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
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
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Scripted, shot, directed and edited by Soderbergh with his customary intelligence and assurance, this is perhaps the most ambiguous and cerebrally sophisticated Hollywood movie in nearly three decades. Full Review |
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Anomalous and mesmerising. Full Review |
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4/5 |
With audacity and style, Steven Soderbergh has revisited one of Russian cinema's landmarks, and done so very successfully. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
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. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Clooney handles himself very well in a rare dramatic role; he draws us into Kelvin's obsessive mind nicely, although he's perhaps not quite up to the challenge of taking us over the brink. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Thoughtful, moving, impressively-directed sci-fi with a great performance by Clooney -- the pace may be off-putting but this is a deeply rewarding film. Full Review |
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4/5 |
One of the finest science fiction films since 2001: A Space Odyssey. Full Review |
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 2.5/4 |
Though having little to offer with some flaws, this is a thought provoking, fascinating and heart breaking glimpse into characters that must come to grips with their past. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Steven Soderbergh’s extremely sedate, Spartan science-fiction thriller and love story pits man’s common sense and perceptions of a higher power against his own dreams and desires. Full Review |
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3/4 |
It's an unusual challenge for a Hollywood film with a major star, but worth the effort. Full Review |
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2/4 |
While Mr. Soderbergh's direction is always compelling, the whole film does not always equal the sum of its parts. Full Review |
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84/100 |
fascinating, despite its flaws Full Review |
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4.5/5 |
Soderbergh's Solaris is a gorgeous and deceptively minimalist cinematic tone poem. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Soderbergh's latest may well leave Stanislaw Lem grumbling. My bet is virtually everyone else will be blown away. Full Review |
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The images are crisp and the pacing faultless, as you'd expect with Soderbergh, and the soundtrack (with music by Cliff Martinez) is an environment in itself. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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B- |
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. Full Review |
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2/4 |
It remains as remote as Pluto from the audience. Full Review |
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2/5 |
An unoriginal piece of originality. Move on. Full Review |
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...Tarkovsky Lite, with George Clooney’s naked posterior bringing up the rear. Full Review |
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