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Solaris

2002

Steven Soderbergh

George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Jeremy Davies, Viola Davis ...

5.2

13,109

Sci-Fi. Romance. Mystery A psychologist still reeling from the death of his wife receives a cryptic message from a friend telling him to join him on the space station Solaris which is studying a spatial phenomena. Because of the phenomena, people from the Solaris' crew's memories begin appearing and interacting with them, including the psychologist's dead wife. The people appearing do not know they were created by the phenomena and think they are the "real" ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	John Anderson Newsday	"A return to what sci-fi was meant to be: Not a way to titillate teenage boys, but a means of finding a context for complex human issues."	POS
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"'Solaris': Cerebral space odyssey. (...) Soderbergh does a fine job creating a moody atmosphere of pervasive anxiety. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"With audacity and style, Steven Soderbergh has revisited one of Russian cinema's landmarks, and done so very successfully (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Stephen Holden The New York Times	"Its insistence on remaining cerebral and somber to the end may be a sign of integrity, but it should cost it dearly at the box office."	NEU
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Soderbergh's version is more clean and spare, more easily readable, but it pays full attention to the ideas and doesn't compromise (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Scott Tobias AV Club	"The film contains a surprising depth of feeling within its egg-shaped head. Like the most enduring science fiction, 'Solaris' has the pull of Big Ideas, but doesn't sever the heart from the mind."	POS
United Kingdom	David Hughes Empire	"A film of aesthetic and emotional beauty that's extremely formal in structure and style (...) It does offer rich rewards for those willing to endure the slow, thoughtful pace (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Michael Nordine IndieWire	"One of the eclectic auteur’s most moving films"	POS
United Kingdom	Nev Pierce BBC	"Place yourself in the action and you'll discover one of the finest science fiction films since '2001: A Space Odyssey' (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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