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Review
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Disappointing hokum from Spielberg allegedly based on
concept by Stanley Kubrick, which seems astonishing given
the childishness and triviality of the script. Phoney from
the first moment onwards, details the story of a robot boy
who comes to replace a seriously ill boy in a young family.
The robot-- get this-- wants to be a "real" boy, thereby
embodying, within a mechanical device, an aspiration that
can only be human. The last hour is a knock 'em down drag
it out tear jerker, mawkish and embarrassing.
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