{"id":18898,"date":"2022-04-10T21:34:47","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T01:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=18898"},"modified":"2025-06-13T12:56:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T16:56:07","slug":"big-bug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/big-bug\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Bug"},"content":{"rendered":"

{3.5\/5} “Too bad. I’d started knitting you a wool scarf.”<\/p>\n

Big Bug<\/strong>, released in 2022<\/p>\n

A few people have dropped by Alice’s house — her neighbour Fran\u00e7oise, who when her dog dies always clones a new one. And her ex-husband Victor along with their daughter Nina and his new girlfriend  Jennifer. The house AI locks the door because of supposedly dangerous conditions outside. The robots in the house meet to discuss things — they decide that they should try to show emotions in order to get the humans to trust them.<\/p>\n

This movie is full of absurdity. It has its moments, but much of it isn’t quite as effective as I wanted it to be.<\/p>\n

The design of the movie, as always with Jeunet’s work, is terrific.<\/p>\n

It’s about humans who rely on robots to do everything for them, robots who think they’re humans, and robots who think they should replace humans.<\/p>\n

The solution to the problem is clever.<\/p>\n

Dominique Pinon has a cameo.<\/p>\n

Stars Isabelle Nanty, Elsa Zylberstein, and Claude Perron. Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Micmacs<\/strong><\/a>). The playful music is by Rapha\u00ebl Beau, with a bit of help from people like Rossini.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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