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Title: Bicentennial Man (1999)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Robin Williams | ... | Andrew | |
| Embeth Davidtz | ... | Little Miss / Portia | |
| Sam Neill | ... | Sir | |
| Oliver Platt | ... | Rupert Burns | |
| Kiersten Warren | ... | Galatea | |
| Wendy Crewson | ... | Ma'am | |
| Hallie Eisenberg | ... | Little Miss - 7 Yrs. Old (as Hallie Kate Eisenberg) | |
| Lindze Letherman | ... | Miss - 9 Yrs. Old | |
| Angela Landis | ... | Miss | |
| John Michael Higgins | ... | Bill Feingold | |
| Bradley Whitford | ... | Lloyd | |
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Igor Hiller | ... | Lloyd - 10 Yrs. Old |
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Joe Bellan | ... | Robot Delivery Man |
| Brett Wagner | ... | Robot Delivery Man | |
| Stephen Root | ... | Dennis Mansky | |
This film follows the 'life' and times of the lead character, an android who is purchased as a household robot programmed to perform menial tasks. Within a few days the Martin family realizes that they don't have an ordinary droid as Andrew begins to experience emotions and creative thought. In a story that spans two centuries, Andrew learns the intricacies of humanity while trying to stop those who created him from destroying him. Written by <N2XFYLS@aol.com>
Firstly, i have not read Asimov's book and therefore cannot remark on any errors in translation from book to film.
I have read many of the comments posted here on the IMDb, but fail to see why so many people feel the need to mention that the world is perceived as perfect in the the future, maybe it is, maybe it isn't, the fact is, it's not important. This movie quite simply follows the life of a man trapped in a robots body and his quest to be accepted in the world, and be allowed to love and cherish the people close to him.
I have to say that i didn't expect much from this movie, i thought it would be a kids film, full of typical Robin Williams style laughs, i was way off in my assumption. This is probably Robin Williams's best performance and it is a very emotional journey through change and development of the human condition.
Overall the film is quite amusing, very touching and is full of realistic characters all very well cast to not overshadow 'Andrew' as he quests over 200 years for acceptance.
A great movie 9/10