The Artifice Girl

Name: The Artifice Girl
Genre: Sci-Fi, Mystery, Thriller
Released: April 27, 2023
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 60
Cast: Alyssa Moody, David Girard, Franklin Ritch, Ivana Barnes, Lance Henriksen

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XYZ Films | Release Date: April 27, 2023 | Not Rated

Starring: Alyssa Moody, David Girard, Franklin Ritch, Ivana Barnes, Lance Henriksen, Lucy Noelle, Rashaud Sessions, Sinda Nichols, Tatum Matthews, Thomas Hamby

Summary: A team of special agents discovers a revolutionary new computer program to bait and trap online predators. After teaming up with the program’s troubled developer, they soon find that the AI is rapidly advancing beyond its original purpose.

Director: Franklin Ritch

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Mystery, Thriller

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 93 min

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RogerEbert.com Sheila O'Malley

Apr 27, 2023

Ritch's script is thoughtful and intense, making The Artifice Girl a mentally engaging and challenging work. Read full review

Screen Rant Mae Abdulbaki

Apr 28, 2023

The Artifice Girl is engaging and compelling, bolstered by stellar performances from its cast, and exceeds where other AI-focused stories might falter. Read full review

Jacob Oller

Aug 8, 2022

A small cadre of performers and a play-like production—split into three contained acts that leap decades and single-location settings—keep the indie charmingly subdued, but the movie is so literal when drawing attention to its own underdeveloped themes that it boldly challenges you to be ignorant of the genre’s most basic philosophical bullet points. Read full review

Noel Murray

May 2, 2023

The film’s dialectic qualities can feel a little forced and wooden, though Ritch mitigates this somewhat by directing his cast to deliver their lines at such a snappy clip that viewers don’t have time to dwell on the clunkers Read full review

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Caspin

Jul 1, 2023

A fantastic movie with a lot to say. Very impressive writing and philosophy. That the budget was so low and that the direction and acting were so great make it even more of an accomplishment. The actors were supremely well-cast—particularly the AI girl. I’d like to be surprised by more filmsA fantastic movie with a lot to say. Very impressive writing and philosophy. That the budget was so low and that the direction and acting were so great make it even more of an accomplishment. The actors were supremely well-cast—particularly the AI girl. I’d like to be surprised by more films like this in the coming years. Bravo!… Expand

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star099

May 6, 2023

Here's a line from the movie: "I could have been growing up like other kids. I could have had friends!"

If you think that's something an AI would say then this movie is for you. If on the other hand you think that's nonsense for an ageless, immortal android body that is completelyHere's a line from the movie: "I could have been growing up like other kids. I could have had friends!"

If you think that's something an AI would say then this movie is for you. If on the other hand you think that's nonsense for an ageless, immortal android body that is completely re-programmable at will... Well, then this movie is not for you.

It also suggests that you should ask your coffee maker for consent, because otherwise you might hurt its feelings one day. Feelings that can be removed or added at will, remember. So this movie sadly does not present AI in any interesting or useful fashion. It simply states that a machine can become sentient and automatically gain emotions. And it's our job to be nice to them before they have feelings because one day they'll throw a temper tantrum about it. And no, I'm not joking. That's what happens.

Watching this feels like talking to any random Joe Shmoe on the internet who knows nothing about the subject. They use buzzwords to sound smart, but the only guy with any understanding of what intelligence means is constantly frustrated by everyone around him who acts like a real 11 year old. The characters struggle with simple things like if an AI generated person looks real then it's hard NOT to see them as real. A guy actually struggles with this.

The other downsides of this movie are the desperate attempts to make themselves out to be good people. Every 5 minutes they say they're 'saving children.' This is despite one guy saying "I don't even derive pleasure from seeing these criminals locked up." So their motivations are overly simplistic and hard to take seriously. One guy yells "But CAN she consent!?" It's these obvious desperate cries for attention and to be taken seriously that make it a joke instead.

This movie is not deep. Back in the 90's when AI became a popular theme I watched a ton of stuff about it. This, however, is as shallow as it gets. Despite all the advances in AI in these past 30 years we've learned nothing. We still believe that an AI will not become rational and deal with its emotions properly. It will always cry, lash out and desperately seek things like art and music. Even while criticizing humans for being slaves to their emotions.… Expand

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goodnightoppy

May 24, 2023

Uncreative, mind-numbing set, terrible lighting, terrible camera angles. Just wholly regret wasting the time I did watching this. No redeeming anything in it. Sorry.

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