Bicentennial Man

Theatrical - Wide 1999-12-17

Cast Robin Williams Sam Neill Embeth Davidtz Oliver Platt Wendy Crewson Hallie Eisenberg Stephen Root Lynne Thigpen Bradley Whitford Kiersten Warren John Michael Higgins George Wallace
Directed by Chris Columbus
Written by Isaac Asimov

Genres: Drama

JoBlo's Rating

6/10

Synopsis

In the first decade of the new millennium, with advances in global technology overtaking the sovereignty of human compassion, Richard Martin (SAM NEILL) buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew (ROBIN WILLIAMS) by the youngest of... See more the family’s children. Touchstone Pictures’/Columbia Pictures’ “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.

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Bicentennial Man

Posted 26 years ago

Review Date: Director: Chris Columbus Writer: Nicolas Kazan Producers: Chris Columbus, Wolfgang Petersen, Gail Katz, L. Mark, N. Miller, M. Radcliffe, M. Barnathan Actors: Robin Williams Embeth Davidtz Sam Neill Plot: In the year 2005, a rich family buys a...