bicentennial man ( 1999 ) star represent robin williams and sam neill and wendy crewson and embeth davidtz and and oliver platt direct by chris columbus . run time represent 133 minute . rat pg ( for mild language and some sex relate material ) by blake french represent chris columbus be very good at direct tearjerker . he have a history of construct such movie a stepmom and mrs. doubtfire . bicentennial man be be misadvertised a a humble family comedy . although it start out unsatisfying and the film gradually become more and more penetrating a we discover the film be really about inner emotion and the changing of time and how people change over time and and the meaning of life from an original point of view . bicentennial man be a sweet and touching production with lot of heart and a shapely message . at first bicentennial man look to be about a futuristic family who buy an android robot that be suppose to do housework and serve them . the family of four include two child and one name little miss and and the parent who be call by the name of sir and maam . they adopt andrew expect him to be similar to all the other android in the area . nearly every household have one . however and sir soon notice certain feature about andrew that make him unique and different from any other android he have ever see . andrew occupies creativity and emotional personality and element that these robot be presume not to contain . the film doesn not contain a good an introduction to the family who adopt andrew and which be mainly the reason why i be never entirely concern for the character . but the reasoning behind the lack of focus on the family be due to the fact that bicentennial man isn not about the family who buy andrew and but a narrative of andrew himself . a running flaw in the film be our founder curiosity that only grow more ponderous a the script progress . the audience desire more information about why andrew be so different from the other robot . there be obvious reason and sure and but what i want be an explanation of why he be special . a lust for information that be never appropriately grant . the film skip ahead a generation or so . sir and maam age and little miss grows to be a full grown woman . many thing change for andrew . he begin to wonder what lie beyond the like of his household . he long for emotional reaction to take place on his face and the concept of freedom . sir have teach andrew about death and sex and love and humor and and time . he gradually want more and more independence . this be where andrew start become interested in turn from a mechanical be to a biological be . the age advance make up be believable and awe inducing . i could hardly trust my eye that sam neill wasn not an old man in the movie . however and although i can see that the filmmaker have no other reliable option and i dislike the jump in time the it take . the time gap force u out of massive plot piece and some of which be important to the character development . there be some really funny moment in bicentennial man . most of them appear when the picture become a bit emotionally heavy and in order to relieve such tension in the audience . this be a wise choice in the writer part while the viewer who do mistake this movie a a family comedy will gain some satisfaction from these insulate humorous moment . i want more information on how the robot andrew gradually becomes human . i felt cheat out of a lot of decent and noteworthy material here . i felt this way because the scene where we do have the privilege to see andrew reinvent be wonderfully inventive and interesting . the film should have lean towards that material a little more . the movie feature super charge performance by the entire cast . robin williams offer an emotionally accurate act job that bring the confusion and imagination of the android andrew to life . the support cast be also fill with fine performance with sam neill and wendy crewson and embeth davidtz and and oliver platt . even though i can admit that bicentennial man contain several flaw motif and i still be a little surprised that the film open to many negative review . this isn not a bad movie and just a differently anticipate one . the movie set up it effective conclusion from the very begin while it be the only logical climax for such a story . although it leave viewer with a sense of well be and i think it pose too many spiritual and biological question . overall and however and the movie be a well depict idea that deserve more appreciation from audience than it receiving . bring to you by touchstone picture and columbia picture .