If you loved Close Encounters of the Third Kind, try A.I. Artificial Intelligence
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Steven Spielberg, and they both carry the tender mood tag, and they sit in Drama / Science Fiction territory. If that's the register that drew you to Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What A.I. Artificial Intelligence is
Suburban home, summer, a boy's teddy bear. A couple adopts a robotic child, love is programmed, but real life intervenes. Spielberg's futuristic fairy tale resonates deeply.

