Bicentennial Man
1999 · 2h 11m · Drama, Romance, Science Fiction
Skip it tonight unless you're in the mood for heavy-handed sentimentality—this Robin Williams vehicle from 1999 aims for profound but lands in maudlin territory, dragging a genuinely interesting premise about robot consciousness into a predictable melodrama that overstays its welcome by about an hour.
Plot
Richard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew by the youngest of the family's children. "Bicentennial Man" follows the life and times of Andrew, a robot purchased as a household appliance programmed to perform menial tasks. As Andrew begins to experience emotions and creative thought, the Martin family soon discovers they don't have an ordinary robot.
Director: Chris Columbus
Cast: Robin Williams, Embeth Davidtz, Sam Neill, Oliver Platt, Kiersten Warren