Contest: Short Film Review - Ik Ben Geen Robot (I Am Not A Robot -2025)

wakeupkitty (76)modMOD/Cheshire Catin Knack4buzz • 5 days ago

After watching two super boring horror short films I bumped into this one. If you wonder what the foreign language is the subtitle mentions: it's Dutch.
If there's something I hate is telling a robot I am not a robot. Captcha, clicking blurry pictures, shoving pieces of a puzzle and more nonsense. Only and idiot can come up with something like this. I wonder how those with a bad vision deal with letters and numbers hard to read or elderly with shoving a piece of a puzzle. Very human unfriendly. By the way I notice that in most cases this idiocy only appears with a slower internet connection. The time I wasted proving a bot that I am not a bot....

Best character

It’s Lara! Suddenly, she’s not just dealing with captchas but also handling customer service (what a... typical guy—customer service that doesn’t actually serve customers). But Lara stumbles upon something that doesn’t sit well with her.

Is there still a clear line between humans and robots? Can she even have a normal conversation with a real person? Is there empathy, understanding—or is she just being manipulated, treated like an idiot who should go see a doctor for a mental health check?

Like: Ellen Parren's great acting and expressive gestures say it all. The anger she feels when she hears she’s nothing more than an expensive toy, with no right to control her own life, is undeniable. But what makes her truly great is her character—she refuses to accept this as her reality. This is a Black Mirror like story.

Dislike: Pam, Daan, and I—just like Lara—can’t stand the annoying habit of repeating her name after every sentence.

Original title: Ik Ben Geen Robot
Director/Writer: Victoria Warmerdam
Actors: Lara (Ellen Parren), Daniël (Henry van Loon), Pam (Thekla Reuten)
Year: 2025
Duration: 22:29 minutes

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Short Film Review

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ShortFilm of the week

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