I, Robot

I told my husband that he wasn't going to like my review. Why? Because Will Smith is definitely hot! With that out of the way, let me explain what I mean by hot. He brings something special to each role, a combination of humor, looks, a rippling bod (had to get that in there) and a unique ability to give his lines a spin that bring new meaning to them. That is no small feat and takes practice, if nothing else. He was the only good thing about Independence Day and his cameo in Jersey Girl endears him to parents (and women who think the world of committed family men). I won't go so far as to say he saves this film, but he is a large component of why it works. Bridget Moynahan is fine, nothing too special there, but the sharp script and excellent robot animation are the foundation Smith works off of. The robots act like robots, but look human (particularly the "special" robot) without which the story would have been nonsense. Smith plays a man with a deep distrust for robots who on the eve of the largest robot distribution ever plays his hunch that something is disturbingly wrong at the corporation for robot creation. It's not one of Isaac Asimov's stories, but the base elements (the three laws, the distrust, the anomalies) are taken from them. Without a doubt, for an action flick, this was great fun and worth all those pennies.

year: 2004
length: 115 min.
rating: 3.5
IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0343818/combined