Bicentennial Man (1999)
“One robot's 200 year journey to become an ordinary man.”
Movie19992h 11mEnglish
Our verdict
Worth watching
Well received by most viewers.
Based on the TMDB audience score from 4,059 ratings.
Movie review: Bicentennial Man
Bicentennial Man is a film from 1999. It is catalogued under Drama, Romance, Science Fiction. Its listed tagline is “One robot's 200 year journey to become an ordinary man.”
Story
Richard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew by the youngest of the family's children. "Bicentennial Man" follows the life and times of Andrew, a robot purchased as a household appliance programmed to perform menial tasks. As Andrew begins to experience emotions and creative thought, the Martin family soon discovers they don't have an ordinary robot.
Audience reaction
TMDB records an audience rating of 7.3/10 based on 4,059 votes.
Production
Release date: December 17, 1999 · Runtime: 131 minutes · Original language: English · Reported budget: $100,000,000 · Reported revenue: $87,423,861
Official trailer
Cast
Robin Williams
Embeth Davidtz
Sam Neill
Oliver Platt
Kiersten Warren
Wendy Crewson
Hallie Eisenberg
Lindze Letherman
Angela Landis
John Michael Higgins
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