Cognitive dissonance plays a big role inCompanion.
Oh, thats there too, as are allusions to philosophical sci-fi treatises running the gamut fromBlade RunnertoEx Machina.
Afterward, Hancocks dialogue and charming ensemble gets to really set off for the races.
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Chief among that charm is Thatcher.
And you could bet thats the first that changes when she gets her hands on the remote.
But the movie is better concerned with its social implications than those of the hard sci-fi variety.
Yet we wouldnt really call Iris a screamer; nor a replicant or another idol for our AI age.
But unlike the tragedy of Stepford, her solutions to this epiphany will leave you smiling ear to ear.
Companion opens only in theaters on Jan. 31.
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Rating:
4 out of 5
