Superintelligence

Carol Peters leads an ordinary life, so when her television, phone and microwave start talking back to her, she assumes it is a prank or that she is losing her mind. In fact, the world's first superintelligence has picked her out as its subject of study, taking control of her daily life while pursuing a larger and more menacing plan of its own. Since the artificial intelligence will decide the fate of humanity based on what it learns from her, Carol becomes the last hope of persuading it that people are worth keeping around.

Ben Falcone directed the film, his fourth feature after Tammy, The Boss and Life of the Party, from a screenplay by Steve Mallory. Melissa McCarthy, who also produced alongside Falcone and Rob Cowan, stars as Carol, with James Corden providing the voice of the superintelligence. Bobby Cannavale, Brian Tyree Henry and Sam Richardson appear in supporting roles, and Falcone himself plays Charles Kuiper. The production involved 57 credited cast members and 65 credited crew members.

Released in November 2020, the film runs 106 minutes. Its reception was modest across the board: on IMDb it holds 5.5 out of 10 from around 14,000 votes, while on TMDB it stands at 5.9 out of 10 from roughly 395 votes. A critics' rating of 4.5 out of 10 from 67 reviews places it slightly below the audience scores, though none of these figures point to a strong consensus in its favour.