Marjorie Prime

2016, 98 min
USA

Director: Michael Almereyda

Cast: Jon Hamm, Geena Davis, Lois Smith and Tim Robbins

Eighty-six-year-old Marjorie spends her final, ailing days with a computerized version of her deceased husband. With the intent to recount their life together, Marjorie’s Prime relies on the information from her and her kin to develop a more complex understanding of his history. As their interactions deepen, the family begins to develop diverging recounts of their lives, drawn into the chance to reconstruct the often painful past.
 
“Michael Almereyda weaves seductive magic with respect to the narrative of Marjorie Prime, adapted from Jordan Harrison’s acclaimed play and starring Lois Smith and Jon Hamm.” – New York Times
 
“Not since Spike Jonze’s Her has humanity’s uneasy embrace of seductive technology been given such soulful contemplation.” – The Hollywood Reporter