D.A.R.Y.L. Movie Review

Starring: Mary Beth Hurt, Michael McKean, Kathryn Walker, Josef Sommer, Ron Frazier

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D.A.R.Y.L. was directed by the Australian director Simon Wincer (Free Willy) in 1985.

Dr. Mulligan helps Daryl to escape a military laboratory and dies in a car accident. Daryl is then trusted to the Richardson family by the local authorities. The young boy is in fact an experimental robot made temporarily amnesic by Mulligan. During his stay at the Richardson's, Daryl will become the best friend of his young neighbor Turtle and impress Joyce and Andy Richardson by his facility to learn and master all kinds of things. Daryl manages to get very well integrated in the family and starts to experience human feelings. So when Dr. Jeffrey Stewart finally finds him, Daryl's departure will cause a great deal of sorrow among all those who've known him. Back in the laboratory, Daryl is already thinking about a way to definitively leave the scientists.

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Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 60%

**Fantasy or Science Fiction?** - science fiction story
Robots & Computers & VR Yes
Plotlet: - robot/computer seeks enlightenment
Family Relations Yes

Main Character
Identity: - robot, male
Age: - a teen
Hair color? - brunette (Brown)
Hair type - (man) short/medium straight
Body type - average (man)
Events of movie makes character more... - sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Male
Hair color - white/grey
Hair style - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - average build (man)
How much in movie? - 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - military officer, senior
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 20%
Ethnicity - White
Intelligence - Average Intelligence
Physical condition - average physique
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged

Setting
Earth setting: - 20th century (1970's to Present)
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Forests? Yes
Misc settings - lab
Small town? Yes

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to deaths
Tone of movie - funny
Sex/nudity in movie? Yes
What kind of sex: - kissing
Any profanity? - Occasional swearing

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