Oh man, who says Hollywood is all out of fresh ideas and original concepts? This looks extremely topical and scary as f**k!
I'm surprised no one has ever come up with something like this before. I mean, can you imagine if A.I. ever turned against us?

AFRAID

Curtis (John Cho) and his family are selected to test a revolutionary new home device: a digital family assistant called AIA. Taking smart home to the next level, once the unit and all its sensors and cameras are installed in their home, AIA seems able to do it all. She learns the family's behaviors and begins to anticipate their needs. And she can make sure nothing – and no one – gets in her family’s way.

This generations Lawnmower Man.

I bet you if/when self-aware AI becomes a reality, we won't even notice because it'll discreetly rocket itself to space to get the hell away from us humans.

I don’t know, based on that trailer AIA seems like a pretty cool chick.

This is out this week.

This is pretty much the dictionary definition of a "meh" movie.

At first it's rather refreshing that Weitz opts for a slow and methodical buildup to the storyline, preferring to approach this movie as a psychological thriller rather than a typical A.I. horror flick. But when it comes time to deliver the exciting and suspenseful scenes in the 3rd act....there are none. No tension, no scares. The movie simply fizzles out to a ridiculous ending and an all-too familiar warning about the dangers of A.I. .

Meh.

That figures as the trailer looks incredibly stupid.

I like the cast but "technology horror films" are usually really terrible.

My reaction is the same. I can fill in the blanks as to how AIA was able to control people, but the movie never made her feel threatening enough that I believed these characters were trapped and had no choice but to go along with her. For some reason, The Firm popped into my mind, and I thought about how suspenseful it felt when Tom Cruise realized he was completely under the control of the firm. The movie never reached close to that level of tension.

As should be clear by the short running time, there's a lot of obviously missing scenes, most clearly a subplot regarding intimacy issues between the husband and wife (the "Maybe she can find the kind of porn you like" line sticks out, as well as the temptation in the hotel room that comes out of nowhere thematically).

I thought this movie was pretty stupid. It reminded me of a "bad Purge" movie; like it should be fun but it is too much of a mess with incomplete plots and pacing problems.

Saw this last week and had similar thoughts.

It's somewhere in-between being absolutely inoffensive and typical January Horror Fodder.

This is now on Netflix.