Eva

The relationship between Alex and Eva is sweet, and it grounds the film, even if certain secrets about it are telegraphed by the script.

If the ending feels a little dismaying somehow, that's only because the film has done a good job of making you care about its characters, human and otherwise.

The final scenes are so good, even moving, that they make the earlier stuff look better. But a film concerned with the nature of emotion needs human engagement throughout.

Eva had me at the robotic cat.

It's melodramatic stuff with a needlessly grim ending in which the subject of artificial intelligence is merely a Macguffin.

... employs some solid effects and introduces some intriguing concepts but generally relegates the science to the background in favor of human drama that's not as compelling or surprising.