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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeA human/robot love story that is less deeply imaginative than Spike Jonze's Her and less heartbreaking than Doremus' own Like Crazy, the picture is nevertheless a beautifully acted, affecting drama that teases some questions society may need to answer sooner than we expect.
- 60Screen DailyDavid D'ArcyScreen DailyDavid D'ArcyBoth McGregor, close cropped, and Seydoux, in retro bangs, give tender performances, although there’s not much that’s new in the love story once you push the robotics aside. Tech-heads who rush to Zoe may leave the theater feeling under-charged.
- 50VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanZoe, like Cole, ties itself up in a lot of high-minded hand-wringing, and the result is that the movie, though it’s not badly told, fails to grip you.
- 50Slant MagazineSlant MagazineDrake Doremus's compositions seem to be motivated by the idea that there’s no more profound image than sunlight reflecting off one-half of a character’s face.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyChristian HolubEntertainment WeeklyChristian HolubAn unimaginative waste of science-fiction potential.
- 42The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyThe A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyWrestling with the intrinsic creepiness of the premise would involve some social commentary, self-awareness, and honest-to-God storytelling, and that’s not Doremus’ bag.
- 40The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe New York TimesGlenn KennyIn Zoe, the characters, all in their 30s at least (except for the robots, I know, but bear with me), still believe that 100-percent glitch-free everlasting love is a reasonable life goal. It’s this component, even more than the poorly realized sci-fi trappings, that finally make the movie a little insufferable.
- 33The PlaylistLena WilsonThe PlaylistLena WilsonThough the film attempts to introduce a future laden with fascinating social implications, it maddeningly ignores them in favor of an overwrought, plodding, and inherently sexist romance.
- 25IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichIf we ever truly sympathize with Doremus’ nebulous characters, it’s only because they help us appreciate how painful it can be to spend so much time trying to divine meaning from utter emptiness.
- 25RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoRogerEbert.comBrian TallericoThe non-stop, navel-gazing, faux philosophical dialogue about love starts to feel like some strange experiment itself. It reaches points of near-parody, not unlike overhearing drunk college kids talk about dating apps and the meaning of love at 3 AM at a party you really want to leave.