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Solaris (2002)

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Reviews Counted: 183 Fresh: 117  Rotten:66 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. Slow-moving, cerebral, and ambiguous, Solaris is not a movie for everyone, but it offers intriguing issues to ponder. more
 
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
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 story of love, redemption, second chances and a space mission gone terribly... [More]
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 story of love, redemption, second chances and a space mission gone terribly wrong. SOLARIS is a love story rich with emotion and mystery, set within a science fiction framework. The story, which takes place sometime in the future, opens as Dr. Chris Kelvin is asked to investigate the unexplained behavior of a small group of scientists aboard the space station Prometheus, who have cut off all communication with Earth. Kelvin undertakes the journey after watching a communique from his close friend Gibarian, the mission's commander, who seeks Kelvin's help aboard the Prometheus for reasons Gibarian is unwilling - or unable - to explain. Keenly aware that his opinion will decide the fate of the orbital station, Kelvin is shocked by what he finds upon his arrival: Gibarian has committed suicide and the two remaining scientists are exhibiting signs of extreme stress and paranoia, seemingly caused by the results of their examination of the planet Solaris. Kelvin, too, becomes entrapped in the unique world's mysteries. Solaris, somehow, presents him with a second chance at love - to change the course of a past relationship that has caused him overwhelming guilt and remorse. But can he really revisit and alter the past? Or is he fated to repeat its mistakes? -- © 20th Century Fox [Less]

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Starring: George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Jeremy Davies, Viola Davis, Ulrich Tukur

Director: Steven Soderbergh
Screenwriter: Steven Soderbergh
Producer: James Cameron, Jon Landau, Rae Sanchini
Composer: Cliff Martinez

DVD Info

Release:

Apr 4, 2006

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case - Sensormatic
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Digital Surround - English, French, Spanish

Additional Release Material:

  • Featurettes - 1. HBO "Making of" Special
  • 2. Steven Soderbergh's "Making of SOLARIS" Special
  • Audio Commentary - Steven Soderbergh - Director and James Cameron - Producer
  • Trailers

Interactive Features:

  • Interactive Menus
  • Scene Selection

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • Stills/Photos - SOLARIS Screenplay Stills

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Anomalous and mesmerising.

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It 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.

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One of the finest science fiction films since 2001: A Space Odyssey.

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fascinating, despite its flaws

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Many will justifiably find [it] a heady experience akin to 90 minutes of watching paint dry. Others will see that paint forming something close to a masterpiece.

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01/21/05 07:46 PM
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Based on Stanislaw Lem's novel and Andrei Tarkovsky's sci-fi epic, Soderbergh's Solaris is drastically abridged and the most sentimental of the three.

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It remains as remote as Pluto from the audience.

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Judith Egerton
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