Product Details

• Format: Black & White, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: World Artists
• VHS Release Date: April 30, 2002
• Run Time: 81 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005K3NP
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #622,928 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

David Hunter, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

"A weird and surprisingly palatable combination of PI and the original LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS... provocative... erudite. What can you say about a movie that includes a scene of a droll robot confessing how he talked the girlfriend he has never met into masturbating while watching THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL?"

Product Description

The debut film of director Tom Sawyer, THE STRANGE CASE OF SENOR COMPUTER explores the quirky relationship between an antisocial, repressed, alcoholic, virginal computer scientist and the robot he has created, who calls him "Father" and offers advice on his troubled love life.

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Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Strangely Compelling and Funny Story, June 28, 2001

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George Applegate (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Strange Case of Senor Computer (DVD)

I saw this movie at the Egyptian in Los Angeles a few months ago. Finally a science fictional movie where they put more thought into the story than the special effects. It's both comical and poignant. Ike is a homemade robot who is troubled by how hopelessly unhappy Charles, his nerdy creator is. Ike, being a robot, has no trouble figuring out how the female mind works, which is something his scientist "father" could never hope to do. He practices on women over the phone, and then in Cyrano fashion arranges for one of them to meet Charles. He gives Charles dating lessons and thus manages to bootstrap his creator into a relationship that he is totally incapable of sustaining. We can relate to Charles' social ineptitude and how he lapses into depression, but what is most moving is the robot's despair. For all his analytical ability, Ike cannot save this one human who means everything to him.

The acting is on target and the dialog efficient. The production values are rough, but that makes the movie's wit and clear sense of itself all the more refreshing.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A.I. with real depth and acid wit!, October 3, 2001

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This review is from: The Strange Case of Senor Computer (DVD)

One of the funniest, and most touching sci-fi movies I have ever seen. On no budget whatsoever, writer-director Tom Sawyer has created wacked-out characters and situations, and some of the most brilliant dialogue in the recent history of American cinema. Has he also touched on the "meaning of life?" This is one robot to be reckoned with. The DVD includes a perceptive commentary with the director and a respected indie producer-fan. And the not-to-be-missed "Leave It to Roll-oh," a 1940 Jam Handy industrial short made for General Motors, of astonishing studipity and misogyny featuring the proto-robot Roll-oh.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly funny, February 17, 2005

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Joseph Shermetaro - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Strange Case of Senor Computer (DVD)

I had never heard of this movie, but decided to watch it with a friend. The dialogue in this movie is amazingly funny! By the end of the movie you'll feel attached to Ike the robot.