S1m0ne (2002)

Starring Al Pacino, Rachel Roberts, Catherine Keener, Winona Ryder, Jason Schwartzman, and Evan Rachel Wood.

S1m0ne (or Simone) is about a Hollywood director (Pacino) whose star actress (Ryder) walks out on him, so he creates the perfect actress, Simone (Roberts), on a computer, and the whole world falls in love with her. Keener portrays the ex-wife, and Wood plays their daughter. Schwartzman, a journalist intent on reporting about Simone.

The entire plot consists of the antics Pacino's character performs to keep people from finding out Simone isn't real, while making her seem as real as possible. Pacino's character wants to get back with his ex-wife, who is a movie studio executive. Simone is a computer generated person, at times she's pixelated for live performances and appearances. Pacino's character gets angry with her, tries to ruin her image, then eventually deletes her. They hold a funeral for her, and the police come in and discover there is no body in the casket. They hold an investigation, people are convinced he murdered her because of a deep "hatred" for her. The ex-wife and daughter save him and at the end of the film, Simone and the director are seen with their computer generated child.

S1m0ne was a cute movie. It's not one I would ever want to watch again, though. It was a tad boring, and reminded me of the Disney Channel movie Pixel Perfect. Recommendations would be given to 40+ year old women who love Al Pacino. It wasn't Oscar worthy, and nobody's performance was outstanding or eye catching. I didn't love it, but I didn't hate it and nothing negative immediately comes to mind. It was just another movie. I'd give it a 4.

S1m0ne currently holds a 51% critic rating and a 34% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

S1m0ne trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9XZfPKl2_M

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0258153/

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/simone_2002/