I thought I'd explain what I think really happened because a good number of viewers seem to have missed some points.
Year 2065, Midwestern US, scorched earth, no vegetation. In a farmhouse on a vast expanse of dry, dusty dead farmland, a young married couple lives in isolation but for their mundane jobs, hers as a waitress and his at a chicken processing plant. Right off you know that the wife, Hen, is unhappy and he is clueless about it.
One night a G-man shows up in the middle of the night to claim that the husband, Junior, has been picked in a lottery to join a team on a satellite in space above the earth where they will make efforts to create life off the dying planet. Junior is no more than an ordinary man so why he was selected due to his strength and prowess is a question. Junior will go away and leave Hen alone, but the G-man has a plan. They will create a robot in Junior's likeness with all his memories and feelings to keep her company while he's gone. Right.
The process begins and the G-man moves in to observe both Junior and Hen so they can create the best robot and this goes on throughout most of the movie as we watch Junior deteriorate psychologically and I wonder if he's ever going to actually leave.
Well apparently, he did leave and the whole time we've been watching not real Junior but robot junior because real Junior arrives back one day. Time has passed and he is led to a room where the robot is now being subdued and chained to the floor. The robot doesn't know he isn't the real Junior and cries in anguish calling out for a distraught Hen who has fallen in love with him.
Robot Junior is then plastic wrapped and taken away while real Junior is remains but is jealous and angry. Hen had revealed to the G-man early on that she would truly like to just leave if she had the courage and move on to new horizons. So when she realizes she is now stuck with a man she doesn't love, she leaves him an empty note that "says nothing and everything at the same time". She is gone and real Junior wails in sadness.
Next thing you know there are bright lights outside and a happier Hen walks through the door. She is back. But it's a robot Hen. Final scene, real Hen is on a flight looking out the window.
Year 2065, Midwestern US, scorched earth, no vegetation. In a farmhouse on a vast expanse of dry, dusty dead farmland, a young married couple lives in isolation but for their mundane jobs, hers as a waitress and his at a chicken processing plant. Right off you know that the wife, Hen, is unhappy and he is clueless about it.
One night a G-man shows up in the middle of the night to claim that the husband, Junior, has been picked in a lottery to join a team on a satellite in space above the earth where they will make efforts to create life off the dying planet. Junior is no more than an ordinary man so why he was selected due to his strength and prowess is a question. Junior will go away and leave Hen alone, but the G-man has a plan. They will create a robot in Junior's likeness with all his memories and feelings to keep her company while he's gone. Right.
The process begins and the G-man moves in to observe both Junior and Hen so they can create the best robot and this goes on throughout most of the movie as we watch Junior deteriorate psychologically and I wonder if he's ever going to actually leave.
Well apparently, he did leave and the whole time we've been watching not real Junior but robot junior because real Junior arrives back one day. Time has passed and he is led to a room where the robot is now being subdued and chained to the floor. The robot doesn't know he isn't the real Junior and cries in anguish calling out for a distraught Hen who has fallen in love with him.
Robot Junior is then plastic wrapped and taken away while real Junior is remains but is jealous and angry. Hen had revealed to the G-man early on that she would truly like to just leave if she had the courage and move on to new horizons. So when she realizes she is now stuck with a man she doesn't love, she leaves him an empty note that "says nothing and everything at the same time". She is gone and real Junior wails in sadness.
Next thing you know there are bright lights outside and a happier Hen walks through the door. She is back. But it's a robot Hen. Final scene, real Hen is on a flight looking out the window.