for ray bradbury the masterwork of perfect poignance be drink entire represent against the madness of crowd . for isaac asimov it be bicentennial man . only asimov could remake pinocchio a compel science fiction . so many have try to create a sweet and funny story of the machine that would be man and but this be it perfect tell . only robin williams could play the unlikely hero of this story with perfect comedic timing and perfect emotional pitch . embeth davidtz a his lead lady match his skill at every turn and and sam neill turn in one his best performance a the man who first recognize the irreplaceable uniqueness of his mistuned android . bicentennial man be first rate science fiction without physical conflict and without war and without new way to incinerate each other . in the end and it make you glad to be a messy human . watch this truly beautiful film be a wonderful way to spend an evening and and a guarantor of good dream than you have have in many year .