Dopamine (film)

2003 film

Dopamine

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Directed by| Mark Decena
Written by| Mark Decena
Timothy Breitbach
Produced by| Tad Fettig
Debbie Brubaker
Starring| John Livingston
Sabrina Lloyd
Cinematography| Robert Humphreys
Edited by| Jessica Congdon
Music by| Eric Holland

Production
company

Kontent Films

Distributed by| Sundance Channel

Release date

* October 3, 2003 (2003-10-03)

Running time

| 84 minutes
Language| English
Box office| $22,875

Dopamine is a 2003 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Mark Decena.

## Plot

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Rand is a computer animator, who has created an artificial intelligence creature designed to interact with children and teach them responsibility. When his prototype is forced into practice at a school, Rand encounters Sarah, a teacher he was inexplicably drawn to, at his favorite bar one fateful evening. Sparks fly between them, but fundamental differences in their approaches to love and relationships slow them down to a halt.

## Cast

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* John Livingston as Rand
* Sabrina Lloyd as Sarah
* Bruno Campos as Winston
* Rueben Grundy as Johnson
* Kathleen Antonia as Tammy
* Nicole Wilder as Machiko
* William Windom as Rand's father
* Dennis Yen as Toru
* Natalie Decena in the womb

## Reception

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### Critical response

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On Rotten Tomatoes it has a 52% rating based on 52 reviews.[1] On Metacritic it has a score of 52 out of 100 based on 23 reviews, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[2]

### Awards

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* Won the Alfred P. Sloan Prize at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival[3]
* Nomination for Grand Jury Prize at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival.

## References

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1. ^ Dopamine at Rotten Tomatoes
2. ^ Dopamine at Metacritic
3. ^ "Sundance Film Festival Films Honored 1985-2007" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-02-26. Retrieved 2008-01-27.

## External links

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* Official website
* Dopamine at IMDb

Awards

Preceded by

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|  Alfred P. Sloan Prize Winner
2003  | Succeeded by

Primer

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2003-present|

* Dopamine (2003)
* Primer (2004)
* Grizzly Man (2005)
* The House of Sand (2006)
* Dark Matter (2007)
* Sleep Dealer (2008)
* Adam (2009)
* Obselidia (2010)
* Another Earth (2011)
* Robot & Frank / Valley of Saints (2012)
* Computer Chess (2013)
* I Origins (2014)
* The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015)
* Embrace of the Serpent (2016)
* Marjorie Prime (2017)
* Searching (2018)
* The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019)
* Tesla (2020)
* Son of Monarchs (2021)
* After Yang (2022)
* The Pod Generation (2023)
* Love Me (2024)
* Sally (2025)

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