Mio

Mio is a 2015 Japanese adult-animated science fiction psychological thriller film written and directed by Goro Miyazaki. Miles Teller, McKenna Grace and Will Ferrell star in a story that follows a programmer who is invited by his CEO to administer the Turing test to an intelligent robot with the mind of a 9 year-old girl.

Cast
Miles Teller as Daishi Kon, a programmer at the company.

Will Ferrell as Kenji Hisao, the CEO of the company.

McKenna Grace as Mio, an artificial intelligence.

Todd Haberkorn as Helicopter pilot

Release
The film was released on June 5, 2015.

Music
The film's score was composed by David Julyan, who previously collaborated with Studio Ghibli on The Modern Life of a Teenage Vampire.

Transcript
Mio/Transcript

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Critical reception
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 92% based on 274 reviews, with an average rating of 8.14/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "Mio leans heavier on ideas than effects, but it's still a visually polished piece of work—and an uncommonly engaging sci-fi feature." At Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 78 out of 100, based on 42 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".