Bicentennial Man

Richard Martin brings home a new household robot, an NDR-114, as a gift for his family. The youngest child gives the machine the name Andrew. Built to handle chores, Andrew begins to show signs of emotion and creative thinking, and the Martins come to realise that their appliance is something more than an ordinary robot. What follows spans two centuries, as Andrew searches for identity and a place among the people around him. Chris Columbus directed the film, adapting the story from Isaac Asimov's writing. It was released in December 1999. Robin Williams plays Andrew, with Embeth Davidtz as Little Miss and Portia, Sam Neill as Sir, Oliver Platt as Rupert Burns, Kiersten Warren as Galatea and Wendy Crewson as Ma'am. The screenplay is by Nicholas Kazan, and the producers include Wolfgang Petersen, Columbus and Mark Radcliffe. With a budget of around 100 million dollars, the film took roughly 87 million dollars worldwide, a return well below its cost. On IMDb it holds 6.9 out of 10 from about 131,000 votes, and on TMDB it scores 7.3 from over 4,000 votes. A critics' rating of 5.6 from 98 reviews places it below both audience scores. It was Columbus's eighth film as director, following Stepmom and preceding Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.