Superintelligence(2020)

Ben Falcone and Melissa McCarthy are two people whose partnership should be hitting home runs. They know each other's strengths and weaknesses to such an intimate level that it's a no-brainer. So why doesn't it work? Box office-wise, their collaborations are bringing in less money with each new outing - and now, thanks to COVID-19, who knows if studios will be willing to back these two again. If this is the case,…

Reviewed on December 6, 2020

This was a fun movie to watch, which was, as far as I can see, all it promised to be. It didn’t try to squeeze into the canon of sophisticated sci-fi, though some reviews I read on another site seemed to suggest it was trying to do just that. This is basically a romantic comedy with a satirical look at our dependence upon technology thrown in, which I suspect hit too close to home for some people. I appreciated…

Reviewed on January 2, 2021

I really liked this film. I chose it as something suitable for me and teenage kids. It was a bit of a gamble but I was pleasantly surprised. Suitable for over 10s but enough laughs for me too. It pretty much did what it said on the tin as a family comedy. I like Melissa McCarthy and I'm a begrudging convert to James Cordon. It's kind of a romantic comedy but with the threat of total global annihilation to keep both…

Reviewed on February 18, 2023

(CASTELLANO) Superintelligence es una comedia bastante tonta, pero también bastante simpática. Parte de una idea que mezcla algo muy repetido con algo curioso: una inteligencia artificial todopoderosa que observa a la humanidad y decide estudiar a una persona normal, casi vulgar, para ver si merece la pena salvar el mundo, destruirlo o convertirlo en otra cosa. La premisa podría haber dado para una sátira mucho más…

Reviewed on June 23, 2026