I, Robot Critic Reviews

Fabulous mental escape. It's fun and playful, rather than dark and foreboding. And there doesn't seem to be an original cyber-bone in the movie's body. But it's put together in a fabulous package.Read the full review

This is a movie to restore the faith of those who had given up on science fiction after "The Matrix Reloaded/Revolutions." By adeptly combining action and ideas, it proves that Hollywood can still produce astonishing entertainment.Read the full review

Smith makes it look easy, but underneath the physical high jinks and slick veneer of I, Robot lies a performance of real discipline and intelligence.Read the full review

Although I, Robot provokes thought, it doesn't exactly deliver thought, despite the occasional Cartesian reference to "ghosts in the machine."Read the full review

A routine Will Smith cop-on-the-hunt thriller at heart, I, Robot lacks imaginative excitement.Read the full review

Lacks both the intellectual rigor and the soulful sublimity of "A.I.," but it nonetheless allows some genuine ideas and emotions to pop up amid the noise and clutter.Read the full review

A cluttered, awkward blockbuster that's just smart enough to get itself into trouble.Read the full review

A stylish, watchable, very familiar future-cop action thriller. What was once original is now almost completely derivative.Read the full review

The plot is simple-minded and disappointing, and the chase and action scenes are pretty much routine for movies in the sci-fi CGI genre. The robots never seem to have the heft and weight of actual metallic machines, and make boring villains.Read the full review