Marjorie Prime (2017)

Similar to "Her" - a contemplative futuristic drama about identity and human relations in the age of AI. It also explores the concepts of aging and memory. Its pace is slower, and more melancholic. It requires patience and focus from viewers. I finally watched it (^__^) fine casting, mind opening and cathartic.

I found this movie so boring that I kept falling asleep and had to keep rewinding until I finally saw it all. The ONLY reason I persevered is BECAUSE of the high reviews and the big name actors/actresses and I thought it just HAD TO get better to warrant the amount of high star reviews, but I was wrong! Just when you thought you might get some answers or the conversations would finally have more purpose, they would jump to some other time. For being set in the future, NOTHING seemed futuristic, except for the holograms of course, though in some cases they seemed like they were solid, but in another place Marjorie walks THROUGH Walter's foot! One thing that made NO sense to me is that IF the Walter hologram was there to help her remember things, then WHY was he not pre- programmed with memories from the people that knew Marjorie since the description for the movie said that HE was supposed to tell HER about her life, but how could he if he didn't even have the information?!? Also, one conversation between Jon and Walter sticks out in my mind because Jon asked him to explain something that Walter couldn't because he did NOT know hardly anything about Marjorie throughout the whole film! Just when you thought it might get interesting, like when you find out Damien killed Toni, then they just jump somewhere else. Maybe I'm just not able to understand these artsy-fartsy films they put out these days, but I did not think this was a good film at all! Some reviews talked about "her" which I've never seen but is supposed to be way better. I also should have not watched this movie given the fact that some reviewers compared it to Black Mirror which I had tried to watch months ago BEFORE i ever heard of this movie and I thought it was stupid. Anyway, unless you want to be completely bored or need something to put you to sleep, avoid this movie!

Its a good concept that delivers an interesting movie about love, memories, regret and secrets. The film lives from its wonderful cast who are all very well picked and delivered good performance, however it suffers from its rather weak direction by Michael Amereyda who tried to make it too artsey for its own sake. Lois Smith delivers a great and charming performance. And I am glad she got some material to work with actually instead of just second hand supporting roles as usual. She really got talent and gave her role a lot of good and interesting facettes. Another great performance came from Geena Davis. One of her best recent performances. Davis really understood her role, which surely wasn't easy and the audience was easy to care for it, at least I did. Tim Robbins was also fine and did have some good and difficult moments. Also not a bad performance by Jon Hamm who might have had the most difficult role but mastered it well enough, even if he appeared a bit wooden, which was intentionally. But what was it with that annoying score/soundtrack? That really played the movie down which is a shame. It had a lot of potential but they tickled the wrong ankles at times. Too bad. Still worth to see for the performances.

This film tells the story of a family who uses a technology to bring back their deceased relatives using an interactive holographic technology.The first ten minutes of "Marjorie Prime" is interesting, especially when the nature of the man is revealed. However, the remainder of the film is just boring talks. They talk for a long time at length, and nothing comes out of the conversations. Nothing happens in the film, except an increasing number of holographic images. I don't get the point of the story.