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05/29/08
Sunshine (2007)
75 %
Reviews Counted: 146 Fresh: 110 Rotten:36 Average Rating: 6.8/10
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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.
Rated: 15
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
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 his style and verve to the futuristic world of science fiction to great success. In a mere five... [More]
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Starring: Cillian Murphy, Chris Evans, Rose Byrne, Troy Garity, Cliff Curtis
Director: Danny Boyle
Screenwriter: Alex Garland
Producer: Andrew MacDonald
Composer: Underworld, John Murphy
Screenwriter: Alex Garland
Producer: Andrew MacDonald
Composer: Underworld, John Murphy
Reviews
Danny Boyle's sci-fi thriller is enjoyable, well acted and packed with references throughout although it abandons its fascinating premise for a disappointingly conventional finale.
09/22/07
This is Sci-fi at its proudest; an incredible achievement that reminds us why Danny Boyle is the best British director working today.
09/22/07
Brilliantly mixes eye-popping effects and edge-of-your-seat action to make this sci-fi scorcher the hottest ticket around.
04/10/07
Sunshine is dazzling, but not quite a blinder - your eyeballs may be singed, but don't expect any long-lasting effects on your cosmic consciousness.
04/10/07
Stunning sequences and gobsmacking Nasa-graphic visuals which are destined to be shown on giant Imax screens around the country.
04/10/07
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The only thing more dazzling than the angry star throbbing at the centre of our dying solar system is the production design on Danny Boyle’s visually arresting sci-fi picture.
04/10/07
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A blazingly intense sci-fi thriller and a blinding visual experience.
04/10/07
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The idea is to send you out perplexed, but chattering over possible solutions, but the salty authenticity that made it so rich is lost in space, and a superb sci-fi movie becomes merely a very decent one.
04/10/07
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Sci-fi spectacle meets intimate drama. Murphy leads a strong ensemble cast as Boyle nails yet another genre.
04/10/07
It’s in the relationship between the crew and the sun that ‘Sunshine’ really shines.
04/10/07
Top Critic
Aside from a last-act blip when everything goes a little bit “what the hell?”, this is a knuckle-gnawingly tense, glorious action thriller and marks yet another genre nailed by Danny Boyle.
04/10/07
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05/30/08
The closer he gets to the sun, the more Boyle loses his nerve, reducing a tense, unpredictable thriller to a needlessly bloody, pseudo-spiritual mess.
04/10/08
Sunshine belongs to that select group of science-fiction films that care more about the science than the fiction.
02/28/08
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01/15/08
A decent science-fiction movie which despite its solid overall production would surely have been a lot better had the momentum and ethereal quality of its first two acts been smoothly transitioned into the finale.
10/05/07
Boyle and his cast set the controls to the heart of the sun and drive the interstellar pilgrimage beyond the dubious science and rickety story line with magnificent imagery and a gravity that pulls you in.
09/22/07
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