Simone
Directed by Andrew Niccol
Filmproducent Viktor Taransky heeft een gigantisch probleem wanneer zijn ster-actrice plots opstapt. Computer-genie Hank Aleno helpt hem echter op bijzondere wijze uit de brand. Hij zorgt voor de ideale actrice: eentje die niet dik of oud wordt, eentje die niet zeurt en die bovendien geen ontslag kan nemen. Een virtuele, synthetische filmster is gecreëerd en haar naam is Simone.
Simone Ratings & Reviews
- Monkey See! Monkey Review!!19 oktober 2025TLDR -> Watching S1mOne today feels like opening a time capsule and finding a warning label we all ignored. Good Watch!! Back in the early 2000s, the idea of using artificial intelligence to create a virtual celebrity was pure sci-fi—quirky, implausible, and just futuristic enough to make you smirk. Fast forward 25 years, and we’re living it. Deepfakes, AI influencers, algorithm-generated pop stars… reality is now a customizable setting. The film’s central premise—that a computer-generated actress could captivate the world—is no longer fiction, it’s Tuesday. We glamorize pixels, follow avatars, and wouldn’t blink if our favorite star turned out to be a well-trained neural net with a killer PR team. Al Pacino, of all people, plays the desperate director behind the digital diva. And somehow, it works. Watching him navigate the absurdity of fame, illusion, and tech-induced chaos is oddly satisfying—like watching Shakespeare do a TikTok dance and somehow nail it. Sure, the movie has its flaws. It’s campy, uneven, and occasionally feels like it’s trying to explain the internet to your grandparents. But judged by the tech landscape of its time, it was disturbingly ahead of the curve. The only thing it didn’t do was let the virtual character gain sentience—which, let’s be honest, might’ve turned it into Ex Machina with better lighting. In the end, S1mOne is less a movie and more a mirror held up to our digital delusions. It’s weird, prophetic, and worth watching—especially if you enjoy sci-fi that accidentally predicted your social media habits.
- Brian28 augustus 2025Its hard to believe that people actually would of thought she looked real, though the movies wasnt that bad and watched it till the end.
Simone Trivia
Simone was released on 23 augustus 2002.
Simone was directed by Andrew Niccol.
Simone has a runtime of 1 u, 57 m.
Simone was produced by Andrew Niccol.
Filmproducent Viktor Taransky heeft een gigantisch probleem wanneer zijn ster-actrice plots opstapt. Computer-genie Hank Aleno helpt hem echter op bijzondere wijze uit de brand. Hij zorgt voor de ideale actrice: eentje die niet dik of oud wordt, eentje die niet zeurt en die bovendien geen ontslag kan nemen. Een virtuele, synthetische filmster is gecreëerd en haar naam is Simone.
The key characters in Simone are Viktor Taransky (Al Pacino), S1m0ne (Rachel Roberts), Elaine Christian (Catherine Keener).
Simone is rated AL.
Simone is a Komedie, Drama, Sciencefiction film.
Simone has an audience rating of 3.6 out of 10.
Simone had a budget of US$ 10 mln..
Simone has made US$ 19,6 mln. at the box office.