It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

Well I have been planning to watch this movie for quite a while now because I had a lot of other stuff to do and have other things when I first planned to watch. Also at first I was put because of the image it had to offer on the poster but after when I discovered a few clips of it and found out good voice actor from the english dub I then decided to check it out. This movie is about a world where robots are slaves/butlers to their owners and they would get scolded at if the robot makes their own decision or ignores what the owner wants. However, slowly the main protagonist finds a way of how the androids present their and they hide but only let out in front of each other.Rikuo Sakisaka (the main character) is studying robots with his friend at school Masakazu Masaki who believes androids don't have or care about each other because of his troubled childhood with his robot. Rikuo Sakisaka also has a personal and pretty I must say Android of his own called Sammy who mainly wants to make Rikuo happy no matter what so she lets him charge his phone in her and makes him coffee.Rikuo is also living with his parents who are always working and his sister who is most of the time drunk. Rikuo and Masakazu discover this cafe' by the name of Time of Eve which is ran by this beautiful waitress called Nagi. Where both humans and robots can freely talk and interact with each other. We are also introduced to a couple who go their regularly, an old man and his fostered daughter, some dumpster bot and a cute girl called Akiko who are all robots that we see there. I won't be spoiling any more plots or details about this movie but all I can say is the plot is good especially if you are into animes that have robots and androids, the art style is good and the english dubbing cast is great especially since good voice actor like Carrie Keranen, Yuri Lowanthal, Michael Sinterniklaas, Cassandra Lee Morris and Stephanie Sheh are involved.This is my review for this movie. If your going or planning to watch this movie soon enjoy the time of EVE.

A very interesting perspective on the human-robot relationship of the future. Sophisticated computers (databases) masqueraded as robots or androids based on a few humanoid features. So how does one emotionally bond with a machine (database)? I cried toward the end of this film, so that alone is telling of the question for which the answer is not so cut and dry. I guess the mind of the human of the future will be more accepting or open to the idea of a machine satisfying all their emotional needs (we know the physical is already possible. wink, wink)

Well... there is many things in one simple movie. But Japanese anime are such that - deep in psychology, ethic, show parts of our behavior we won't see... From one point I can say, this movie is like prophecy. We, humans, WILL DO act and treat to our future androids and robots exactly in way, we see in this movie. Heartless, selfish, careless, most of us will consider them as "machine, what have to serve me/obey my commands". Nothing more. But there will be many another people, who make strong relationship with their "machine" - and call it whatever you want. For child is very easy to bond tightly with his/her babysitter, no matter if it's made from flesh or wires... And those people will love their "machines" more than love humans, some of them will depend on them very much, sometimes too much. And that become a thorn in flesh of heartless people, people who stuck in opinion "it's only machine and it's not deserve to be loved". As I note in summary, this movie is amazing probe into our souls, reveal our wants, feelings, dreams, nightmares or worse parts of our personality. Don't be deluded with easygoing animation/drawing. Movie is very hard to understand and once you understand message and all things what include, you'll love it. Love it so much, you probably start looking some prop from movie on internet or ebay. Such a scarf or coffee pot with name "Are you enjoying..." Right? ;) Because that's the moment you understand message and agree with that message, and you one of those people, full of love to things WITH SOUL, no matter if they are made from flesh or wires. For those, who want to know, what message is and didn't found it yet - watch movie again. And again. Good Luck! :)

Okay, I'm not trying to be way-too-realistic bastard and whatnots. The thing is, no matter how many times I tried to think it over, the word 'ridiculous' kept popping as my final conclusion.Some people might get touched by the 'understanding-each-other' theme of this movie, but seriously, human understanding robot and vice-versa? I mean, that's not even possible even if you flip heaven and earth backwards. Even 'Swords Art Online' (which I pretty much detest) is rather rational than this one.And let me list some of ridiculous things that annoyed me most (you may hate me for this): 1. In the cafe "Time of Eve", no one can really tell which ones humans and robots. The hell?! Just touch their limbs! Or maybe just listen to their footsteps! There's no way that a pile of metal-junk is going to have light footsteps like humans do! Or... mushy limbs like human, and by the way... even stupid can differentiate between human's (real) iris and the robotic one. Not to mention the hair (robot's must be fake), their movement or gesture, skin, and breath (Robot doesn't breath, please!) 2. On top of that, they're drinking coffee! Where did all those liquid went? My... I don't know what to say...I'm not really a religious person, but please, there's no way human can develop such technologies. Even artificial intelligence isn't as intelligent as they're said to be. Human's brain is still the best technology has ever made, and there's no changing that. Let's just see the next 50 years, there's no freaking way. The world is going to be either still struggling to find way to develop such technologies (in which they'll end up exhausting themselves to no avail), or destroyed because of all the smogs and chemical's waste. Just you see...The theme of the story was good, but sadly, it lacks rationality. Even fantasy has its own laws and explanation. And I have to admit that sparkling-skinned vampire (hell, yeah, I hate those saga) sounds even more rational than robot became like human.Overall, it'll be a great story if you change the robot into another entities; vampires maybe? or demon, or whatever.