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Scored entertainment-first on WhatSphere's content-balance model 3

Its director stated on the record that "what rose to the top for me was the question of whether I was ready to be a parent, in tandem with this larger question of whether humanity was ready to be a '…" 1. Its director stated on the record that "the film is largely a study about what it means to be good — how do we go about teaching another entity to be good, when we struggle to do that ourselves" 2. Taken together, the content-balance model places it entertainment-first at 6 of 100 3.

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    Creator statementdirector: "What rose to the top for me was the question of whether I was ready to be a parent, in tandem with this larger question of whether humanity was ready to be a 'parent' to artificial intelligence."Daily Dead, Sundance 2019 interview source ↗
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    Creator statementdirector: "The film is largely a study about what it means to be good — how do we go about teaching another entity to be good, when we struggle to do that ourselves?"SlashFilm interview, 2019 source ↗
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    Content balanceAdvocacy 6 of 100, tier entertainment-first.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1

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Synopsis

A teenage girl is raised underground by a robot "Mother", designed to repopulate the earth following an extinction event. But their unique bond is threatened when an inexplicable stranger arrives with alarming news.

Young MaleYoung FemaleMature MaleMature Female
Primary audienceYoung Women
Targeted

Quadrant Scores

Young Men
43
Young Women
70
Older Men
30
Older Women
57
Advocacy6
Entertainment

Audience Representation

LGBTQ+
0

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The average advocacy score of Thriller titles by release year, with this title marked. Higher is more advocacy-driven.

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Average advocacy score of Thriller titles by release year
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196416
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196702
196814
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197003
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197215
197322
197402
197525
197606
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197902
198022
198102
198215
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198426
198504
198636
198719
198822
198918
199008
199126
199226
199309
199417
1995112
1996211
1997111
1998111
199938
2000212
2001012
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2003215
2004014
2005020
2006124
2007125
2008117
200944
2010102
201105
201244
201436
201564
201642
201745
201844
201989
202023
2021116
202269
202387
2024916
2025325
2026417
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Cast & Crew

Kelvin Munro (director) · Grant Sputore (director)