I'm Your Man

In recent years the presage of AI revolution has launched a wave of more intimate existential stories all trying to understand the relationships we may have with thinking machines. This one, for me, is the most philosophical. It starts in a place that is almost farcical but soon we realise that was a deliberate feint to catch us off guard, the first of several, which I think is the heart of this more nuanced relationship story—each time Alma (superbly played by Maren Eggert) thinks she understands the algorythm created to be perfect for her and won’t fall for it, she is surprised by its ability to surprise her. But ultimately, she knows its one true purpose is to make her happy and for her that is to be human which it can never be. Or can it? The film left me wondering what it means to me to be human and had me, for a time, analysing my own thoughts and behaviour from an analytical, third person, and very weirdly meta perspective. I realise this description may be painting a more mechanical picture of the film and want to conclude by saying it is in fact a very human and surprisingly emotional film. The relationship between Alma and Tom, the robot (played by Dan Stevens of Downton Abbey fame - his journey from robotic to Alma’s ideal is appropriately impeccable) is genuinely thought provoking and at ultimately deeply moving. If you enjoyed this, I’d recommend After Yang and Her, but both of these play in an aesthetic near future whereas this is firmly set in a more real world and perhaps this I sweat makes it more profound.

Great acting and beautiful original movie. However, the script could be a little more assertive specially in terms of the father. It`s worth the ride!

Well, a RomCom with a robot! Quite entertaining too.

it started off very good but then fall into telling the writer opinion with a report and not through the film which was very disappointing!

I really loved it. It was able to put into words, my own thoughts a times in a way that I never could. I loved the sound track. The entirety of it, really hits an emotional chord that I feel a variety of people could connect to.

The idea is interesting and the script is basically quite clever as well, but the director is obviously quite crappy as he can't get the story to captivate the audience, at least not me. Dan Stevens is quite excellent, but everything just drags along endlessly and the ending is just dumb. 3/10 points.

I am so taken with this film. The script is very clever and witty and the POV is vanishingly rare in films, that of a successful middle aged woman wrestling with the messiness of that age—work politics, deadlines, ailing parents—who is nevertheless the unapologetic romantic lead. There is no sense of her as diminished by age or baggage but rather the film sees her as a full person worthy of a relationship as rich as her life. Maren Eggert is superb—so expressive and appealing, even when she's being petty or selfish. And Dan Stevens brings a sweet earnestness to a role that could have been creepy! The ending will leave you with so much to think about. I just want more folks to watch so I have people to discuss it with! If you love the smart romantic comedies of the 30s and 40s, where flawed grown ups navigated heightened scenarios with humor and class, you will love this.

Although I don't usually like to read my movies (subtitled, original in German), the story was so strong and the acting well done, that I kept going. What a pleasure this movie was, exploring the concepts of happiness, loneliness, and, ultimately, human growth. I highly recommend this movie. Do we need friction to achieve personal and emotional growth? Would we grow in a perfect, frictionless, love relationship? The movie posits that we probably wouldn't. It's hard not to walk away from this movie thinking about loneliness, love, and growth.

An unexpectedly delightful romantic Rom Com when A1 possibilities seem endless. The possibilities seem so real with just a little imagination. Loved it.

Complex and endearing. Dan Stevens' android is up there with Brent Spiner's. The pacing is a bit slow but the subtext kept our attention.