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Moon (2009)

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Reviews Counted:158

Fresh:141

Rotten:17

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.

Rated: 15 [See Full Rating] for language.

Genre: Action/Adventure

Theatrical Release:17-07-2009

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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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)

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 Comment
10/02/09
Andrew L. Urban
Andrew L. Urban
Urban Cinefile

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 6 Comments
10/02/09
Louise Keller
Louise Keller
Urban Cinefile

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

It never quite passes the test as entertainment.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment 7 Comments
08/12/09
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Making a smart genre film is a house of cards. Of Moon's praiseworthy elements, I am most impressed with this: for a movie so rich and complex, it is wonderfully simple.

Full Review Source: UGO | comment Comment
08/11/09
Jordan Hoffman
Jordan Hoffman
UGO

an intriguing existential space oddity

Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk | comment Comment
07/31/09
James Kendrick
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk

There's a marvelous sense of isolation in the picture's cold, aloof setting and classical, still frames.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Weekly | comment Comment
07/25/09
Sean Burns
Sean Burns
Philadelphia Weekly

With the sci-fi genre descending to disappointing new CG-assisted lows this summer (yes, I'm talking to you, Michael Bay), Moon ... is a perfectly timed little space oddity.

Full Review Source: Times-Picayune | comment 2 Comments
07/17/09
Mike Scott
Mike Scott
Times-Picayune

Parental Content Review

Full Review Source: Screen It! | comment Comment
07/16/09
Jim Judy
Jim Judy
Screen It!

It's basically non-violent, yet at moments I felt a deep %u2013 not horror, exactly, more like dismayed awe %u2013 at what we are discovering with Sam. My companions and I left the theatre feeling very satisfied, and I hope you will as well. Moon feels

Full Review Source: Cinerina | comment Comment
07/14/09
Karina Montgomery
Karina Montgomery
Cinerina

With Ziggy Stardust for a father, Major Tom for an uncle and, presumably, the spiders from Mars for assorted in-laws, is it any wonder that Duncan Jones chose a science fiction project to mark his feature film debut?

Full Review Source: Creative Loafing | comment Comment
07/14/09
Matt Brunson
Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing

Moon gleefully steals from other, superior sci-fi flicks but still manages to make a statement all its own.

Full Review Source: What Would Toto Watch? | comment Comment
07/14/09
Christian Toto
Christian Toto
What Would Toto Watch?

A throwback to the relatively thoughtful, adult-oriented science-fiction films that briefly were in vogue in the late 1960s and 1970s.

Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | comment Comment
07/13/09
John Beifuss
John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

A boost to the usually disappointed sci-fi genre; Jones is a director to watch.

Full Review Source: Washington City Paper | comment Comment
07/11/09
Tricia Olszewski
Tricia Olszewski
Washington City Paper

This unique cinematic doozy is a refreshing alternative to the mindless summer blockbuster fare.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Spectrum | comment Comment
07/10/09
Keith Cohen
Keith Cohen
Entertainment Spectrum

No Starchild. No ultimate trip. No jive-talking robots. Just good old-fashioned story-telling.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
07/10/09
Christopher Long
Christopher Long
DVDTown.com

A heady trip into the landscape of the mind.

Full Review Source: Illinois Times | comment Comment
07/10/09
Charles Koplinski
Charles Koplinski
Illinois Times

Moon has heart, brains and a sense of humor, not to mention some nifty model-based special effects ... and a blockbuster performance by Sam Rockwell...

Full Review Source: Playback:stl | comment Comment
07/10/09
Sarah Boslaugh
Sarah Boslaugh
Playback:stl

Most contemporary sci-fi movies come on with all CGI-guns blazing, trying to blow the roof off the theater. Moon settles for trying to blow your mind instead.

Full Review Source: Miami Herald | comment Comment
07/10/09
Rene Rodriguez
Rene Rodriguez
Miami Herald
 
 
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