Review of Bicentennial Man (1999) by Martimus98 — 14 Mar 2019

This story was based on a novelette written by Isaac Asimov, The Positronic Man.

It's a story about an unusual robot that spends it's life striving to become human. The movie is highly underrated in my opinion.

I think the actors all did well dealing with what had to be a challenging story to recreate. I'd speak highly of Robin Williams in particular but I think that others have spoken to his comic genius better than I can. I enjoyed Sam Neill's contribution to the movie. Embeth Davidtz did well in her dual role of 'Little Miss' and Portia.

In my opinion Chris Columbus allowed Robin fairly free reign in his role and that's what really made this movie shine. Is it a serious re-telling of Asimov's story? Not really. It's a serious story peppered with Robin Williams silliness that makes the subject matter much easier to digest.