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2020 · comedy · sci-fi · romance

Superintelligence

Directed by Ben Falcone1h 46m2020

When an all-powerful Superintelligence chooses to study the most average person on Earth, Carol Peters, the fate of the world hangs in the balance. As the A.I. decides to enslave, save or destroy humanity, it’s up to Carol to prove that people are worth saving.

Our read: Superintelligence (2020) reads as a warm, kinetic, inventive comedy · sci-fi · romance entry — gentle in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.

Movie DNA

Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy / sci-fi, inventive in texture. Redemptive, epic, measured.

ElsewhereIMDb5.514kRT30%Metacritic41
  • warm
  • brisk
  • gentle
  • redemptive
  • epic-stakes
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DNA · twelve axes

How Superintelligence feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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What watching it is actually like.

“You want low-stakes AI rom-com comfort with Melissa McCarthy being ordinary.”

ends warmyou’ll be fine aftersteady all the waygrips by minute 5attention 2/5earns its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonight — You expect sharp sci-fi satire instead of a forgettable date-night comedy.

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