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Name: Superintelligence
Released: 2020-11-26
Cast: Melissa McCarthy, James Corden, Bobby Cannavale, Brian Tyree Henry, Jean Smart

Superintelligence

PG
1h 46m
2020

30%

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Nothing extraordinary ever happens to Carol Peters (played by Melissa McCarthy), so when she starts getting snarky backtalk from her TV, phone and microwave, she thinks she’s being punked. Or losing her mind. In fact, the world’s first superintelligence (voiced by James Corden) has chosen to study and observe Carol’s attempt to romantically reconcile with her former boyfriend (played by Bobby Cannavale) to better understand the human condition. Soon, the all-powerful entity takes over her life...with ominous plans to possibly take over the world. Now, Carol is potentially humanity’s last chance before this AI-with-an-attitude decides to pull the plug.

Director:

Ben Falcone

Producer:

Ben Falcone, Melissa McCarthy, Rob Cowan

Writer:

Steve Mallory

Cast:

Melissa McCarthy, James Corden, Bobby Cannavale, Brian Tyree Henry, Jean Smart, Sam Richardson

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

30%

Critics Consensus: You won't need Superintelligence to steer clear of the latest forgettable comedy to fail to take full advantage of Melissa McCarthy's talents.

Reviews

Ready Steady Cut

M.N. Miller

It doesn’t take any type of AI to figure out that the professional marriage between Melissa McCarthy and director Ben Falcone has to end. Superintelligence is another nail in the coffin of McCarthy’s once stellar comic career.

An inoffensive but unimaginative comedy...

...offers plenty of opportunities for McCarthy to clown, but there's no-one to play off apart from Corden...

By the end, there's little left to chew on beyond some familiar, shallow commentary on the invasiveness of modern technology.

It is painful to sit through Superintelligence beyond a point, simply because the film's utter confusion at locating itself as either a comedy or a thriller keeps being an utter disappointment.

April 10, 2021

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