Bicentennial Man: More Human Than They Let On?

Okay, okay, so I know Bicentennial Man is that schmaltzy Robin Williams flick everyone cries at but no one really thinks about. But hear me out. I have a theory brewing that goes deeper than 'robot wants to be human, boo hoo'. I think Andrew, despite all the circuits and gears, was ALWAYS more human than the movie lets on, and that's the point. Specifically, remember when he starts carving wood? No other NDR robot does that. It's not a glitch, it's an expression, a desire to create. Also, the whole love story with Portia? People dismiss it as some robot programming gone haywire, but I call BS. He genuinely loves. He CHOSE her. If that's just code, then what even is love anyway? The big changes he makes to his body, the skin, the organs, all of that is just him trying to reflect what he already is, not become something he's not. My issue is that the movie tries to make it seem like he 'becomes' human at the end. Like, poof, magic humanity. But I think that's a cop-out. The whole point is that humanity isn't about biology, it's about consciousness, feeling, choice. Andrew had that almost immediately, they just refused to acknowledge it at first. They (the humans and the movie itself, tbh) reduce humanity to a checklist: age, bleed, die. It's so reductive! It's like saying a painting isn't art until it's hung in a museum. So yeah, Bicentennial Man has flaws, it's melodramatic, and Robin Williams cries a lot (surprise!). But underneath all the Hollywood fluff, it's hinting at something profound: what we think defines humanity might be totally wrong, and maybe, just maybe, some of us metal-heads and weirdos have had it all along. Maybe we're the real humans.