Bicentennial Man: Critic Reviews

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MovieWeb: 1 reviews

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RottenTomatoes: 50 reviews

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Stephen Holden New York Times (Top Critic)

70

[Robin William's] most grandiose holiday greeting yet.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Jay Carr Boston Globe (Top Critic)

A male fantasy with artificial intelligence.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Al Brumley Dallas Morning News (Top Critic)

Mr. Williams latches onto every cheap laugh he can find.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune (Top Critic)

Bicentennial Man has heart, but lacks bite.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Jeff Strickler Minneapolis Star Tribune (Top Critic)

Columbus lays on the sentimentality thickly, sometimes letting it get in the way of the storytelling. The longer the movie continues, the more overt he becomes in his emotional pandering.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Todd McCarthy Variety (Top Critic)

An ambitious tale handled in a dawdling, sentimental way.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Jay Boyar Orlando Sentinel (Top Critic)

Lacks urgency.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Peter Howell Toronto Star (Top Critic)

It's frequently witless and entirely lacks conviction.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Liam Lacey Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

50

It's one thing to ask an audience to love a mechanical man, but quite another to love a mechanical performance.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times (Top Critic)

60

You wish that the film unfolded on a more modest scale and in the real world.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Nell Minow Common Sense Media

40

Film about robot who wants to be human is so-so.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

42

...aspires to an almost adult level of seriousness.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid

50

Bicentennial Man is sometimes sweet, but it's also a phenomenal waste of talent, and a continuation of a Williams' trip down the wrong road.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Mike Higgins Sight and Sound

The film swiftly settles into an unevenly paced, episodic structure, unsure whether it's a family saga, a sci-fi drama or a children's comedy.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Margaret A. McGurk Cincinnati Enquirer

50

Virtually every emotion, motivation, idea, character and plot point in the movie is flat and perfunctory -- except for those that carry the invisible subtitle, 'Cry, dammit!'
Full Review » 10 years ago
Mike Kerrigan Boxoffice Magazine

40

You long for [Williams] to break the metal mold, if only for a minute, to remind you that you are watching the best improvisational comedian of this millennium.
Full Review » 10 years ago
William Arnold Seattle Post-Intelligencer

67

Becomes a somber, sentimental and rather profound romantic fantasy that is more true to the spirit of the Golden Age of science-fiction writing than possibly any other movie of the '90s.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Chuck Rudolph Matinee Magazine

0

Best left on the shelf to collect dust.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality and Practice

A shiny houehold robot becomes an exemplar of the spiritual practice of kindness in this film that must be taken to heart.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Ben Falk BBC

20

The worst kind of movie -- one with no direction, no identity, and above all no heart.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Jorge Avila Andrade Moviola

63

Robin Williams cae en el tipo de personaje que ha venido interpretando hasta el cansancio: el del hombre bueno que es todo emociones y que es capaz de llorar amargamente
Full Review » 11 years ago
Shawn Levy Oregonian

Williams has lost almost every last ounce of charm on screen.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Ken Fox TV Guide's Movie Guide

30

This is one tin man with neither heart nor brains.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Joe Baltake Sacramento Bee

It's a step in the right direction for both its star and maker.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Valerie Kuklenski Los Angeles Daily News

Bicentennial Man misses the big picture.
Full Review » 12 years ago