Daryl is a normal 10-year-old boy in many ways. However, unbeknown to his foster parents and friends, Daryl is actually a government-created robot with superhuman reflexes and mental abilities. Even his name has a hidden meaning -- it's actually an acronym for Data Analyzing Robot Youth Life-form. When the organization that created him deems the "super soldier" experiment a failure and schedules Daryl to be disassembled, it is up to a few rogue scientists to help him escape.
Acting
Barret Oliver's uncanny stillness—robot or just good acting?
Practical Effects
Pre-CGI car chase through actual South Carolina woods
Writing
D.A.R.Y.L. acronym reveal hits harder than it should
Director
Simon Wincer
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