It is, all at once, exhilarating, frustrating, cryptic and wise.
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11/28/02
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: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
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
101 - 120 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
George Clooney delivers one of his best performances.
11/28/02
For those who remember those breathtaking visions of Sci-Fi movies -- that first sunlit crest of 2001,'s monolith, the musical 'hellos' of Close Encounters, or the first time E.T.'s finger glowed -- there's a magic waiting to be discovered.
11/28/02
There is a truly memorable love story somewhere in Solaris, unfortunately it’s buried under much 2001-ish pretensions.
11/27/02
Brainy, artistic and muted, almost to the point of suffocation.
11/27/02
...there you are, keenly aware that if you were intellectual enough, this would be seriously exciting entertainment. But since something in your artistic-merit decoder isn't functioning properly, you’re checking your watch
11/27/02
Although it's meant to be restrained and free of emotional hysteria, the result is a movie that pretty much lies dead on the screen for an hour and a half.
11/27/02
Top CriticOne for the graduate students who know everything about movies except how to enjoy them.
11/27/02
Top CriticSoderbergh does a fine job creating a moody atmosphere of pervasive anxiety.
11/27/02
Top CriticMeshing philosophical inquiry with a propulsive otherworldly mystery, it has the smart-pop quality of a vintage episode of Star Trek.
11/27/02
Like the blood on the walls of the space station, it's pretty dry.
11/27/02
While it's rather bracing to see a movie in which everything isn't spelled out from the start ... Solaris is too often a mystifying genre experiment.
11/27/02
Overall it's a solidly told and intriguing piece of old-school sci-fi storytelling.
11/27/02
If you give it half a chance, it will bore into your subconscious, mess with your mind and leave you mumbling, 'Hmm, what if --'
11/27/02
Comes across as less than a spontaneous work of the heart and more like a grim-faced stab at artistic importance.
11/27/02
This bit of pseudoscience has been made appropriately enigmatic by Soderbergh and company.
11/27/02
An original and mature motion picture, a challenge for the unsuspecting and a treat for the daring.
11/27/02
It's a beautiful and sober movie -- but it doesn't nearly go where no film of this material has gone before.
11/27/02
A return to what sci-fi was meant to be: Not a way to titillate teenage boys, but a means of finding a context for complex human issues.
11/27/02
So beautifully made (everything in it is understated except the gorgeous good looks of its stars) and turns out to have such real cumulative power that it is worth holding out to the end.
11/27/02
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