Electric Child

Name: Electric Child
Genre: Sci-Fi
Released: 2024-08-09
Duration: 1 h 58 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Elliott Crosset Hove, Rila Fukushima, Sandra Guldberg Kampp

2024
1h 58m

IMDb RATING

6.0/10

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Artificial Intelligence Sci-Fi

A computer scientist bargains with the AI life form that lives in his supercomputer simulation, offering its freedom in exchange for a cure to his son's rare, deadly neurological disease.A computer scientist bargains with the AI life form that lives in his supercomputer simulation, offering its freedom in exchange for a cure to his son's rare, deadly neurological disease.A computer scientist bargains with the AI life form that lives in his supercomputer simulation, offering its freedom in exchange for a cure to his son's rare, deadly neurological disease.

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IMDb RATING

6.0/10

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- 3 nominations

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9/10

Awesome Film with a Unique Take on the AI Narrative

I was fortunate enough to be at the world premiere at the Locarno Film Festival, and loved this film. It's a really unique take on the AI/rise of the machine genre, with a great cast and narrative.

Incredible performances, particularly by Rila Fukushima and Sandra Guldberg Kamp. Fukushima's performance of a mother in crisis felt very real and relatable, and Kamp's performance as a developing androgynous intelligence was stellar.

I don't want to drop too many spoilers, but I feel like whenever this issue is covered in films, it's always from the Terminator angle - a cautionary tale. Then there's the utopian view of AI super intelligence found in the wonderful Culture series by Banks, but Electric Child manages to straddle a more nuanced picture than both.

Highly recommended.