This cold, occasionally dull movie practically defies you to embrace it.
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11/27/02
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: 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
121 - 140 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
For all its flaws, though, Solaris is a good try and a definite improvement over the dull remakes Soderbergh's been sleepwalking through lately.
11/27/02
Soderbergh seems capable only of delivering artfully lighted, earnest inquiries that lack the kind of genuine depth that would make them redeemable.
11/27/02
A tedious, self-indulgent attempt to revisit Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey.
11/27/02
I loved every frame of Solaris. I'm just not sure why.
11/27/02
The filmmaking is extraordinarily assured, and any credible attempt to keep science fiction from becoming exclusively the province of 13-year-olds is welcome.
11/27/02
While there are some tremendous performances here, Davis is a real hoot, nothing all that much happens.
11/27/02
A shrewdly pared-down version that confines its focus to a single issue for the ages: the nature of romantic passion.
11/27/02
Finely crafted and executed, this is one of those rare movies that will get you talking after it's over.
11/27/02
The most opaque, self-indulgent and just plain goofy an excuse for a movie as you can imagine.
11/27/02
An example of an A-list director and movie star using their clout to do what more people in their position should: challenge themselves and their audience.
11/27/02
Aloof and lacks any real raw emotion, which is fatal for a film that relies on personal relationships.
11/27/02
If I were Clooney, I'd have pitched Jeremy Davies out of the space ship, though this would not have greatly improved this product.
11/27/02
A serious movie with serious ideas. But seriously, folks, it doesn't work.
11/27/02
It's seriously hampered by its focus on an oddly bloodless love story, but there's enough provocative, thoughtful 2001 style material about the human identity here to salvage the movie.
11/27/02
The kind of smart film that has people arguing about it on their way out of the theater.
11/27/02
Top Critic[Soderbergh] goes so far into the terrors and rewards of romantic love that he comes out the other side into the universal.
11/27/02
...one of those movies that can mean everything and nothing at once, depending on your level of intellectual curiosity and your mood.
11/27/02
It's a weird, risky concept about illusion and reality. Sometimes risks pay off, sometimes they don't. This doesn't.
11/27/02
Not for everyone, but for those with whom it will connect, it's a nice departure from standard moviegoing fare.
11/27/02
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