When an all-powerful Superintelligence chooses to study the most average person on Earth, Carol Peters, the fate of the world hangs in the balance. As the A.I. decides to enslave, save or destroy humanity, it’s up to Carol to prove that people are worth saving.
Acting
McCarthy's genuine chemistry with a disembodied James Corden.
Production
Surprisingly slick A.I. visuals for a Falcone-McCarthy joint.
Director
Ben Falcone
Melissa McCarthy
Carol Peters
James Corden
Superintelligence (voice) / James Corden
Bobby Cannavale
George Churchill
Brian Tyree Henry
Dennis Caruso
Sam Richardson
John Donahue
Ben Falcone
Charles Kuiper
Michael Beach
Saul Gomez
Rachel Ticotin
Director Tyson
Jean Smart
President Monahan
Sarah Baker
Emily
Jessica St. Clair
Leslie
Karan Soni
Ahmed
Octavia Spencer
Octavia Spencer (voice)
William Daniels
KITT (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the fourth McCarthy-Falcone collaboration and their first streaming-exclusive release for HBO Max. It filmed in 2019 and quietly dropped during Thanksgiving 2020 when nobody was paying attention to new releases.
The film accidentally predicted the 2023 AI anxiety wave—except here the apocalypse is solved by a heterosexual reunion in a Seattle parking lot. Peak 2020 coping mechanism cinema.
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