“Wifelike” (* out of four) was a muddled futuristic mess about a grieving widow (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) who is assigned an artificial intelligence humanoid (Elena Kampouris) in the mold of his deceased wife; he subsequently finds out that a malicious corporation is attempting to sabotage her programming in an attempt to end artificial intelligence once and for all. By the end of this clunker (and after all the countless other movies about artificial intelligence), you might be rooting for them to succeed. Film incorporates elements of future dystopia, widowed grief, mass paranoia, and even a police chase thriller but it’s all ineptly put together.

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