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‘Love Me’: AI Wants to be Loved by You

“Love Me” quickly devolves into a kinda-cartoon that fumbles with concepts of existentialism but ends up mostly being a vehicle meant to stir up empathy for AI.
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‘Love Me’: AI Wants to be Loved by You
Me (Kristen Stewart) is a smart ocean buoy, in "Love Me." Bleecker Street
Mark Jackson
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R | 1h 32m | Sci-Fi, Dystopia | 2025

“Love Me” kicks off well. It’s a fun, offbeat, sci-fi Pixar film robot-romance between a yellow ocean buoy (she’s a girl!) and a satellite (he’s a boy!). Wait a minute—shouldn’t they be they’s? Never mind all that. Different agenda.

Mark Jackson
Mark Jackson
Film Critic
Mark Jackson is the chief film critic for The Epoch Times. In addition to film, he enjoys martial arts, motorcycles, rock-climbing, qigong, and human rights activism. Jackson earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Williams College, followed by 20 years' experience as a New York professional actor. He narrated The Epoch Times audiobook "How the Specter of Communism is Ruling Our World," available on iTunes, Audible, and YouTube. Mark is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic.
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