Yura, we all understood why foreign critics are predicting Borisov an Oscar

The premiere of the film "Artificial" by Luca Guadagnino took place at the New York Film Festival. Andrew Garfield and Yura Borisov play the founders of OpenAI, Sam Altman and Ilya Sutskever, at the dawn of the development of artificial intelligence. The film will be shown in U.S. cinemas only on December 25, with worldwide release scheduled for January 2027. Foreign critics praise the film for its relevance and call it Guadagnino's best film in the last ten years. And Yura Borisova is predicted to win an Oscar for Best Actor. Izvestia has studied the first reviews of foreign media and tells us how the Russian actor delighted foreigners, why the tape is compared to David Fincher's "Social Network", and why the work is criticized.

"One of the most striking roles of the year"

— Ilya — Einstein from the world of artificial intelligence. He is a Russian immigrant with a strong Slavic accent, who gloomily stares at the world from under his brows: it never seems to occur to him to make a joke or just laugh. This is the nature of the technogic, brought to the maximum. Ilya, played by Borisov, does not immediately evoke warm feelings, but he looks very humanly plausible. It's easy to get attached to the hero, especially when he starts warning the viewer about the dangers of artificial intelligence. He is the key inventor of brave new world, as well as the only one who understands it. Borisov approaches the hero with majestic shades of tragedy, and his performance transforms a sincere and motivated visionary into one of the most striking roles of this year.

Owen Gleiberman, Variety

"An intelligent, gentle, deeply contemplative performance"

— The twenty-year chronicle of machine learning and technological carelessness becomes truly fascinating thanks to Yura Borisov. His intelligent, gentle, deeply contemplative performance adds to the film's solid reliance on humanity. Without this, the picture could easily descend into decay and despair — although there are reasons for this. The dry humor of the script draws you into a relaxed enjoyment before the frightening reality strikes like a blade. For Guadaninho, this is one of his best works.

David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter

"Borisov expertly plays off Sutskever's crystal-clear ambitions"

— Borisov, gentle, cautious and sensitive, expertly plays out Sutskever's crystal—clear ambitions both at the moment of moral uplift and during the fall. His passion for research is crystal clear, and his faith in the messianic power of artificial intelligence is unshakeable. This prevents his character from developing gradually, at a more measured pace.

Zachary Lee, The Wrap

"It's so scary that it's not funny anymore"

— Simon Rich's comical script turns the story into a black comedy — so frightening that it becomes no longer funny. It's almost a modern-day Frankenstein: Sam Altman is forced to deal with a "creature" that is gradually getting out of his control. Altman's physical appearance, intonation, and general unpleasant impression appear here in all their glory: Garfield creates a character who simply cannot be trusted at his word. Borisov embodies a dreamy young man who truly believes in the supposedly found Golden Grail for humanity. When the technology of the future takes on monstrous proportions already in the present, it really shocks him.

Pete Hammond, Deadline

"An absurd sketch show"

— Sutzkever's trick is that he is incredibly good at computers and at the same time he does not know how to lie at all. A balding teenager destined to become a billionaire looks too much like an overly absurd sketch show character. Jeffrey Hinton, his mentor at the University of Toronto, in turn looks like an eccentric, decrepit old man who is destined to sink into oblivion. In the middle of one of the scenes, the scope of which even Fincher would envy, Jeffrey turns to the camera and says: "It feels like we're in a movie!" Such a black comedy would not stand up to the sharpness inherent in the script of the "Social Network", but important details of the story are still lost due to excessive comicality and buffoonery.

David Ehrlich, IndieWire

"Extravagant, but devoid of depth"

— "Artificial" exposes the toxic masculinity and greed of Silicon Valley, but in fact studies Sutzkever. He is a brainy idealist who believed that artificial intelligence would make the world a better place, but then he learned what happens when the wrong people gain control of technology.<...> Andrew Garfield's game can be entertaining, but his character suffers from the same problem as his colleagues on the court: they play extravagant characters who are completely deprived subtleties and depths. Ilon Musk, played by Ike Barinholtz, looks like the hero of a funny cartoon. Even Borisov, who perfectly played Sutskever's transformation from a young optimist to a harsh realist, plays a largely flat role.

Tim Grierson. Screen Daily