Marjorie Prime

There’s more going on in this movie’s 90-plus minutes than in many summer blockbusters nearly twice its length.

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Artificial intelligence allows an older widow to create a spiffed-up version of her husband in this sophisticated sci-fi film.

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Mapping the intersection between history and emotion, Michael Almereyda finds himself in Alain Resnais terrain.

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A terrific cast elevates the thoughtful, stripped-down sci-fi of Marjorie Prime.

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We can’t decide what life will bring — an inquiry brought up in a bittersweet flashback — but we can choose some of the memories we want to create and how they will be communicated. As such, this is a film that will offer up as much as one wants to bring to the table.

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A holographic Jon Hamm and a standout turn from Lois Smith are two of the many pleasures packed into this soulful drama set in a future where death doesn’t need to be the end.

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The film might not have quite learned how to communicate visually rather than verbally, but the words are enticing ones and Sean Price Williams‘ serene, airy cinematography is fluid and varied enough that it never feels stagebound.

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This isn’t Black Mirror… or is it?

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Jon Hamm is a handsome hologram in the pensive Marjorie Prime.

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Jordan Harrison's complex, Pulitzer-nominated artificial-intelligence drama gets a smart, well-acted but stifled screen transfer.

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