George Oppenheimer has two problems: an eccentric wife and an uncontrollable child. At work his team invented a computer with personality. George thinks the computer is faster, smarter and elegant. When his life falls apart, the computer offers suicide as the only alternative.
Acting
Barry Otto's unraveling everyman is perfectly pathetic.
Writing
Suicide-as-setup-black-comedy that shouldn't work but does.
Production
Gloriously dated computer interfaces add accidental charm.
Director
Robert Marchand
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Robert Marchand only made three features; this was his strangest. Barry Otto later voiced the dentist in Finding Nemo.
Pre-internet Australia grappling with 'the computer age' feels like parallel universe sci-fi now. The film predicted AI therapy apps by decades.
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