The first reviews for Andrew Garfieldand the new movie artificial there is!
The 43-year-old actor plays the CEO of OpenAI Sam Altman in a director Luca Guadagninoand the new film, which had its world premiere at the 2026 New York Film Festival earlier this week.
The film focuses on the five days in 2023 when Sam was removed as CEO of OpenAI before returning to the company days later.
After the premiere, critics are divided in their opinions, and many compare the film to Andrewand 2010 hit The social network.
Keep reading to find out what critics are saying about Artificial…
What critics are saying about it artificial?
The film currently has a fresh rating of 92% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 13 reviews as of Wednesday (October 7).
The early response has been generally positive, with some special praise going on Andrew and Yura Borisovwho plays OpenAI co-founder and former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever.
Differentand Clayton Davis he called Luca“the best film of ten years” and was praised Andrew and Jurain their achievements.
“Hopefully, this is a film that can be more than a reminder of all that we could lose,” TheWrap notes in its own review, calling it “a sensational, terrifying exploration of our present and future apocalypse.
Next Best Photos Matt Neglia he described the film as both entertaining and terrifying while praising it Andrew‘ turn to Samsays it may be the most critical film of our time.
LA Times criticism Joshua Rothkopf he gave “the spiritual sequel to The social network,” goes on to say that he arrives at “such a frightening sight as Colossus: The Forbin Project.”
In particular, Andrew star as co-founder of Facebook Eduardo Saverin in The social network. He was nominated for a Golden Globe for the role.
Not all reviews have been so enthusiastic. The Keeper gave artificial three out of five stars, noting some “really chilling” elements while calling it “unintuitive” and a “tonal jumble of a movie”.
Victory gave the film a B, noting that it does not overlap with other Silicon Valley true stories and that the film is “not full of humor.”
International Screen he criticized the screenplay for not doing “any real insight” into the makers of the technology, calling it “incredibly toothless.”
Who else is a star artificial?
apart from Andrew and Jurathe cast includes Monica Barbaro as the former CTO of OpenAI Mira Murati, Ike Barinholtz from Elon Musk and Mark Rylance as an AI researcher Geoffrey Hinton.
Jason Schwartzman, Zosia Mamet, Cooper Hoffman, Chris O’Dowd, Cooper Koch and Billie Lourd appear in the film as well. Saturday Night Live alum Simon Rich write the screenplay.
artificial is scheduled to open in theaters on December 25 via Neon.
Sam recently revealed what Andrew he got it right about playing it, as well as what he thinks the movie seems to have gone wrong. Andrew also dispute with one of Samand the claims about the interaction they say.
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