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Artificial Intelligence.
The kid from Sixth Sense plus Jude Law.
I liked it. That kid is very talented. The movie is rather, what's the word- stylized. Great cinematography.
If you haven't seen it, rent it. It's one of those movies you should just see no matter what the reviews.

I hate to show my lack of pop-culture knowledge, but what is AI?

Stands for A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) Based on a short story that Stanley Kubrick puzzled over for years to turn into a film. (I forget the author of the short story.) Spielberg took up the challenge from Kubrick to turn the short story into a movie which premiered 2? 3? years ago.

Universally derided, I actually liked it.

I hope Faraday does not mind my answering for him.

AI is a science fiction film set in a future Earth. It's possible to make autonomous humanoid robots, 'mekkas. They are used as servants, workers, and sex toys. They get smarter and smarter and more capable.

So why not create one that looks like a nine or ten tear old boy, that is programmed to love one person forever?

The story is about the beta version and the woman who imprinted the 'mekka, who was replacing a severely ill son. Uh Oh, the real son gets better, but the 'mekka is still irreversibly imprinted on the mom.

Mary Shelley posed the question, what if a man created an artificial man, but the creation was so ugly and revolting that even his creator could not stand it, but recoiled in horror and revulsion?

AI asks, what if the monster was cute and programmed to love? Would real people love it back?

There's more to it, and rather than try to be a reviewer, I'll suggest that you read some reviews. Lots of folks did not care for the film at all. I did, but I ain't no Siskel and Ebert.

I see your AI question has been answered several times. It was not "universally" derided. Many of the initial reviews were extremely glowing. In fact, rottentomatoes.com has AI with 119 positive reviews versus 41 negative. And as can be seen, even some otherwise sensible FReepers have good things to say about it. What happened however, was that after the positive reviews and the Spielberg imprimatur got fannies in the seats, the masses revolted (or regurgitated) in disgust. There are threads that discuss it in detail. Let's just say the film making was extremely derivative, but overlayed with the saccharine quest for WASPy middle class family acceptance that Spielberg seems never to achieve.