Superintelligence

Ben Falcone and Melissa McCarthy are two people whose partnership should be hitting home runs. They know each other's strengths and weaknesses to such an intimate level that it's a no-brainer. So why doesn't it work? Box office-wise, their collaborations are bringing in less money with each new outing - and now, thanks to COVID-19, who knows if studios will be willing to back these two again. If this is the case, they are <i>not</i> going out on a high note. Perhaps this is a good opportunity to go back to formula. With around 60 years of comedy experience between them, we know they're…

This was a fun movie to watch, which was, as far as I can see, all it promised to be. It didn’t try to squeeze into the canon of sophisticated sci-fi, though some reviews I read on another site seemed to suggest it was trying to do just that. This is basically a romantic comedy with a satirical look at our dependence upon technology thrown in, which I suspect hit too close to home for some people. I appreciated that film rarity, a woman who is not razor thin being a romantic lead, with a bonus of not even having her mention her weight once. Larger men are often romantic leads, but women, not…

I really liked this film. I chose it as something suitable for me and teenage kids. It was a bit of a gamble but I was pleasantly surprised. Suitable for over 10s but enough laughs for me too. It pretty much did what it said on the tin as a family comedy. I like Melissa McCarthy and I'm a begrudging convert to James Cordon. It's kind of a romantic comedy but with the threat of total global annihilation to keep both sides happy. Entertaining, fun and some genuine laughs.

(CASTELLANO) Superintelligence es una comedia bastante tonta, pero también bastante simpática. Parte de una idea que mezcla algo muy repetido con algo curioso: una inteligencia artificial todopoderosa que observa a la humanidad y decide estudiar a una persona normal, casi vulgar, para ver si merece la pena salvar el mundo, destruirlo o convertirlo en otra cosa. La premisa podría haber dado para una sátira mucho más afilada, pero la película prefiere ir por el camino fácil de la comedia ligera. Y, aun así, se deja ver. No es una película brillante, ni especialmente inteligente, aunque hable…