Welcome to the Sunday Morning Movie! Today we have a brilliant little film for you. It’s indie, low-budget, and a lot of fun!
Reviews:
The New York Times said:
The crudity of its fabrication — the grainy images seem the product of an amateur video camera, unenhanced by any attempt at lighting or composition — is contradicted by the genuine sophistication of much of its wit, which is at least worthy of a Comedy Central special.
and filmthreat compared it favorably to Spielberg’s A.I.:
With so much attention being lavished on Steven Spielberg’s robot fantasy “A.I.”, let’s take a few minutes to put the spotlight on a robot fantasy which offers an infinite amount of more wit and originality than “A.I.” despite being produced at a fraction of its budget: Tom Sawyer’s wonderfully bizarre and wholly original “The Strange Case of Señor Computer.” Rarely has an indie comedy worked so consistently in creating genuinely unique situations which pay off with an endless skein of intelligent satire and priceless dialogue.
I really love this film. It’s simple but hilarious and deals with some pretty sophisticated questions about what it means to be a human being. Enjoy!
Written and directed by Tom Sawyer
Notable actors: none
Spoilers!
Synopsis:
A nerdy, lonely scientist creates an artificially intelligent robot in his spare time. The robot, eager to explore the world and specifically human relations, embarks on a wild journey which includes mail order shopping sprees and an S&M relationship with a human woman who is into machines. Meanwhile, the scientist’s life shrinks as he fails at relationships and succumbs to the bottle.
