Luca Guadagnino’s Artificial has made its first major impression on audiences. The OpenAI-centered drama premiered at the New York Film Festival, where Andrew Garfield’s transformation into Sam Altman quickly became part of the early conversation.
via Variety:
Next Best Picture editor-in-chief and critic Matt Neglia wrote that “Artificial” is “as entertaining as it is terrifying.” “It’s a brilliantly written human story about power, control, ambition, and greed that might be the most urgently relevant film of our time. Andrew Garfield delivers one of his most unsettling and transformative performances as Sam Altman, equally capturing his disarming charm and unnerving malice.”
Editor Eric Kohn called the film a “pitch-perfect dark comedy.” “Andrew Garfield walks a fine line between movie monster, buffoonish mogul, and evil genius. A fun/scary ride that embodies the paradox at its center,” he wrote on X.
Variety’s Clayton Davis wrote that “Artificial” is “Guadagnino’s best film in a decade” and “Andrew Garfield and Yura Borisov soar to new heights. Loved.”
With a timely subject, high-profile filmmaker and attention-grabbing performance from Garfield, Artificial is emerging as one of the season’s most closely watched technology-themed dramas.
