2002 · sci-fi · comedy · drama
S1m0ne
Directed by Andrew Niccol1h 57m2002
The career of a disillusioned producer, who is desperate for a hit, is endangered when his star walks off the film set. Forced to think fast, the producer decides to digitally create an actress "Simone" to sub for the star — the first totally believable synthetic actress.
Our read: S1m0ne (2002) reads as a warm, steady, inventive sci-fi · comedy · drama entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, steady, gentle sci-fi / comedy, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
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