Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Jenni Devyn Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

adonis98-743-186503 A producer's film is endangered when his star walks off, so he decides to digitally create an actress to substitute for the star, becoming an overnight sensation that everyone thinks is a real person. S1m0ne stars Al Pacino, Evan Rachel Wood and Winona Ryder and although all 3 of them are talented actors unfortunately the film is pretty awful and boring it's all about this producer played by Pacino trying to built a name around this fake actress that doesn't exist and the result is just slow pacing and weird characters making no sense i tried to understand this but also like it but it gave me nothing to enjoy or even like it was just boring and dumb and it's sad cause Al Pacino is one of the greatest actors ever born.

Python Hyena S1m0ne (2002): Dir: Andrew Niccol / Cast: Al Pacino, Catherine Keener, Winona Ryder, Rachel Roberts, Evan Rachel Wood: Great idea that unfortunately concludes with a poor payoff. Al Pacino plays a struggling filmmaker whose latest film is about to be shelved after his leading actress walks out. He receives his answer in a computer generated woman named Simone whom he creates via disc. Now his films are automatic hits but since Simone doesn't exist it leave Pacino to fake interviews. His daughter still believes in him and his wife still produces his films out of sympathy. Interesting concepts falls into formula with a payoff that allows people to accept a lie. Director Andrew Niccol succeeds with his technical emphasis that may bear truths. His previous film was another futuristic epic to far superior effect called Gattaca. Pacino has fun with the role as he struggles to fool and manipulate the media. Catherine Keener as his ex-wife is unfortunately standard fare. Winona Ryder appears briefly as a snobbish actress but more would have been sufficient. Rachel Roberts is quite the sight as the stunning lie who would be Simone. It plays with the idea of the media's standards for physical beauty and the attitudes that accompany the whole charade. Theme of media manipulation and industry deceit are evident as reality vanquishes within the realm of visual effect technology. Score: 6 / 10

larisa-karr I saw S1m0ne a few years ago, purely out of plot intrigue, and when I saw a copy of it at a thrift store, I picked it up.It's a good film, and a very unique one at that. The concept of the director being destroyed by this one magnificent star coupled with the public's insatiable appetite and gullibility makes for a very interesting plot. When S1m0ne is doing her concert, a line is stated "It's easier to deceive 100,000 people than just one." This is really the cornerstone of the whole film. The fact that she was on Time magazine for "Person of the Year" and had her own perfume out after squeaking out one meager film seemed ridiculous and completely horrible, but think about it. How much do we really know about celebrities? We see a couple of their films, we buy their friggin' underwear, we listen to their mass- produced auto-tuned albums, and yet we talk about them on a casual basis, like they were a part of our lives. We see them in the check-out line at the grocery store, we see them when we walk in the door to our homes and turn on the TV, and thus, we feel comfortable commenting and unleashing our opinions about the way they live their lives.The point of the film, and what makes it actually brilliant, is that the director is saying, yes, it may be ridiculous for her to receive the honours she did and be nominated twice for best actress in the same year (which would never happen), but would we really care if it did? No, we would probably just go along with it and continue our adoration like the mouthy paparazzi we all are. The level on which we think we know celebrities is predicated on nothing but the superficial, and S1m0ne stated this in a brilliant way.

rock_rishab I mean i still cant believe it was an Al Pachino movie, and how in the holy hell did he even take this shitty script. Simone was a simulation even in real life, I mean come on, she wasn't even hot. Winnona Ryder was not better then her... please!!!!!!!!!Its full of mistakes both technological and non-technical.I don't mind the idea behind the film but, I do mind the movie. It was just plain old bad.Every one going gaga over Simone was also very unrealistic, especially without a base....People spare this film and yourself. You just might get a wrong conception about Al after this.And please I really do not find "Rachel Roberts" hot.