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 Bicentennial Man Bicentennial Man Quote: Bicentennial Man is a 1999 American drama and science fiction film starring Robin Williams and Sam Neill based on the well-known novella, The Bicentennial Man by Isaac Asimov. It was directed by Chris Columbus.
Based on the novel The Positronic Man, co-written by Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg which is itself based on Asimov's original novella titled The Bicentennial Man, the plot explores issues of humanity, slavery, prejudice, maturity, intellectual freedom, conformity, sex, love, and death.
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Thegun
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Interesting idea. Basically Pinochio but with a Sci fi and adult twist. Its not bad, not great. But enjoyable. Williams was good in this.
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Gulli
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I'm normally immune to Robin Williams Cheese but this one I couldn't resist.
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Jim Halpert
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B. Cliched as hell but i liked it.
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I should see this again sometime. I haven't seen it since it first came out.
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Shack
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Glad I'm not the only one who really likes Bicentennial Man. There's something brilliant about the idea of a robotic man who lives forever and watches the ones around them age and die while he remains the same. That concept is what Kubrick/Spielberg's AI should've gone for, the lonliness of living forever.
Granted, this film is far from perfect of course. The world's oldest man stuff was silly. I would've liked if he was still living at the end of the film too, end it with his wife dieing and him walking away. I think the concept was too big and brilliant for Columbus to really run with, but regardless it's still very enjoyable.
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thompsoncory
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I hated this movie. It was incredibly dull and cheesy. A.I. was much, much better and more moving.
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Libs
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Bicentennial Man is one of my ultimate guilty pleasures, I really like it.
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matatonio
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One of my many guilty pleasures. Incredibly cheesy but i love it 
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I have seen this movie once and that was in theaters back in 1999. All I remember is that it was boring.
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DP07
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Oh man, this is one of my 5 most hated movies of all-time.
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Terminator1997
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not bad, not great
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zingy
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Fuckin' awful.
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Chris
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Not very good, but somewhat enjoyable for some reason.
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Libs wrote: Bicentennial Man is one of my ultimate guilty pleasures, I really like it. Definitely. File it with Deep Impact. I really like this movie for all the wrong reasons. Embeth Davidtz stole my heart with her unremarkable performance. 
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Dr. Lecter
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It's okay. Robin Williams makes a very likeable lead in this one and the film is sweet and sad at times. The effects are mostly very good. The scene when he tries to tell jokes are great. Of course, it is cheesy and corny, but I found it overall quite enjoyable.
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Not going to mention much since pretty much everything has already been said. I did find it rather boring, and too long. I don't know how long it was, but it just felt too long. It did tear me up though.
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