The film narrates two biologists remotely cloned a living Neanderthal they named William as a way to exhibit the everyday life to what is the organism and intelligence differences in the homo-sapiens.
The "parents" soon divorce due to the substantial idealism of either raising William as a normal person or a lab rat.
When William turns 18 he begins to face the harsh reality of derision towards him, saving one female friend who desperately tries to help him not to join his ancestors that were wiped out 40,000 years before by the species that raised him.
[4] Nick Allen of RogerEbert.com awarded the film one and a half stars and wrote, "Yet in spite of this curious premise, William simply devolves into a drab, moody morality tale for parents about not treating your kids like test subjects.
"[1] Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter also gave the film a negative review and wrote, "Deadly earnest in its highbrow seriousness, William would seem ripe for parody, except that Encino Man got there first.