One of Steven Spielberg’s Most Divisive Sci-Fi Movies Officially Gets a Second Chance
Steven Spielberg’s divisive science-fiction film *A.I. Artificial Intelligence* has joined Peacock in the United States, giving audiences another chance to revisit the film. Its arrival matters as the once-polarising story has gained greater appreciation for its ambition, visuals and questions about what makes us human.
Conceived by Stanley Kubrick and completed by Spielberg after Kubrick’s death, the film follows David, a robot boy who loves his adoptive mother and struggles when her biological son returns. Haley Joel Osment stars alongside Jude Law and Frances O’Connor. The film earned about $236 million worldwide on a reported $100 million budget, received two Oscar nominations and now has a 76% critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes.
- *A.I. Artificial Intelligence* is now on Peacock in the US.
- The film was conceived by Stanley Kubrick and directed by Spielberg.
- It earned about $236 million and two Oscar nominations.
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence is a 2001 science-fiction film about David, a robot boy created to love and cared for as a child. When the biological son of his adoptive family returns home, David is left searching for a place where he belongs.
The film began as an idea developed by director Stanley Kubrick and was made by Steven Spielberg after Kubrick’s death. Haley Joel Osment plays David, with Jude Law and Frances O’Connor among the other stars; the story explores how people define love and humanity.