As Sundance deals slowly start to pile up, one U.S. Dramatic Competition title still searching for distribution is Sam and Andy Zuchero’s “Love Me.” Starring Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun in both voice and live-action form, the sci-fi romance centers on a satellite and an ocean-bound buoy who become increasingly sentient and fall in love …
2023 was the year of the AI villain in Hollywood, with blockbusters like “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One” and “The Creator” portraying artificial intelligence as a deadly force that could ultimately destroy humanity. But married filmmaking duo Andy and Sam Zuchero decided to take a different approach with their sprawling romance “Love Me,” …
It’s hard to say what’s more impressive: That a married filmmaking duo made a romantic drama that covers 13.7 billion years and climaxes with a buoy fucking a satellite, or that Sam and Andy Zuchero’s debut feature — a tedious movie that gradually squanders all of the goodwill earned by the creative ambition behind it …