Marjorie Prime

THE GIST: Her mother Marjorie's memory beginning to falter, Tess gets her a holographic recreation of her late husband, powered by an AI capable of learning and resembling the original, to help her feel less lonely.

Marjorie Prime is a very slow-building film about the possibilities an actual Artificial Intelligence could provide humanity with, especially for lessening loneliness or mild forms of depression and social anxiety.

Like I said, it's fairly slow, but its cerebral nature sort of requires it, and the movie is by no means boring.

The excellent cast features Jon Hamm, Tim Robbins, Geena Davis, and the lovely Lois Smith, and they all do a great job.

THE BOTTOM LINE: Very good acting and a deeply reflective screenplay about aging in the 21st century. Quite interesting.

Grade: 7.5