatives to talk with their loved ones after they have died. An exploration of a profound human desire and the consequences of turning the dream of immortality into a product.

Lucy Mangan

Guardian

Eternal You is soberly directed by Hans Block and Moritz Riesewieck and beautifully balanced, looking at the motivations of users and creators, at the influence of the money involved, plus what the individual and collective pros and cons could be.

Rated: 5/5

Oct 30, 2024

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

Even when the tech works, this dark dive into the world of death-themed start-ups makes for troubling viewing.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 13, 2024

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

It’s hard not to watch this without a mounting sense of dread and a suspicion that a fairly significant Rubicon has been crossed.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 1, 2024

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Barbara Ellen

Observer (UK)

If grief is a heartbreaking but necessary process, won’t this just stall it? One of the documentary’s experts sagely likens the technology to a proxy for religion and eternal life. It makes for a riveting but highly disturbing watch.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 3, 2024

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Abe Friedtanzer

Cinema Daily US

Even for those who would never even consider the idea of talking to an AI imitating a loved one, they won’t soon be able to forget what this documentary showcases.

Rated: B+

Jul 24, 2024

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Paul Emmanuel Enicola

The Movie Buff

For a documentary film that dares to explore a timely topic that touches on the importance of ethics, providing some semblance of solution would’ve been better than simply leaving the moral complexities up to the audience to navigate.

Rated: B-

Jul 8, 2024

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Synopsis

Startups are using AI to create avatars that allow relatives to talk with their loved ones after they have died. An exploration of a profound human desire and the consequences of turning the dream of immortality into a product.

Director: Hans Block, Moritz Riesewieck
Producer: Christian Beetz, Georg Tschurtschenthaler
Distributor: Film Movement
Production Co: Gebrüder Beetz Filmproduktion
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 24, 2025
Runtime: 1h 27m