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Robot Stories (2004)

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Average Rating: 6.6/10
Reviews Counted: 43
Fresh: 31 | Rotten: 12

Although its 4 stories vary in quality, Robot Stories is still worth a look for Twilight Zone fans.

73

Average Rating: 6.6/10
Critic Reviews: 15
Fresh: 11 | Rotten: 4

Although its 4 stories vary in quality, Robot Stories is still worth a look for Twilight Zone fans.

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Average Rating: 3.1/5
User Ratings: 1,286

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Movie Info

This collection directed by Greg Pak includes four stories. "My Robot Baby" features Maria (Tamlyn Tomita) and Roy (James Saito), who must care for a robot child before adopting a real one. In "The Robot Fixer," Wilson is in a coma after a car wreck, prompting his mother (Wai Ching Ho) to fix his toy robots. Pak stars in "Machine Love," about a robot that works in an office. And in "Clay," John (Sab Shimono) fights a memory-merging process.

Unrated, 1 hr. 25 min.

Drama, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Greg Pak

Feb 15, 2005

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All Critics (51) | Top Critics (17) | Fresh (31) | Rotten (12) | DVD (2)

Robot Stories doesn't advance the boundaries of imaginative fiction. It's The Twilight Zone reimagined by Lifetime TV.

January 6, 2005 Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | Comment
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Although uneven and tentative, Robot Stories is sufficiently thoughtful, provocative and original to make you wonder what Greg Pak might do with access to better parts.

December 3, 2004 Full Review Source: Toronto Star | Comment
Toronto Star
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Mr. Pak accomplishes the rare feat of making the viewer think and wonder as he sheds light on little corners of the heart.

May 13, 2004 Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | Comment
Dallas Morning News
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These are tales from the heart -- pulsing to a high-tech beat.

April 30, 2004 Comment
Philadelphia Inquirer
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Robot Stories is a both a throwback and, hopefully, a sign of things to come.

April 16, 2004 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | Comment
San Francisco Chronicle
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There's no pleasure in giving new directors bad reviews and it's especially unpleasant when what's wrong with their work isn't a clumsy performance or two, a sagging second act or a repugnant worldview, but a near-total absence of filmmaking talent.

March 12, 2004 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | Comment
Los Angeles Times
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Pak sets himself up as a filmmaker to watch, a creator of intelligent, thoughtful stories that refuse to be contained by traditional definition.

February 10, 2005 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
eFilmCritic.com

The title encourages us to think of Robot Stories as the cinematic equivalent of a book of short stories, and I'd say a book in which half the stories are excellent is not a bad bet.

January 6, 2005 Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | Comment
St. Paul Pioneer Press

This compilation of four cinematic short stories is an uneven affair.

December 3, 2004 Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | Comment
Jam! Movies

Each vignette is worthy of admiration - not too much admiration, as Pak's ability as a storyteller is more developed than his filmmaking skills.

September 3, 2004 Full Review Source: Las Vegas CityLife | Comment

While Pak shows promise, especially with the final segment, a meditation on the existence of the soul, his reach ultimately exceeds his grasp.

August 5, 2004 Full Review Source: Las Vegas Weekly | Comment

Robot Stories has the look and feel of an above-average student film, but Pak's potential promises better things to come.

June 11, 2004 Full Review Source: Seattle Times | Comment
Seattle Times

Clearly the work of a beginning filmmaker, modestly budgeted and variable in effect, but it shows promise.

May 25, 2004 Full Review Source: One Guy's Opinion | Comment
One Guy's Opinion

As a complete work, Robot Stories is a solid collection.

May 9, 2004 Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | Comment
Austin Chronicle

Part of the minimalist allure of Robot Stories is that it's much more than the sum of its parts.

April 26, 2004 Full Review Source: Oregonian | Comment
Oregonian

It's a confident first feature from director-to-watch Greg Pak, one that pulls off sci-fi ideas with a lo-fi budget.

April 16, 2004 Full Review Source: E! Online | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Robot Stories

Robot Stories is an indie film that apparently had a budget of about five dollars. As the title indicates, there are four short stories, dealing with artificial intelligence in one form or another. There is very little heavy lifting on display here; no deep sci-fi ala Philip K. Dick or even pondering the ethics of

January 18, 2011
maxthesax
paul sandberg

Super Reviewer

"Robot Stories" is a collection of four short films written and directed by Greg Pak. 1. My Robot Baby: Marcia(Tamlyn Tomita) and Roy(James Saito) are a young couple seeking to adopt a baby but first they are given a robot baby in order to discern what kind of parents they would make. 2. The Robot Fixer: a

April 14, 2006
Harlequin68
Walter M.

Super Reviewer

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