A.I. spider on the web

A low-budget conversation-driven sci-fi with a high concept. ***The Artifice Girl*** is all about artificial intelligence and the ethical questions behind creating such a thing as A.I. It's basically one big conversation about concent and ultimately what it means to be human. Not only do we learn about all that but also the whole "how the A.I. works" side too which I found very captivating and informative.

The structure is very simple, three chapters divided into three distinctive acts. The first two acts were very engaging edge-of-your-seat stuff but the third act was the least interesting to me. Not sure I like the ending. The direction changes between the three acts are bold and they change the formula a lot but I can't say I was fully on board for all of it.

The performances were great all-around, superb dialogue, simple but effective set pieces, hard to predict and quite thought provoking. This could have worked as a miniseries also. A promising directionnal debut for Franklin Ritch. Highly recommend if you like *Ex Machina*.