Stanley Kubrick died three days after finishing
Eyes Wide Shut, and was never able to bring his vision of a story
about a robotic child made to love to the big screen. And if there is any director who can follow in the legendary filmmaker''s legacy it might as well be Steven Spielberg, a director with a list of both blockbuster hits and critical praises longer than any other.
Steven Spielberg introduces us to the issue in the first scene, as a scientist proposes that his company create the first loving robot. Here we are told that it is a moral question: Maybe a robot can be made that can love like a child can, but how can the human possibly love it back? Can the bond between a human and a robot become as close as a human to another human?
Spielberg goes on to show the development of David (Haley Joel Osmet) as he adapts to his new home. He learns to act more human and to love his mother, but things change when his long comatose ''brother'' returns, and challenges his affections. Due to an unfortunate incident, David is forced out of his home and into the world, where it sets out to become a real boy, much like, and not with any coincidences, Pinocchio. But what he experiences is far worse than what he could ever imagine.