
Winner of over 23 awards, "Robot Stories" is science fiction from the heart, four stories in which utterly human characters struggle to connect in a world of robot babies and android office workers. The stories include: "My Robot Baby," in which a couple must care for a robot baby before adopting a human child; "The Robot Fixer," in which a mother tries to connect with her dying son by completing his toy robot collection; "Machine Love," in which an office worker android lear... (Full plot summary below)
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Winner of over 23 awards, "Robot Stories" is science fiction from the heart, four stories in which utterly human characters struggle to connect in a world of robot babies and android office workers. The stories include: "My Robot Baby," in which a couple must care for a robot baby before adopting a human child; "The Robot Fixer," in which a mother tries to connect with her dying son by completing his toy robot collection; "Machine Love," in which an office worker android learns that he, too, needs love; and "Clay," in which an old sculptor must choose between natural death and digital immortality.
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| San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubThis is a science fiction film, but like all excellent movies in the genre, the focus never strays from the human heart. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsMark R. LeeperThese are simple stories, most with a strong insightful element. All but one really says more about humanity than about robots. |
| Zap2it.comMichael SzymanskiThey're not like the "Twilight Zone" which is an easy comparison; they're more deep, artistic and subtle. |
| eFilmCritic.comDavid CorneliusPak sets himself up as a filmmaker to watch, a creator of intelligent, thoughtful stories that refuse to be contained by traditional definition. |
| Slant MagazineJoshua VasquezConcerned with detailing the various interactions of an unsettling, fragile humanity with its own technology. |
| TheMovieChicks.comCherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann PaloneEach story has a unique style and something profound and/or wonderful to say. The players might be artificial, but the human drama is real. |
| Cinema em CenaPablo VillaçaUtilizando a tecnologia (no caso, robôs) para estudar a psique e o comportamento humanos, Pak realiza uma antologia irregular, mas muito interessante. |
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittFour stories with automatons as important characters...The last is the most touching, but all are skillfully made. |
| Chicago ReaderTed ShenAccomplished 2002 quartet of vignettes about artificial human life. |
| Film ThreatDoug BrunellI was hoping to be blown away, but was left feeling much like the iPerson in the "Machine Love" segment -- kind of cold. |