![]() I’m Your Man operates on a similar principle, celebrating human connections even if the humanity of one party is questionable. ![]() And what could be wrong with being happy?” Alma poses in her notes at the end. ![]() Dan Stevens puts his naturally intense gaze and studied mannerisms to good use, underpinning both with a pre-programmed self-awareness. This builds the foundation for genuine surprise and poignancy as the experiment progresses differently than she expects. With the help of Schomburg and Schrader’s well-balanced script, Maren Eggert does not play Alma’s whole hand up front, letting the audience into her personal and professional struggles naturally. Perhaps fulfilment and happiness are journeys – and the robots we meet along the way questions rather than answers. While the first two acts of the film revel in humorous misunderstandings as Tom learns to be human, the third act’s intense focus on his flesh-and-blood character’s self-discoveries elevates the film from the silly to the sublime. He has even adapted her preferred “English” foreign accent!ĭespite the unbelievability of Tom’s wired head remaining attached after he reorganises Alma’s entire house and research notes, I’m Your Man ( Ich bin dein Mensch) proves an all-too-human look at desire, longing, connection, and the inherent satisfaction in completion’s impossibility. Tom is uncannily cheerful on the car ride from the factory, saying that soon every small remark, joke, and compliment of his will be “a bullseye” for Alma. The fastest way to secure this is participation in an experiment with a robotic humanoid companion named Tom, to test if his artificial intelligence will morph into her ideal life partner. This film was previously reviewed in March 2021 as part of our Berlinale coverage.Ĭuneiform expert Alma works at Berlin’s prestigious Pergamon Museum, but like most academics she needs that last bit of funding.
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