Smart House

Smart House

1999 · 82 min · EN · G · 5.8 (138 votes)
Dir. LeVar Burton · Starring Katey Sagal, Ryan Merriman, Katie Volding, Kevin Kilner, Jessica Steen, Emilio Borelli · Music Barry Goldberg

Where the computer at home has opinions of her own.

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Ben Cooper and his family are struggling to get a grip on household chores, school and work. So when Ben sees that a Smart House is being given away, he enters the competition as often as he can, until they eventually win the house (named Pat). After moving in, Pat's personality begins to radically change, and the family starts to resent her.

VIBE

A nostalgic trip back to late-90s tech-gone-wrong. It's a campy, slightly unsettling look at a smart home that becomes too smart for its own good, blending family drama with a creeping sense of technological dread.

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