Bicentennial Man

1999 • 2h 11m •

Drama Romance Science Fiction

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★ 7.3/10

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Richard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew by the youngest of the family's children. "Bicentennial Man" follows the life and times of Andrew, a robot purchased as a household appliance programmed to perform menial tasks. As Andrew begins to experience emotions and creative thought, the Martin family soon discovers they don't have an ordinary robot.

"One robot's 200 year journey to become an ordinary man."

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Robin Williams

Andrew

Embeth Davidtz

Little Miss / Portia

Sam Neill

Sir

Oliver Platt

Rupert Burns

Kiersten Warren

Galatea Robotic / Human

Wendy Crewson

Ma'am

Hallie Eisenberg

Little Miss 7 yrs. old

Lindze Letherman

Miss 9 yrs. old

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2026-08-08

It's a bit of a linguistic faux-pas that gives their new android the name "Andrew" (Robin Williams) after it arrives at the home of "Sir" (Sam Neill), his wife (Wendy Crewson) and their two daughters. The younger of those is a little more engaged with this butler-cum-housekeeper but her sibling thinks it belongs on a scrapheap - sometimes with quite humorous results. As the family start to get used to their new gadget, though, they experience some surprising changes in attitudes and questions are raised about just what constitutes "humanity". He is sympathetic, creative, empathetic and those c...