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Marjorie Prime
Why this pick
A quiet, intimate near-future drama in which companion technology becomes a tender, unsettling way to examine memory, aging, and what loved ones leave behind.
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MOVIE2012 1h 25m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Set in the near future, an aging ex-convict and thief named Frank Weld lives alone and is experiencing increasingly serious mental deterioration and dementia. Frank's son Hunter, an attorney at law with a family of his own, grows tired of making weekly visits to his father's home, but is reluctant to put his father into full-time care, so he purchases a robot companion, which is programmed to provide Frank with therapeutic care, including a fixed daily routine and cognition-enhancing activities like gardening.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Frank Langella
Frank
Liv Tyler
Madison
Susan Sarandon
Jennifer
Peter Sarsgaard
Robot (voice)
Ana Gasteyer
Shoplady
Jeremy Strong
Jake
James Marsden
Hunter
Jeremy Sisto
Sheriff Rowlings