I'm Your Man is a scifi romance about scientist Alma(Maren Eggert) who participates in a three week study with a humanoid robot, Tom(Dan Stevens) designed to fulfill her romantically. Initially put off Alma slowly develops a connection with Tom as Tom as evolves to be a better match for Alma.
The film is basically a two hander and Eggert and Stevens have wonderful chemistry. Stevens plays it with his usual and unflinching charm but leavens it with a simplicity, almost navite, and a kind of programmed moral goodness that really pops. Eggert has more ground to cover, her role having to be the humanity stand-in and she does wonderfully. We get a great sense of her emotional state and backstory with very little exposition, just her demeanor and how various scenes play out. It's really touching, occasionally touching, but also more real and cerebral(given the premise) than a typical rom com. The supporting cast is solid but the film is for all intents and purposes a two-hander.
Shot with a practicality that helps to root the story in the real rather than some fictitious future, the production is solid if lacking virtually any flourishes. Although there is an excellent scene at night in a museum where there's an ancient temple where the two share a kiss, that's contrasted by an incredibly odd scene with Tom in a field of CGI deer. In aggregate it works but there's nothing that really pops.
An interesting and much more engaging counterpoint to 2013's Her, the human/machine dynamic here is investigated with a lot of compassion and emotional weight(on both sides) although the conclusion the film seems to draw is a bit disappointing in its collegiate existential apathy, despite that the journey is mostly worth it.
Currently in theaters coming soon to VOD.
Rent It.
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