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Moon (2009)

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Reviews Counted:166

Fresh:148

Rotten:18

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 2 Comments
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 2 Comments
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 12 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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Out of this world. A story that could easily have been from the early days of science fiction. It's a film that has a make-or-break lead role, and Sam Rockwell makes it an incredible journey. Paul Chambers, CNN.

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02/06/10
Paul Chambers
Paul Chambers
CNNRadio

Jones je uspio stvoriti ne samo uvjerljivi nego i upe%u010Datljivi futuristi%u010Dki mikrokozmos, i to bez CGI-ja, s bud%u017Eetom od "svega" 5 milijuna dolara

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02/06/10
Dragan Antulov
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A lusciously slow trip, recalling familiar old tones while also adding its own unique touches.

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01/21/10
Jeffrey Chen
Jeffrey Chen
ReelTalk Movie Reviews

a puzzle with a solution that is elegant yet savage

Full Review Source: Killer Movie Reviews | comment Comment
01/17/10
Andrea Chase
Andrea Chase
Killer Movie Reviews

Contemplates a future full of potential and yet robbed of hope, an era where the worst malfunction technology can suffer is to simply function too well for its own good.

Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly | comment Comment
12/17/09
William Goss
William Goss
Orlando Weekly

Moon entertains by posing a puzzle whose solution opens into disturbing existential truths and paradoxes.

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12/16/09
Peter Keough
Peter Keough
Boston Phoenix

A well-assembled sci-fi thriller.

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12/16/09
Duane Byrge
Duane Byrge
Hollywood Reporter

A frequently engrossing science fiction story given a particular tension and seriousness by its moral inquiry into what it means to be fully human and alive.

Full Review Source: Screen International | comment Comment
12/16/09
Patrick Z. McGavin
Patrick Z. McGavin
Screen International

Moon actually gets a little dull in the later reels, just when it should be peaking in mystery and tension.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment 1 Comment
12/16/09
Dennis Harvey
Dennis Harvey
Variety
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Sam Rockwell's work is a light on the dark side of "Moon." It's not that the man behind the curtain isn't worth attention, it's that he's just not as interesting. It's predictably plotted, but unpredictably mournful and elegiac a la Philip K. Dick.

Full Review Source: Suite101.com | comment Comment
12/03/09
Nick Rogers
Nick Rogers
Suite101.com

One of those rare, intelligent, thought-provoking science fiction films that come along less often than a blue moon, but there are some problems with the narrative and the science.

Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope | comment Comment
11/26/09
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope
 
 
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