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Reviews Counted:151
Fresh:112
Rotten:39
Average Rating:6.8/10
Consensus: Danny Boyle continues his descent into mind-twisting sci-fi madness, taking us along for the ride. Sunshine fulfills the dual requisite necessary to become classic sci-fi: dazzling visuals with intelligent action.
Theatrical Release:06-04-2007
Synopsis: Danny Boyle has excelled in nearly every genre he's touched from the family film (MILLIONS) to the zombie movie (28 DAYS LATER) to the drug-fuelled drama (TRAINSPOTTING). With SUNSHINE, he brings... [More]
Reminiscent of scary/spacey dramas like 2001: A Space Odyssey, Solaris, and Alien, this flick doesn't break any new ground. However, the acting is beyond reproach and the characters are as textured and layered as in any fully-realized drama.
Stunning, gripping and adventurous, giving new meaning to The Big Bang.
In a bold attempt to create a fresh update on the ever-flagging sci-fi movie genre, director Danny Boyle achieves a visually stunning cinematic poem that is as bewitching as it is infuriating for its dependence on genre cliches.
Though well-produced and dealing with unexplored idea, this blend of sci-fi and horror feels more like a contrived summation of generic conventions, borrowing and reinveting from classics by Kubrick, Scott and others, with a bizarre, incongruous ending.
Call it sci-fi yoga and enjoy it as an appetizer to Solaris.
Awesome CGI, cliched human drama.
Like the films it grandly and unabashedly pays homage to, Sunshine is serious science fiction for those who prefer to think of space's real possibilities rather than escape into fantasy.
In essence, Boyle chooses not to embrace the sci-fi genre; he tries to rise above it as if it weren't worthy of him.
Despite all that talent on display, Sunshine is a philosophical blank slate.
Lots of advance reviews have complained that the film falls apart at the end, which I don't buy at all.
Sunshine is canny enough to avoid being reducible to the sum of its parts, and finds a perfect balance between claustrophobic thrills and eye-goggling awe.
So what if Kubrick already said it all? Set the controls for the heart of the sun anyway.
Sunshine achieves a level of plausibility that, while still taking some poetic license, allows the viewer to appreciate not only the filmmakers’ craft but their ideas.
Cria uma excepcional atmosfera de tensão crescente, fragilizando-se apenas em seu terceiro ato graças ao péssimo vilão. E sua discussão teológica e filosófica revela-se boba e superficial. Por outro lado, as atuações e os efeitos visuais são impecáveis.
A wonderfully visual sci-fi thriller, taut with tension and spectacular special effects. My only reservation lies in the twist that reveals itself about 40 minutes before the end, which takes it into precariously ho-hum territory.
An extraordinary film, operating simultaneously at visceral, psychological and spiritual levels as it takes us on a voyage into space with the fate of mankind at stake.
Top CriticThe narrative is, like all of Garland's work, a series of contrived plot points leading to an insane conclusion.
Like a collapsing star, Sunshine initially burns brightly but finally implodes into a dramatic black hole.
Top CriticIf you were expecting Danny Boyle to do for sci-fi what he did for the zombie flick with 28 Days Later, then you'd be disappointed . . .
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