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Senteur As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

tabipha I found this movie so boring that I kept falling asleep and had to keep rewinding until I finally saw it all. The ONLY reason I persevered is BECAUSE of the high reviews and the big name actors/actresses and I thought it just HAD TO get better to warrant the amount of high star reviews, but I was wrong! Just when you thought you might get some answers or the conversations would finally have more purpose, they would jump to some other time. For being set in the future, NOTHING seemed futuristic, except for the holograms of course, though in some cases they seemed like they were solid, but in another place Marjorie walks THROUGH Walter's foot! One thing that made NO sense to me is that IF the Walter hologram was there to help her remember things, then WHY was he not pre- programmed with memories from the people that knew Marjorie since the description for the movie said that HE was supposed to tell HER about her life, but how could he if he didn't even have the information?!? Also, one conversation between Jon and Walter sticks out in my mind because Jon asked him to explain something that Walter couldn't because he did NOT know hardly anything about Marjorie throughout the whole film! Just when you thought it might get interesting, like when you find out Damien killed Toni, then they just jump somewhere else. Maybe I'm just not able to understand these artsy-fartsy films they put out these days, but I did not think this was a good film at all! Some reviews talked about "her" which I've never seen but is supposed to be way better. I also should have not watched this movie given the fact that some reviewers compared it to Black Mirror which I had tried to watch months ago BEFORE i ever heard of this movie and I thought it was stupid. Anyway, unless you want to be completely bored or need something to put you to sleep, avoid this movie!

Gordon-11 This film tells the story of a family who uses a technology to bring back their deceased relatives using an interactive holographic technology.The first ten minutes of "Marjorie Prime" is interesting, especially when the nature of the man is revealed. However, the remainder of the film is just boring talks. They talk for a long time at length, and nothing comes out of the conversations. Nothing happens in the film, except an increasing number of holographic images. I don't get the point of the story.

Joe Stemme Michael Almereyda's adaptation of Jordan Harrison's Pulizer Prize nominated play is an intriguing bit of sci-fi lite. MARJORIE PRIME begins almost as if it were a ghost story. Marjorie (a superb Lois Smith) is sitting with her deceased husband Walter Jon Hamm) for a chat. Marjorie is a very elderly and frail woman suffering the infirmaries of old age including bouts of severe memory loss. Walter is an A.I. Hologram (called a Prime) programmed to look and relate as her spouse. Significantly, Marjorie has chosen to be with the Walter of his 40-something appearance. In keeping with the A.I. theme, the Primes are set up to continually learn from the information that it is told, hears, sees and experiences in order to became more and more like the human it is replacing. Majorie's daughter Tess (Geena Davis) and son-in-law Jon (Tim Robbins) are also present in order to care for Marjorie - and, to advance Walter Prime's learning curve. At first, Tess and Jon's presence comes off as a bit of an intrusion in the Marjorie-Walter Prime futuristic ghost story, but, it soon develops that there are a couple of more complications that their presence is meant to convey. There are a couple of other minor characters, but, this is essentially a four person play, as befits its stage origins (Almereyda's attempts to 'open up' the adaptation are fairly minor and not all that effective save for some flashbacks). As the movie progresses, a few more layers are revealed. But, although there are some nice nuances, they don't always advance our understanding of the themes of memory and loss that are at the heart of the story. Some of the later revelations seem more redundant than illuminating. At a sparse 98 minutes (including credits) this is a case where the slim running time isn't long enough to explore its ambitions. Almereyda's screenplay does give greater depth to the sci-fi underpinnings than the play supposedly did. But, those expecting a straight sci-fi tale will likely be somewhat disappointed (even though it takes place in an unspecified future, everyone wears modern clothes, drive current-day cars etc. The only sci-fi accessory is a clear plastic card cellphone). But, those elements aren't at the heart of the movie. It's an engagingly intimate tale with a lovely central performance.

JvH48 Saw this at the Rotterdam film festival 2017 (website: iffr.com). It all started as a compelling and original premise, but I got lost underway about what it all meant story-wise speaking. A lot of talking, but I still don't know what makes everyone tick. On the other hand, we were made aware that manipulating the past is one of the prime issues at hand, once you are given the opportunity to re-make idealized versions of deceased relatives, and to even improve on them by planting memories that are not completely true to reality (every now and then we hear the words "I'll remember it now"). Could have been thought provoking, but I lost my interest halfway the running time.All in all, the actors are much better than the play they act in. The festival visitors ranked this movie a bit better than halfway at the 57th (out of 172) place for the audience award, with score 4.009 (out of 5).