It’s not easy being a woman in a man’s world. No one knows that better than Companion’s Iris, who is informed not long into the now-in-theaters sci-fi movie that she’s actually a companion robot and, now that she’s killed someone, she’s going to have to be reset. This being a movie and all, Iris doesn’t go down without a fight, and the insidious animosity lurking beneath her now ex-boyfriend Josh’s nice guy exterior starts to rear its ugly head. It’s more than just a “sex bot” run amok; he wants control.
It’s what makes the movie a perfect companion (ey yo!) piece to Made for Love, a now-lost Max original and the other major Cristin Milioti HBO project. It’s no longer streaming on Max (or, sadly, anywhere legally accessible), but it’s worth following up Companion with it all the same, if you can find it. The technology at the heart of
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