Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Merolliv I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

adonis98-743-186503 A producer's film is endangered when his star walks off, so he decides to digitally create an actress to substitute for the star, becoming an overnight sensation that everyone thinks is a real person. S1m0ne stars Al Pacino, Evan Rachel Wood and Winona Ryder and although all 3 of them are talented actors unfortunately the film is pretty awful and boring it's all about this producer played by Pacino trying to built a name around this fake actress that doesn't exist and the result is just slow pacing and weird characters making no sense i tried to understand this but also like it but it gave me nothing to enjoy or even like it was just boring and dumb and it's sad cause Al Pacino is one of the greatest actors ever born.

Python Hyena S1m0ne (2002): Dir: Andrew Niccol / Cast: Al Pacino, Catherine Keener, Winona Ryder, Rachel Roberts, Evan Rachel Wood: Great idea that unfortunately concludes with a poor payoff. Al Pacino plays a struggling filmmaker whose latest film is about to be shelved after his leading actress walks out. He receives his answer in a computer generated woman named Simone whom he creates via disc. Now his films are automatic hits but since Simone doesn't exist it leave Pacino to fake interviews. His daughter still believes in him and his wife still produces his films out of sympathy. Interesting concepts falls into formula with a payoff that allows people to accept a lie. Director Andrew Niccol succeeds with his technical emphasis that may bear truths. His previous film was another futuristic epic to far superior effect called Gattaca. Pacino has fun with the role as he struggles to fool and manipulate the media. Catherine Keener as his ex-wife is unfortunately standard fare. Winona Ryder appears briefly as a snobbish actress but more would have been sufficient. Rachel Roberts is quite the sight as the stunning lie who would be Simone. It plays with the idea of the media's standards for physical beauty and the attitudes that accompany the whole charade. Theme of media manipulation and industry deceit are evident as reality vanquishes within the realm of visual effect technology. Score: 6 / 10

gradyharp S1m0ne (SIMONE) is a creative little piece of filmmaking from the young New Zealand writer director Andrew Niccol (Gattaca, The Truman Show, Lord of War, The Host, Dali & I:The Surreal Story). While this may not register in the 'best films of the decade' category, it certainly challenges both our thinking and our imagination and creates a sense of wonder at just how far we have come with computer generation. Has-been movie director/producer Viktor Taransky (Al Pacino, shining) faces disaster when his star Nicola Anders (Winona Ryder) deserts his latest desperate need for a hit film and comes up with the alternative - create a superstar by using a digital synthespian, a creature who via computer codes is destined to do anything the creator decides. And voila! Simone (or rather S1m0ne - Sim-One, the technology used to creature such ventures.) Viktor is saved as Simone (Rachel Roberts) becomes the superstar of Viktor's dreams - winning awards, and Viktor's heart - only requiring that he ultimately tell the public of his sham, a deed he attempts to avoid through means that place him in big trouble. The story is fantasy, but in Niccol's hands the fantasy becomes possibility and makes us question just how far advanced have we become...perhaps too far. The strong supporting cast includes, along with Winona Ryder, Catherine Keener, Benjamin Salisbury, Jay Mohr, Evan Rachel Woods, and of course the digitally altered Rachel Roberts. The test of a good comedy is whether it can incorporate tragedy and still entertain. This film succeeds. Grady Harp

fady_gamal No wonder why most Americans dislike this piece of film. It talks merely about Delusion Creation and how it influences millions of people. After watching this movie i expected to see it on the IMDb top 250, but it was not there. Most reviews do concentrate on the plot technological flaws of the film and forget about the main idea. Here there is a talented director who was able to deceive millions of people not with the intention of mere deception but he was somehow obliged to do so to prove himself. Ring any bells? Yes exactly! It's all about American politics! The irony here is when he wanted to reveal his secret nobody wanted to believe him. I do not want to go through this anyway. Al Paccino was superb in his role. The film also talks about 'Art of Human Creation'. Remember the time it takes Viktor to create Simone's first picture was nine months. Also his name is of the first scientist managed to create humans in fiction. In short, this film is more profound than it seems to be. Try to give it another chance and don't stick to the floppy and the virus removal points. When the food is highly delicious it will be impolite of you to comment on the bad color of the table cover!