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    Companion review: Robot Iris turns out to be a straw man in this horror-comedy

    Team_NationalNewsBriefBy Team_NationalNewsBriefFebruary 23, 2025 Science No Comments1 Min Read
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    Josh (Jack Quaid) and his robo-companion, Iris (Sophie Thatcher)

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    Drew Hancock (Warner Bros (UK and US, on general release))

    Arriving at a house in the country, Iris (Sophie Thatcher) isn’t sure she is welcome. The owner, Sergey (Rupert Friend), is leery; his wife, Kat (Megan Suri), is unfriendly. It isn’t Iris she dislikes, Kat later admits, it is “the idea” of her: she makes her feel redundant.

    Iris’s boyfriend, Josh (Jack Quaid), is patient and encouraging, but even he finds her shyness and clinginess hard to bear. “Go to sleep, Iris,” he says, and Iris’s eyes roll up inside her head as…



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