Review of the film &quot;Zoey&quot; (2018)

Scientist Cole (Ewan McGregor) works for a company that creates medicines to simulate passionate love, programs to determine compatibility, as well as androids. They are no different from humans, and therefore can become an ideal lover and companion. Androids represent the ideal partner who will not dutifully betray or disappoint. Cole is assisted by his android assistant Zoey. She is attuned to experiencing the memories of real women. Therefore, Zoey is sure that she is human. However, her world is turned upside down when Cole tells the truth. The shocking reality appears to Zoey against the background of their love with Cole, which complicates the situation much more. From now on, the heroes must figure out their true feelings.

The question about the sincere feelings of androids is not new to cinema. People are not worried about the future of cars at all - they worry about the authenticity of their feelings. Thus, reflection results in seemingly soulless forms that still hide many secrets. Romantic director Drake Dorimus shot the film at Ridley Scott's studio (who, by the way, managed to implement this idea much better), so we got a product with a lot of common elements at the exit. In addition, thinking about the essence and the emergence of emotions leads to the film "I am a robot", which also raises the question "Is artificial intelligence capable of experiencing human feelings?".

Mechanical prostitution, relationships with people, various conflicts - it is very easy to confuse the movie "Zoey" with the video game "Detroit: Become Human", which was released relatively recently. In general, this cannot be called plagiarism, because so far humanity has a rather primitive and monotonous idea of interaction with artificial intelligence. Plus the story of an android who wants to become a man, permeated with the series "The World of the Wild West". And compatibility tests made by high-tech programs have long been found in other projects. Therefore, the futuristic future of "Zoey" definitely cannot be distinguished by originality.

An interesting detail is like a love drug that allows you to plunge into the past, falling in love with a stranger. An epidemic of this drug is raging in the United States. Here the parallel with modernity hits right on target. People deliberately destroy living emotions, trying to feel them for real at least once.

A fascinating melodrama is also not a feature of the tape. All androids are soulless banks that blink on the conveyor belt. However, Zoey is not an ordinary mechanized woman. She's special. She was made the most accurate copy of a real person. Only the insides are made of iron. And feelings and everything else are in place. So Cole immediately falls in love with her. The love for Zoya turns out to be more sincere than for his ex-wife. Then the main characters begin introspection, pain and despair.

The biggest problem of "Zoey" is that the main characters are mostly not so much trying to experience exciting feelings as talking about them. Long, pretentious and boring. Sometimes it seems that their dialogues about love are more important than the enjoyment of love itself. Ewan McGregor and Seydoux played their characters to the maximum from start to finish.

"Zoey" is a chamber futuristic future, without expensive special effects and incredible twists. The story closely connects the viewer with the tiny world of the main characters, sometimes recalling global problems.

Minimalism suits the atmosphere of the tape, but does not justify the simplicity of the script. In the midst of this madness, the love story of a man and an android develops, who are trying to sort out their own feelings a little too long. https://stayathome.co.in/