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Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
This film has no clear voice, no artistic direction and zero nuances. It feels like a melting pot of popular classic films (I see influences of Wuxia, Chinese action cinema and horror), with not much meaningful thought given behind this mimicry. Great acting from Ethan Juan though.
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
With only a surface level understanding of the film, I went into the cinema on a quiet weekday evening, purchasing a ticket for one. I had imagined "Robot Dreams" to be a "Her"-esque, existential questioning of what "love" is, a commentary on what it means to be human in the face of an every-changing landscape of technology......
After 90 minutes in the cinema, I would say "Robot Dreams" did reminded me of "Her", packaged in a laid-back, simply stylised animation,…