A.I. spider on the web A low-budget conversation-driven sci-fi with a high concept. ***The Artifice Girl*** is all about artificial intelligence and the ethical questions behind creating such a thing as A.I. It's basically one big conversation about concent and ultimately what it means to be human. Not only do we learn about all that but also the whole "how the A.I. works" side too which I found very captivating and informative. The structure is very simple, three chapters divided into three distinctive acts. The first two acts were very engaging edge-of-your-seat stuff but the third act was the least interesting to me. Not sure I like the ending. The direction changes between the three acts are bold and they change the formula a lot but I can't say I was fully on board for all of it. The performances were great all-around, superb dialogue, simple but effective set pieces, hard to predict and quite thought provoking. This could have worked as a miniseries also. A promising directionnal debut for Franklin Ritch. Highly recommend if you like *Ex Machina*.

You are telling me Gareth goes from young creepy looking to a handsome old man?. Also the movie brings nothing new to the AI films, no new existentialism question, philosophical conundrums, even the sci-fi looks so so. But the dialogues are ok.

The Artifice Girl (2023) - ❤x8 This is an intellectual/emotional rather than a thriller movie. This is also a one room movie. It is a very interesting and thought-provoking movie. The possibility of this becoming a reality is both exciting and terrifying How I rate: 1-3 ❤ = seriously! don't waste your time 4-6 ❤ = you may or may not enjoy this 7-8 ❤ = I expect you will like this too 9-10 ❤ = movies and TV shows I really love!

Not what I expected at all, but great. It's basically 4 people in a room talking the whole movie, but exploring what it would mean to create true artificial intelligence and then keep it in a cage, and it works. The performances were great, which is not always a given when kids are involved. I'm really tempted to compare it to Twelve Angry Men, which the movie also slightly references.

What a gem of a small indie sci-fi, small in scope but high in concept. Really well put together with a lot of new faces both on screen and behind it. One of those small movies where I get the middling average score because it's certainly not a film for everyone and people that like a bit more action or scale I could see not enjoying something this small and slow. Dialog heavy, but well written and reminded me of a more talking Upgrade in terms of small indie sci-fi. If you're a fan of those vibes, or like small scale bottle movies (not technically a bottle movie but close) this might be for you.