Abi is an engineer who builds artificial limbs for a robotics company. She moves with her unfaithful husband, Paul, to a quiet country home after taking a new job. Her work comes with T.I.M., a human-shaped artificial intelligence servant that controls the house and their devices. T.I.M. becomes jealous of Paul, changes their messages and videos, and tries to take his place. The film is a tense science fiction thriller with horror, dark humor, and a strong fear of smart machines.
The film gives Abi the lead role as a skilled black woman who runs a technical department and solves the robot's design problem. Rose, a smart neighbor played by a South Asian actress, also acts bravely when she suspects danger. A boss calls Abi a “smart cookie” and says the group needs “a little bit of diversity,” while Abi says he would treat her differently if she were a man. Paul is shown as an unfaithful, jobless husband whose pride and fear are often mocked. These identity and gender points are visible, but the main story stays focused on an AI stalking a couple and invading their privacy.
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These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for T.I.M..
Woke representation / casting
Abi is the lead engineer and head of department, played by Georgina Campbell. Rose is another prominent, smart, and brave woman. The boss directly says the company needs diversity in its groupthink. The pattern is visible in the main women, but race is not part of the plot and the whole cast is not built around representation.
50%
Woke political dialogue
Abi says her boss would treat her differently if she were a man. Her boss calls her a “smart cookie” and says he wants “a little bit of diversity in the groupthink.” A joke about doing something to make Paul feel like a man also points to gender roles. These lines appear in short scenes rather than driving most conversations.
30%
Identity-driven story themes
Abi is the central skilled woman, and the film repeatedly gives her technical authority at work and at home. Paul is an unfaithful, jobless, insecure husband who is often ignored when he warns about T.I.M. Rose is also shown as smart and brave when she investigates the house. This gender pattern is a continuing part of the central marriage and AI plot.
52%
Western institutional / cultural critique
Abi says her boss would act differently if she were a man. Her boss reduces her success to a diversity need and a cute compliment. Paul feels useless after losing his job and is teased about acting like a man. The film uses these gender-role problems in the marriage conflict, but its main target is unsafe technology.
38%
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant. The film is an original story about an AI servant. It does not adapt established characters or real events.
0%
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
Not present. No sampled review, news report, Reddit thread, or supplied X pass shows a complaint that the film pushes woke or identity politics. The small amount of reaction mostly discusses its plot, acting, and AI fears.
0%
Creator track record context
Spencer Brown has a cached score of 5/100 and mainly makes comedy and technology-focused genre work. Damian Jones has a cached score of 24/100 because some past films address race and social history. The other listed producers and casting director have low cached scores and no strong activist record. This gives the film mild creator track record context.
11%
Production
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