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Wifelike

R

Released Aug 12, 2022

1h 46m

Sci-Fi

Mystery & Thriller

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13%

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8 Reviews

50%

Audience Score

100+ Ratings

A grieving detective in the near-future hunts down criminals who trade artificial humans on the black market. In the fight to end AI exploitation, an underground resistance attempts to infiltrate him by sabotaging the programming of the artificial human assigned as his companion to behave like his late wife. She begins to question her reality as memories of a past life begin to surface in a world where nothing is as it seems.

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Terry Staunton

Radio Times

The end result plays out like a first-draft Black Mirror script hampered by plot inconsistencies.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 21, 2023

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Kat Halstead

Common Sense Media

If he's looking to make a point about the patriarchy, it's odd that the film is mostly seen from a male POV, and so much time is taken on the camera roving over women's near-naked bodies.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 5, 2023

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Steven Warner

In Review Online

Bird proves he is a more than competent filmmaker; let’s hope he can take that talent and actually do something of legitimate substance with it next time out.

Sep 1, 2022

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Erik Childress

Movie Madness Podcast

For about ten minutes James Bird’s film crafts the right mold of satiric indifference in a misogynistic future, but soon gives itself over to generic action and none of the genuine debate of its more lauded sci-fi predecessors.

Rated: 2/4

Aug 16, 2022

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Carla Renata

The Curvy Film Critic

Johnathan Rhys Meyers and Elena Kampouris sizzle on screen with undeniable chemistry resulting in sheer fireworks, whether they are speaking or not. However, their combined electricity isn't enough to make this slow burn film palatable.

Aug 12, 2022

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Mark Dujsik

Mark Reviews Movies

[T]he movie doesn't seem certain what to do with its confused and mostly unnecessary metaphor.

Rated: 1.5/4

Aug 12, 2022

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Joe W

Other than Elena Kampouris who is incredibly competent, charming and beautiful, there isn't much here.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/29/24

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J o

Oof, that was Rotten! I watched about 5 minutes and it is utter cringe all the way. The acting is below school play level.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/16/24

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Tibor F

True Z movie script, one vaguely not-so-bad story idea only. You can fast-forward most of the film, as not much is happening. If you heard the first two sentence of a dialog, you pretty much know the rest. Imagine a 2-minute film pitch talk, and that is pretty much all the content, the rest is just filler and clichés everywhere. Horrendous acting, '90s visual effects. Only watch it if this is the only film on Earth available for you.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

12/17/23

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Ivan S

Really bad. Do not watch the script was weak acting was bad.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/16/23

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Daniel N

Whilst this mildly dystopian sci-fi flick is far from being a gem, I do not agree with the disapproving critics and believe it has its visual appeal and relevant warning signs of where AI is taking us.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/14/23

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Liam K

Writing and narrative is weirdly written. Very loose storytelling and the cgi is low quality. characters purposely hiding information for no reason. not worth it unless you have nothing else to watch (i recommend Alternate Carbon)

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

12/07/23

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Jonathan Rhys-Meyers

William Bradwell

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Synopsis

A grieving detective in the near-future hunts down criminals who trade artificial humans on the black market. In the fight to end AI exploitation, an underground resistance attempts to infiltrate him by sabotaging the programming of the artificial human assigned as his companion to behave like his late wife. She begins to question her reality as memories of a past life begin to surface in a world where nothing is as it seems.

Director: James Bird
Producer: Christine Holder, Mark Holder, Greg Weiss, Austin Aronson, Charles Cooper
Screenwriter: James Bird
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: SP Media Group, Wonder Street
Rating: R (Sexual Content|Nudity|Language|Violence)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 12, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 12, 2022
Runtime: 1h 46m

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