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Moon (2009)

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Reviews Counted:156

Fresh:139

Rotten:17

Average Rating:7.4/10

Consensus: Boosted by Sam Rockwell's intense performance, Moon is a compelling work of science-fiction, and a promising debut from director Duncan Jones.

Australian Rating: TBC

Genre: Action/Adventure

Australian Theatrical Release:
Oct 8, 2009 Wide

US Box Office: $4,785,434

Synopsis: It is the near future. Astronaut Sam Bell is living on the far side of the moon, completing a three-year contract with Lunar Industries to mine Earth’s primary source of energy, Helium-3. It is a... It is the near future. Astronaut Sam Bell is living on the far side of the moon, completing a three-year contract with Lunar Industries to mine Earth’s primary source of energy, Helium-3. It is a lonely job, made harder by a broken satellite that allows no live communications home. Taped messages are all Sam can send and receive.

Thankfully, his time on the moon is nearly over, and Sam will be reunited with his wife, Tess, and their three-year-old daughter, Eve, in only a few short weeks. Finally, he will leave the isolation of “Sarang,” the moon base that has been his home for so long, and he will finally have someone to talk to beyond “Gerty,” the base’s well-intentioned, but rather uncomplicated computer.

Suddenly, Sam’s health starts to deteriorate. Painful headaches, hallucinations and a lack of focus lead to an almost fatal accident on a routine drive on the moon in a lunar rover. While recuperating back at the base (with no memory of how he got there), Sam meets a younger, angrier version of himself, who claims to be there to fulfill the same three year contract Sam started all those years ago.

Confined with what appears to be a clone of his earlier self, and with a “support crew” on its way to help put the base back into productive order, Sam is fighting the clock to discover what’s going on and where he fits into company plans. --© Sony Pictures Classics [More]

Starring: Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey

Starring: Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey

Director: Duncan Jones

Director: Duncan Jones
Screenwriter: Mark Bowden, Nathaniel Parker
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics

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At the heart of this you've got this fantastic concept and a fantastic performance from Rockwell. It's absolutely tense. It's absolutely admirable.

Full Review Source: At the Movies (Australia) | comment Comment
10/09/09
Margaret Pomeranz
Margaret Pomeranz
At the Movies (Australia)
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This is science fiction at its stimulating best.

Full Review Source: At the Movies (Australia) | comment 1 Comment
10/09/09
David Stratton
David Stratton
At the Movies (Australia)
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By halfway the film starts to feel like a mere exercise, one more effort to get maximum value from limited resources. Too much machinery, not enough dread.

Full Review Source: The Age (Australia) | comment Comment
10/08/09
Jake Wilson
Jake Wilson
The Age (Australia)
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There might even be a touch of his father in there -- ''your circuit's dead, there's something wrong, can you hear me, Major Tom?'' It is a well-built, concentrated movie with a brain and a purpose.

Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment Comment
10/08/09
Paul Byrnes
Paul Byrnes
Sydney Morning Herald
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Clearly inspired by the great science fiction films of the last century, Moon still manages to be awe-inspiring and strikingly original in its own right.

Full Review Source: FILMINK (Australia) | comment Comment
10/08/09
Brian Duff
Brian Duff
FILMINK (Australia)
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While there are echoes of Kubrick's 2001 classic, Moon has enough that's original and surprising to make it worth recommending, and not only to diehard fans of sci-fi films.

Full Review Source: Courier Mail (Australia) | comment Comment
10/08/09
Des Partridge
Des Partridge
Courier Mail (Australia)
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The filmmakers say they wanted to make a sci-fi story within their limited budget, so used ingredients that would satisfy both. Sadly, the screenplay is a bit low on other things as well, like meaningful content.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
10/02/09
Andrew L. Urban
Andrew L. Urban
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An interesting idea goes astray in this unusual sci-fi thriller in which Sam Rockwell's astronaut Sam becomes captive in the recesses of his own mind.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment 5 Comments
10/02/09
Louise Keller
Louise Keller
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In an era when grey-shaded Hollywood drudge can cost hundreds of millions and deliver nothing, Moon stands out -- and it does so with dignity.

Full Review Source: IGN Movies AU | comment Comment
09/02/09
Patrick Kolan
Patrick Kolan
IGN Movies AU
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click to read the full review on Movies for the Masses

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10/26/09
Joseph Proimakis
Joseph Proimakis
Movies for the Masses

Moon is a timely reminder of what readers of analog already know: that science fiction can be (gasp!) intelligent and thoughtful . . .

Full Review Source: fantastiqueZINE | comment Comment
10/20/09
James O'Ehley
James O'Ehley
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A moody, brooding low-key sci-fi feature that makes the most of the eeriness and solitude of long-distance separation to explore some very poignant themes of memory and existence.

Full Review Source: Screenwize | comment Comment
10/10/09
Simon Weaving
Simon Weaving
Screenwize

An eccentric sci-fi which cleverly deconstructs the mythology of the Star Treks and Star Wars which have colonised the future of our imaginations with their glamour, self-importance and operatic sound tracks.

Full Review Source: MovieTime, ABC Radio National | comment 1 Comment
10/08/09
Ruth Hessey
Ruth Hessey
MovieTime, ABC Radio National
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Much more than simple escapism, Moon may not be for everyone, but it is certainly a very good film that will inspire intriguing post-cinema conversation.

Full Review Source: smh.com.au | comment 1 Comment
10/08/09
Giles Hardie
Giles Hardie
smh.com.au
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It never quite passes the test as entertainment.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment 7 Comments
08/12/09
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Making a smart genre film is a house of cards. Of Moon's praiseworthy elements, I am most impressed with this: for a movie so rich and complex, it is wonderfully simple.

Full Review Source: UGO | comment Comment
08/11/09
Jordan Hoffman
Jordan Hoffman
UGO

an intriguing existential space oddity

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07/31/09
James Kendrick
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk

There's a marvelous sense of isolation in the picture's cold, aloof setting and classical, still frames.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Weekly | comment Comment
07/25/09
Sean Burns
Sean Burns
Philadelphia Weekly

Moon is a gripping sci-fi tale, but also has a lot of heart and humanity.

Full Review Source: Sunday Times (UK) | comment Comment
07/24/09
Cosmo Landesman
Cosmo Landesman
Sunday Times (UK)

A gripping, thoughtful, extremely claustrophobic movie.

Full Review Source: Observer [UK] | comment Comment
07/24/09
Philip French
Philip French
Observer [UK]
 
 
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