
Rand, Winston, and Johnson have a small tech startup company in the Bay Area that's developing a artificially-lived computer character, Koy Koy the bird, who can hear and see and interact with the user. Koy Koy gets placed in a kids schoolroom for testing, and Rand develops a relationship with one of the teachers, Sarah. Rand learns that his scientific understanding of human mating isn't necessarily a roadmap for the real thing.... (Full plot summary below)
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Rand, Winston, and Johnson have a small tech startup company in the Bay Area that's developing a artificially-lived computer character, Koy Koy the bird, who can hear and see and interact with the user. Koy Koy gets placed in a kids schoolroom for testing, and Rand develops a relationship with one of the teachers, Sarah. Rand learns that his scientific understanding of human mating isn't necessarily a roadmap for the real thing.
Leave your thoughts about Dopamine.
| San Francisco ExaminerJeffrey M. AndersonThe film lacks character and relies on standard-issue rom-com formulas. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekAn uncommonly drab and simpleminded picture that seems grossly distended at a mere 79 minutes. |
| eFilmCritic.comErik ChildressDirector Mark Decena and co-writer, Tim Breitbach, have formulated that rare screenplay that adapts out of its characters and not a predetermined road. The camera doesn't just love Sabrina Lloyd - it's looking to get down on one leg and propose. |
| Jam! MoviesLiz BraunThe film has an unfinished feel, and plays like a film 101 outing. |
| VarietyScott FoundasThis feels like a movie that was grown in a petri dish -- poked and prodded with all manner of overcooked symbolism and thesis statements, but fatally absent the genuine human emotions about which it incessantly prattles on. |
| Washington PostStephen HunterA lot of bigger movies won't provoke you half as much. |
| eFilmCritic.comCollin SouterA smart, insightful romantic movie that will probably launch some interesting discussions afterwards. Unlike Hollywood's version of the romanctic comedy/drama, this one has well-rounded and realistic characters worthy of our sympathies. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertWhat's alluring is the way the characters played by John Livingston and Sabrina Lloyd savor each other, in between their troubles. Movies are too quick to interrupt romance with sex. Sarah and Rand fascinate us with their dance of dread and desire. |
| Cinema SignalsJules BrennerChemicals may rule but the drama of compatibility issues prevails. |
| Detroit Free PressTerry LawsonWhile the route Dopamine takes in addressing the nature of attraction is schematic, the film is never less than clever, surprisingly charming, decidedly thought-provoking -- and in its own undefinable way, touching. |