[...]Set in a dystopian but technologically advanced [?] in which the polar icecaps have melted and flooded most of the earth, "A.I." centers on the emotional odyssey of David (Haley Joel Osment), a new kind of highly-[?] "Mecha" (short for Mechanism, the colloquial moniker for robots) who has been programmed to return as well as crave the love and affection of Orgas (short for [?], the corresponding term for humans). David is given his trial run with a couple (Sam Robards and Frances O'Connor) whose own son has been all but lost to an incurable illness -- cryogenically frozen until such time as a cure can be found, if ever. The arrangement obviously requires some initial emotional [?], but the couple soon become attached to David much as they might with a biological child. That's when the sudden (and incredibly predictable) recovery of their natural son throws the family unit into disarray, reaching critical mass after David nearly drowns his "brother" in a freak accident. It's agreed that David has to go, but instead of being returned to his [?] he's simply abandoned in an "E.T."-like wilderness where he develops traumatic separation anxiety, determined to become "a real boy" just like Pinocchio, so that mommy will love him. [...]


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