Solaris light - shorter, more focused, more accessible, sweeter.
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10/15/03
Solaris (2002)
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Reviews Counted:195
Fresh:126
Rotten:69
Average Rating:6.5/10
Consensus: Slow-moving, cerebral, and ambiguous, Solaris is not a movie for everyone, but it offers intriguing issues to ponder.
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Genre: Dramas
US Box Office: $14,780,776
Synopsis: Steven Soderbergh, whose eclectic resume includes the Academy Award(R)-winning drama "Traffic" as well as last year's ensemble caper "Ocean's Eleven," now brings his unique vision to SOLARIS, a... [More]
Starring: George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Jeremy Davies, Viola Davis
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Reviews for Solaris
21 - 40 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Soderbergh's film is the perfect blend of artiness and mainstream appeal, a triumph for Hollywood's most successful art-house director.
09/06/03
It’s an interesting movie and a good rental, but it never quite engages like it should.
07/31/03
A memorable meditation on life, love and loss and a throwback to the days when science-fiction films put an emphasis on big ideas over big toys.
07/26/03
O filme se prejudica ao tentar amarrar demais seu desfecho a fim de dar uma justificativa para os espectadores contemporâneos.
07/25/03
No film this acutely self-aware has fallen victim to unjust contempt so widespread since Last Action Hero.
06/17/03
Steven Soderbergh's head scratcher is more concerned with inner than outer space.
05/20/03
In a move as audacious as it is disastrous, Steve Soderbergh has decided to push the edges of what filmmaking can be and created in Solaris not so much a motion picture as a still life.
04/05/03
With audacity and style, Steven Soderbergh has revisited one of Russian cinema's landmarks, and done so very successfully.
03/25/03
Top CriticIt has the courage to wonder about big questions with sincerity and devotion. It risks seeming slow and pretentious, because it thinks the gamble is worth the promise.
03/16/03
If you're the type to be stimulated by Solaris's weighty philosophical issues, it's a mind-bending sci-fi trip into the unknown. For all others, it will be the perfect cure for insomnia. .
03/09/03
Top CriticClooney handles himself very well in a rare dramatic role; he draws us into Kelvin's obsessive mind nicely, although he's perhaps not quite up to the challenge of taking us over the brink.
02/27/03
Thoughtful, moving, impressively-directed sci-fi with a great performance by Clooney -- the pace may be off-putting but this is a deeply rewarding film.
02/22/03
Completely devoid of splashy special effects, Soderbergh's Solaris is beautifully shot with a minimalist effect.
02/17/03
One of the finest science fiction films since 2001: A Space Odyssey.
02/11/03
...A thoughtful and troubling excavation into the depths of human nature.
02/08/03
An involving Sci-Fi film.
01/29/03
If you're going to make a 'thinking man's' film that alienates the public at large, then at least have the foresight to avoid amateurish dialogue delivered by feeble performances.
01/13/03
Solaris fades to a less than satisfying conclusion, where its blending of space, time, reality, remorse, redemption, and George Clooney's naked butt might even have Albert Einstein pinching himself to see if he's still with us.
12/25/02
If George Clooney gives the best performance of his career here, he is probably still too facile for the material, his good looks and now instinctive charisma rubbing against the grain of an emotionally devastated character.
12/25/02
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