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Many people will say that genius and loneliness may go hand in hand. Of course, when you add a touch of Artificial intelligence it proves to be a complicated endeavor to journey through.
Renner is a movie that takes love and AI to very new extremes, albeit, extremes that may not be the most memorable for audiences. Some of which may not remember what the movie is about after the credits start rolling, dare I say.
The film centers around an awkward software genius named Renner who creates an AI life coach to help him with his social issues and to be more assertive. This is prompted when he encounters his attractive neighbor Jamie and Renner works up the courage to try to ask her out.
The main issues with this story are the fact that it seems a little too cliche for audiences and too predictable to be taken seriously. The script seems claustrophobic almost as there are only a few characters that you can count on with one hand that seem, like its script, too cliche.
The AI companion looks to be Renner’s mother’s consciousness uploaded into the software and she proves to be a helicopter parent, which already sounds like something from an episode from The Twilight Zone that was already elaborated on by the legendary Rod Serling.
Overall, the film fails to offer anything new in terms of character development and storytelling.
Renner, starring Marcia Gay Harden (The Mist), Violett Beane (Truth or Dare), and Frankie Muniz (Stay Alive) released in select theaters February 7. Expect a home video digital release soon.
