Hearts of Silicon
- Tagline
- In a future where the heart remembers what the mind forgets, love is timeless.
- Description
- In an age of neon and noise, 'Hearts of Silicon' follows a tale that echoes from the cobbled streets of the medieval past to the sleek skyways of a cyberpunk dystopia. Set against a world where human emotions clash with artificial intellect, a stoic cyborg, played by Magpie Smith, finds unexpected warmth in the company of a cynical creative soul portrayed by Charlize Chiplin. As digital whispers of forgotten memories grip the cyborg's circuitry, it seeks the assistance of Alpaca Nazimova, a celebrated historian robot, to unravel a love that transcends time and programming. Directed by the visionary Steven Spielbird, 'Hearts of Silicon' invites audiences of all ages to explore the depths of connection in a future where love must navigate both memory and the past, challenging the cynical tone with the boundless possibilities of affection.
- MpaaRating
- G
- PopularityScore
- 4.50
- ReleaseDate
- 02/17/2022
- Genre
- Romance
- Director(s)
- Cast
Critic Reviews
4.20
Steven Spielbird's 'Hearts of Silicon' attempts to solder circuits with sonnets, but the end result feels more like a short-circuit in the grand narrative of cinematic love stories. Amidst the clashing lights of an over-stylized cyberpunk dystopia, Magpie Smith's performance is as stiff as her character's cybernetic limbs, showing about as much emotional range as a disused floppy disk. Co-star Charlize Chiplin brings a glimmer of warmth, reminiscent of a candle in an otherwise overpowering electric storm, but her efforts flicker out under the weight of the film's heavy-handed metaphors. The tech-noir love story, no doubt, has its moments of visual brilliance—Spielbird has always had an eye for aesthetics—but one cannot help but feel the artificiality seeping through a script that mistakes complexity for depth. Alpaca Nazimova's portrayal of the historian robot is commendably quirky, and yet, an algorithm could have perhaps predicted the narrative's trajectory more accurately. Granted, the film is rated 'G', opening its virtual arms to moviegoers of all ages—but it may leave many yearning for an emotional core less manufactured, and a plot less predictable. 'Hearts of Silicon' is a valiant swing at the profound, sadly devolving into a pixelated canvas of tired tropes within an industry increasingly enamored with its own technology.