A.I., Artificial Intelligence (2001)
You and your partner ever wanted a kid? Maybe a cute little boy with big, beautiful eyes? You won’t want that anymore after watching Haley Joel Osment play the creepiest kid ever in A.I. Artificial Intelligence. This 2003 movie, directed by Steven Spielberg and sourced from a treatment originally developed by Stanley Kubrick, is deeply weird and depressing. It’s also really, really good. Osmond plays David, a robot child who is procured by a man for his wife, after their son slips into a seemingly interminable coma. Things go okay for a little bit, but then the son wakes up and the family abandons David on the side of the road like some poorly behaved pooch. He subsequently goes on an odyssey of self-discovery that takes nearly two and a half hours to accomplish, but which ultimately involves a lot of amazing imagery, narrative twists, and great acting. Worth a watch!
