Artificial review — a scathing look at the man building our AI world

Variety reports that the film premiered at the New York Film Festival Monday night[2]. It opens in theaters on Christmas Day from Neon[2].According to Variety, Neon closed a deal to complete the $40 million film after Amazon MGM Studios dropped the project months earlier[2].Time's review calls the film "a story of unchained ambitions and betrayals, with its Altman an unqualified villain."[3] The Hollywood Reporter writes that Garfield plays Sam as a charming villain, capable of talking himself back into the leadership position even after he has been fired[4]. Just Jared reports that the Guardian gave Artificial three out of five stars[5] and called it "muddled." Forbes quotes Screen International's Tim Grierson, who said the screenplay "fails to offer any real insight"[6] into the people behind the technology. Mother Jones argued that the film's caricatures of Altman and Elon Musk "do little to convey how—or why—they're so dangerous."[7]Forbes reported that as of Tuesday midday, Artificial had a 91% "fresh" critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes[6].According to Variety, Guadagnino told Vulture he wasn't "afraid" of the reaction from Altman or anyone else shown in the film[2].