Some will think it's brilliant and others may call it garbage - but very few will be able to say that they've ever seen anything quite like 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
141 - 160 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
In a film of mostly singular shots and very few whole dialogue passages, the silence and unreliance on overemphasizing the glorious special effects gives the viewer plenty of time to think about the discussions the characters have.
11/27/02
This tale of the battle between predestination and free choice may hold some appeal to more mature audiences but will be hard pressed to get the younger, laser-sword-loving sci-fi fans to the theaters.
11/27/02
Steven Soderbergh's emotional, imaginative remake of a 1970s Soviet sci-fi classic is visually stunning and philosophically challenging.
11/27/02
Some people might be looking for a Titanic in the sky, what with James Cameron being a producer, but Solaris is an epic of the emotions, not the planets.
11/27/02
We split on this one, but both agree it was pretty to watch.
11/27/02
Visually astonishing and thoroughly admirable.
11/27/02
Tautly elliptical story of love, memory, guilt and redemption.
11/27/02
Solaris is very good, but perhaps only for pensive audiences
11/27/02
Soderbergh, in essence, has come up with a plodding and far less psychologically arresting version of Ghost.
11/27/02
A thought-provoking exploration of the elusive nature of relationships.
11/27/02
How do you spell self-indulgent?
11/27/02
Steven Soderbergh doesn’t remake Andrei Tarkovsky’s Solaris so much as distill it.
11/27/02
Like Kubrick, Soderbergh isn't afraid to try any genre and to do it his own way.
11/27/02
A humorless journey into a philosophical void.
11/27/02
Some viewers will find Solaris difficult or dull. My complaint is different: I think it’s dishonest.
11/27/02
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11/26/02
An earnest film of grand ideas and even grander ambitions... it's easy to foresee chuckleheads lining up in droves to take turns pissing all over this one.
11/26/02
An absorbing, challenging, mostly well-acted change-of-pace space thriller.
11/26/02
The result is a big, beautiful bore.
11/26/02
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