I, Robot

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I, Robot

PG-13

2004

1h 55m

Sci-Fi

Action

Mystery & Thriller

Adventure

Drama

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In 2035, highly intelligent robots fill public service positions throughout the world, operating under three rules to keep humans safe. Despite his dark history with robotics, Detective Del Spooner (Will Smith) investigates the alleged suicide of U.S. Robotics founder Alfred Lanning (James Cromwell) and believes that a human-like robot (Alan Tudyk) murdered him. With the help of a robot expert (Bridget Moynahan), Spooner discovers a conspiracy that may enslave the human race.

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Critics Consensus

Bearing only the slightest resemblance to Isaac Asimov's short stories, I, Robot is still a summer blockbuster that manages to make viewers think -- if only a little.

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Sukhdev Sandhu

Daily Telegraph (UK)

04/01/2019

Leaving aside the sub-Matrix hokum about Spooner's sweet-potato-loving grandmom, the movie humiliates itself - and embarrasses us - by the amount of time it spends plugging a glamorous car...

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Richard Corliss

TIME Magazine

04/01/2019

In the end, I, Robot is just an assembly-line product of a not very advanced model.

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Paul Byrnes

Sydney Morning Herald

04/01/2019

He excels in creating alternative worlds and the one here sustains the film, with a pristine beauty that's attractive and slightly sinister.

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Sean Axmaker

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Sep 5

Director Alex Proyas delivers the spectacle of robots and robotic devices turning on the human detective with high-tech polish. But for all the shiny technology, he directs with a strong story sense and a narrative efficiency...

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

08/22/2023

1/4

Though the material possessed the potential for landmark genre filmmaking, the result feels like two hours of product placement, so-so-special FX, too much comic relief, and non-acting from a star sleeping through his performance.

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Jennifer Bisset

CNET

03/21/2023

A routine blockbuster for reliable entertainment.

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Antoni W

@Antonir 3d

Watched a long time ago and enjoyed it a lot

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Chris S

@Janomi 6d

I, Robot is good because the robot-murder mystery gives the movie a strong sci-fi hook. A detective who distrusts robots investigating a death that may have been caused by one creates a clean engine while raising questions about programming, free will, safety, and artificial consciousness. Will Smith gives Del Spooner charisma, sarcasm, anger, and buried trauma. His distrust of robots could have been one-note, but Smith gives it personal weight. Sonny is the most interesting robot in the film because he is gentle, strange, unsettling, and sympathetic, making the larger questions about choice and consciousness feel more emotional. The futuristic world design is sleek and memorable, and the freeway attack is a strong action sequence. The movie uses its ideas more as blockbuster fuel than deep sci-fi, and the Converse product placement is distracting, but I, Robot is still entertaining and effective.

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Nikolay D

@happybanana332211 Aug 16

surprisingly fun to watch in 2026

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Elijah B

@RT95545497 Jul 31

Very very fun movie with lots of great CGI that was ahead of its time

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Putra S

@RT78234788 Jul 30

Very good movie, it may will relatable in the future, i guess

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Mackenna K

@RT60079228 Jul 30

I think this is a good movie that is underrated, has good elements of some mystery and action. Would recommend.

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Synopsis

In 2035, highly intelligent robots fill public service positions throughout the world, operating under three rules to keep humans safe. Despite his dark history with robotics, Detective Del Spooner (Will Smith) investigates the alleged suicide of U.S. Robotics founder Alfred Lanning (James Cromwell) and believes that a human-like robot (Alan Tudyk) murdered him. With the help of a robot expert (Bridget Moynahan), Spooner discovers a conspiracy that may enslave the human race.

Director: Alex Proyas
Producer: John Davis, Topher Dow, Wyck Godfrey, Laurence Mark, Michael Lee Baron
Screenwriter: Isaac Asimov, Jeff Vintar, Akiva Goldsman
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Laurence Mark Productions, 20th Century Fox, Overbrook Entertainment, Davis Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Intense Stylized Action|Brief Partial Nudity)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 15, 2004, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 27, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $144.8M
Runtime: 1h 55m
Sound Mix: DTS, Dolby SR, Surround
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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