Depends on how you look at it I guess. From a technical standpoint, Kubrick's style is definitely very cold and precise, but he uses it to create some really emotionally charged atmospheres. I wouldn't say they're realistic, but he can capture a lot of emotions and ideas on an almost entirely visual basis. I think that really enhances the performances in a lot of his films because the characters feel a lot more like creatures of their environment.
In the case of AI I thought Haley Joe Osmont was pretty darn good in the role but Spielberg's direction was pretty boring so the whole thing felt cold in an uncompelling way, as opposed to cold in a more thought provoking way like Kubrick had been able to do in most of his films.
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