50
Proyas merely assembles a mess of spare parts from better movies.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
75
Philadelphia Inquirer by Carrie Rickey
For its first two acts this flashy vehicle is an anodized titanium streamline baby. Then comes a robot rumble that brings the action to a crashing halt.
50
Performances, plot and pacing are as mechanical as the hard-wired cast.
50
It walks and talks and moves very fast, but it never lives.
75
Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt
Less ambitious than "Blade Runner" but more coherent than "Artificial Intelligence: A.I.," which it vaguely resembles, I, Robot is best during homely moments when Smith shows his human side.
50
Wall Street Journal by Joe Morgenstern
Impressive for Patrick Tatopoulos's production design but depressive for the juiceless story.
80
Dallas Observer by Luke Y. Thompson
Once this movie gets going, it works, and it works well. It has a slow buildup, but its final third manages to generate some eye-popping thrills.
75
Chicago Tribune by Michael Wilmington
It's a high-tech thriller that really works.
67
Entertainment Weekly by Owen Gleiberman
A routine Will Smith cop-on-the-hunt thriller at heart, I, Robot lacks imaginative excitement.
50
A humans vs. robots saga that feels machine-made, I, Robot looks to have been assembled from the spare parts of dozens of previous sci-fi pictures.