OpenAI Film 'Artificial' Is "Most Urgently Relevant Film", Critics Say

OpenAI film 'Artificial' is "most urgently relevant film", critics say

'Artificial', Luca Guadagnino’s drama about OpenAI founder Sam Altman, is a “terrifying” and “urgently relevant” film, according to early reviews.

‘Artificial’ Review: Andrew Garfield and Yura Borisov Shine as Ethical Opposites in Luca Guadagnino’s Riveting Real-World Tech Nightmare

Monica Barbaro, Mark Rylance, Ike Barinholtz and Jason Schwartzman also star in this account of history unfolding, tracing how we arrived at the current crisis point in AI evolution.

'Artificial' Review: Yura Borisov and Andrew Garfield Fight and Flirt Over the Fate of Our Technological Future

NYFF 2026: Director Luca Guadagnino’s latest is a sensual, terrifying audit of our present and future apocalypse.

‘Artificial’ Review: Luca Gaudagnino Has Made the Real Sequel to ‘The Social Network’ — a Brain-Spinning Tech-Geek Docudrama, Brilliantly Acted by Andrew Garfield and Yura Borisov

"Artificial" is a brilliant but playful docudrama, meticulously true to history, that focuses on the founders of OpenAI, notably its CEO Sam Altman (Andrew Garfield). But the tale it tells is much larger than that. "Artificial" goes back to the earliest days of AI and shows you how the technology was invented, how it was developed, how it was dreamed.

'Artificial' Review: Andrew Garfield Plays Sam Altman In OpenAI Origin Tale

Artificial, which had its world premiere Monday at the New York Film Festival, certainly comes in with a bit of controversy attached. Produced and made under Amazon MGM Studios, the Luca Guadagnino film about the origin of OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman and key creative Ilya Sutskever, was shopped around after Amazon decided maybe […]

‘Artificial’ review: Andrew Garfield impresses as OpenAI’s Sam ...

The film premieres in New York before opening in the US in December and the UK in January