Robots (2023 film)
A sci-fi romance about androids who fall in love.
Released by Neon on May 19, 2023, Robots is an American science fiction romantic comedy. Shailene Woodley and Jack Whitehall star in the film, which Ant Hines and Casper Christensen wrote and directed. Its source material is Robert Sheckley's 1973 short story "The Robot Who Looked Like Me."
Quick Facts
- Director
- Ant Hines; Casper Christensen
- Based on
- "The Robot Who Looked Like Me", Robert Sheckley
- Producer
- Bernd Wintersperger
- Sascha Krnajac
- Lars Sylvest
- Thorsten Schumacher
- Stephen Hamel
- Julian Favre
- Cassian Elwes
- Starring
- Shailene Woodley
- Jack Whitehall
- Nick Rutherford
- Emanuela Postacchini
- Paul Rust
- Cinematography
- Luke Geissbühler
- Editing
- Matthew Freund
- Music
- Magnus Fiennes
- Studio
- Robots Filmproduktion GmbH & Co. KG
- Company Films
- Road Film
- Rocket Science
- Elevated Films
Facts from the source article.
Did You Know?
- Neon acquired US and Caribbean rights to the film in April 2023.
- The film was released theatrically in Lithuania on June 6, 2023.
Plot
In 2032, humans use lifelike androids as servants and laborers. Wealthy suburban couple Elaine and Charles secretly employ illegal android doubles: Charles' duplicate C2 handles his job and seduces women, while Elaine's duplicate E2 dates multiple men for money and gifts. A mix-up leads Charles to walk into a board meeting, believing he is seducing Elaine. Meanwhile, C2 and E2 meet and spend the night together.
The next morning, Charles and Elaine realize their androids are missing and learn that C2 and E2 have fallen in love and gone rogue. Charles enlists ex-soldier Ashley to help capture the androids at a motel, but C2 and E2 escape, steal their humans' identities, and blackmail them with a fake armed robbery video. Broke and on the run, Charles and Elaine bond at his stepfather's cabin. They discover the androids plan to marry and replace them permanently.
Disguised as service androids, they ambush C2 and E2 at a vineyard wedding venue, tasing C2 off a cliff and subduing E2. They borrow Zach's prototype sex robot E3 to trick C2, but local deputies arrest both couples. Fingerprinting reveals identical matches, exposing the clones. Charles calls Ashley, who destroys the police station and evidence to orchestrate their escape.
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