Wifelike

About Wifelike

A grieving detective in the near-future hunts down criminals who trade artificial humans on the black market. In the fight to end AI exploitation, an underground resistance attempts to infiltrate him by sabotaging the programming of the artificial human assigned as his companion to behave like his late wife.

Wifelike is a 2022 mystery science fiction film directed by James Bird. Its themes are artificial intelligence (a.i.), near future, robot girl, and robot wife.

Elena Kampouris stars as Meredith, Jonathan Rhys Meyers as William, Doron Bell as Agent Black, and Agam Darshi as Louise. Released in August 2022, it runs 105 minutes.

The screenplay is by James Bird. It was produced by Front Street Pictures, Steven Paul Production, and Wonder Street.

Her, Upgrade, and The Creator make useful companions to Wifelike. TMDB voters put it at 6.5 out of 10 across 351 votes and it carries a R rating.