How to Build a Better Boy
GUnited States rating20141h 30mFamily, Science Fiction, TV Movie
Two friends try to navigate the social pressures of high school by creating a high-tech robot boyfriend for one of them. The situation becomes complicated when the robot turns out to be much more advanced than they expected. It is a lighthearted sci-fi comedy about the importance of real connections.
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Two friends try to navigate the social pressures of high school by creating a high-tech robot boyfriend for one of them. The situation becomes complicated when the robot turns out to be much more advanced than they expected. It is a lighthearted sci-fi comedy about the importance of real connections.
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What's in it
- Scary
- Mild
- Violence
- Mild
- Language
- None
- Rude humour
- Mild
- Sad themes
- Mild
- Pace
- Moderate
- This is a standard family comedy with a mix of dialogue scenes and bursts of action. Estimated
Scary moments
- Approx.SomeA group of villains breaks into a house to find the robot.
- Approx.SomeA power outage occurs during a football game followed by a military arrival.
- Approx.SomeThe robot self-destructs and is destroyed at the end of the dance.
Talk about it after
- 1Why do you think Mae and Gabby chose to create a robot instead of just being themselves?
- 2What did the movie teach us about the difference between a perfect machine and a real person?
- 3How did the friends' relationship change throughout the story?
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