I'm Your Man (2021)

An ancient language researcher agrees to host an artificial life form for three weeks, in order to access whether or not they would make ideal romantic partners. The film bounces between rom-com tropes and interesting poetic philosophy. It is a mixed bag, but generally enjoyable. I especially liked the two lead performances.

Fmovies: A German romantic sci-fi comedy. This could be terrible I hear you say. It is not. It's bloody marvellous. Alma (Maren Eggert) is a scientist who's reluctantly got herself embroiled in an experiment to live with a robot, a new humanoid to study its... his, learning capabilities and how he might function as a life partner. She's skeptical to say the least, but Tom (Dan Stevens) is very charming and her studies stand to benefit if she goes along with it. On the surface it sounds clinical, but there's warmth at its heart. Much like Stevens who makes a great robot. He's delightfully innocent and knowledgable in equal measure. Designed to be perfectly tailored for Alma, her reluctance brings a game like quality to their interactions. Together they make a great screen team and have me smiling, chuckling and even laughing out loud on several occasions. If you want to be cynical, there are a few glaring plot holes, but not a single one matters. Tom is carefree, wide eyed, wants to live. Most of all he wants this for Alma too. Her life isn't quite that easy to fix though. Her soul's been trained to crave it's own space, her trust near impossible to attain. Too many things in her life haven't worked out. There's a "Deep and insurmountable gulf" between them, but perhaps these things about Alma are the very things that might bridge that gulf. A beautifully played modern love story. With a beautiful piano score. Balancing sentiment and reality wonderfully.

It is the first date for Alma and Tom. She tests him. Tom is intelligent, funny, perceptive, insightful, charming, good-looking, appreciative of her interests, concerned for her well-being, and even knows her favorite poem by heart. He passes everything Alma throws at him even though she is cold and skeptical. Tom appears to know her better than she knows herself. This is because Tom is an advanced robot created for with one purpose to serve, her happiness.

Tom learns from every moment with Alma and morphs into something better, yet she treats him like a machine or a piece of meat, underestimating him, leaving him to stand in the rain, and turning cliches about men on their head. Perhaps she just needs more time. Spending time in the forest together and looking at pictures of Alma as a child, Tom and Alma could dissolve and become part of something bigger.

I'm Your Man is a different kind of science fiction that, like the Tales from Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin, explores the realm of our hearts rather than battlefields on distant planets. The film is complex and well crafted, exploring emotions in a variety of ways, and revolving around themes of free will, fears of being left alone, what it means to love someone, and more. Each component of film making is not neglected. There is a scene looking over the rooftops and spires of Berlin at night that is so beautiful. Maren Eggert (Alma) won a silver bear in Berlin for her performance. The film appeared at the Toronto festival as well.

I'm Your Man fmovies. One of the very intelligent sci-fi films in decades that combine the richness of "Ex-Machina" (2014) and the sci-fi play/film "Marjorie Prime" (2017). Additionally, it has a script that can make you double up with mirth for over the first hour. Wonderful screenplay; it possibly lost out the Silver Bear for screenplay to a better film in Competition Section that I have yet to watch. But it did win the best actress Silver Bear award; so it did not go empty handed. However, I rate this film as superior to the Golden Bear winner, which did not appeal to me as much.

AI robot be human life partner topic has been controversial for years. It proves robot provides a better life to human being but their existence makes humanity depreciation another area to think of. It brings human happiness but is it ethical? This movie is quite good to watch and inspiring for writing thesis in social science.

I'm Your Man: Another film about A. I., consciousness, love and relationships. Basically a romantic drama. Alma (Maren Eggert) is an archaeologist who agrees to beta test an android, Tom (Dan Stevens) who is programmed to be the perfect fit for her emotionally and intellectually. After a couple of teething problems she takes him home but grates at his suggestions. An odd coupe indeed in spite of supposedly being the perfect match. How things between them develop is moulded by Alma's personal and professional life. Her father is ageing and won't admit that he can't cope, Alma grieves over a miscarriage she suffered during a past relationship and her former partner is very much around. Even Alma's childhood is relevant to the narrative. Quite funny but also serious at times in how it deals with people being treated as objects and denied agency. In some ways this is a reverse Stepford Wives. Directed/Co-written by Maria Schrader. 8/10.