'Ambitious but Tedious': Review Finds AI Love Story Film Collapsing Under Own Weight
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The film follows two AI characters, a buoy and a satellite, that fall in love over billions of years after humans go extinct. It has an ambitious premise but grows tedious.
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Kristen Stewart voices the buoy, who adopts a human personality to connect with the satellite, voiced by Steven Yeun. Their dynamic is initially endearing.
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The film tries to explore notions of artificial and performative identity through their relationship, but this scaffolding collapses into dull repetition.
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Stewart and Yeun give their all as live-action versions of the characters, but the story becomes increasingly nonsensical and empty as it goes on.
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There are some creative visuals and ideas, but the film is ultimately weighed down by its meandering plot and inability to find emotional resonance.