
Ex Machina
Taste attributes: dramascience fictionrobots/ai/spacemusic/dancethrillerslowfresh & originalheavyimaginaryintricateenclosedemotive & stirringall consuming questcomplex relationshiprescue/escape/jeopardysocial commentarysolving the riddle/not as it seemsunderdog triumphsunlikely connections
"There is nothing more human than the will to survive"
Boxlist takeAn otherworldly sci-fi film that is original, contained and moving. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Pace: slow · Originality: very fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: very confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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What lines up
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
- Linearity: Balanced linearity, just how this profile likes it
- Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism
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Synopsis
Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds that he will have to participate in a strange and fascinating experiment in which he must interact with the world's first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl.
Synopsis: TMDB
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Details
- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 2015
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- DNA Films
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- How we score
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.











