# Ex Machina (2015)

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**Runtime**: 108 min
**Genres**: Drama, Science Fiction
**Directed by**: Alex Garland
**Written by**: Alex Garland
**Starring**: Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, Oscar Isaac, Sonoya Mizuno, Corey Johnson, Claire Selby

> *There is nothing more human than the will to survive.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A quiet coder wins a retreat with a tech mogul and must judge if his boss's humanoid AI is truly conscious or just a flawless liar. One week in a snowbound lab turns existential when the machine starts asking the questions. A sleek, cerebral chamber piece carrying Garland’s debut.

**Mood tags**: cerebral, paranoid

**Critic & audience scores**: IMDb 7.7/10 (633967 users) · Rotten Tomatoes 92% · Metacritic 78/100

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