Tom, the Humanoid designed to Alma’s distinct interests
Downton Abbey’s Dan Stevens plays a precision-tooled robot who could be the answer to a single woman’s prayers in this funniest movie set in Berlin.
Academic and archetypal Alma ( Maren Eggert) in he 40’s after a messy and complicated breakup with a colleague, entirely devoted to her work, is persuaded to take part in a trial for three weeks. She must live with Tom, a humanoid robot that has been precision-tooled to her perfect companion.
With Tom’s unlinking LED-blue eyes and database full of cornball compliments like “Your eyes are like two mountain lakes”, amid Alma’s natural cynicism.
Tom is programmed to learn from her responses, although Alma shuts him in a cupboard along with her ironing board and rejects his offer of a petal-strewn scented bath, he starts to more closely resemble the kind of man she could live with or even love for that matter
I’m Your Man, the Berlin-setup relationship comedy opts for an unshowy, real-world aesthetic with less cynical outlook reveals important questions about loneliness and a world in which algorithms can know us better than our human partners ever will.
I’m Your Man indulges in the notion that someone characteristically perfect is ultimately anything but, and it’s when he slowly breaks down her guard – something she assumed her perfect partner would let her keep up- that her emotional truth is revealed, warming her towards him in the process.
I’m Your Man’s look at the modern dating atmosphere feels remarkably grounded in spite of its futuristic premise Eggert and funny Tom.