A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) — AI Story Visualization

A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) Poster

Plot Analysis Summary

A synthetic child's relentless quest for maternal love drives him through abandonment, existential crisis, and millennia of slumber toward emotional resolution.

Story Structure — 4 Plot Phases

The Imprinted Son

The Quest for the Blue Fairy

Shattered Illusions

The Two-Millennium Promise

David, a robotic boy—the first of his kind programmed to love—is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually becomes their child, a series of unexpected circumstances make this life impossible for David.

Directed by

Steven Spielberg

Key Cast

Rating: 7.1/10 (6,688 votes)