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Moon (2009)

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Reviews Counted:162

Fresh:144

Rotten:18

Average Rating:7.3/10

Consensus: Boosted by Sam Rockwell's intense performance, Moon is a compelling work of science-fiction, and a promising debut from director Duncan Jones.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for language.

Genre: Action/Adventure

Theatrical Release:Jun 12, 2009 Limited

Box Office: $4,785,434

Synopsis: It is the near future. Astronaut Sam Bell is living on the far side of the moon, completing a three-year contract with Lunar Industries to mine Earth’s primary source of energy, Helium-3. It is a... It is the near future. Astronaut Sam Bell is living on the far side of the moon, completing a three-year contract with Lunar Industries to mine Earth’s primary source of energy, Helium-3. It is a lonely job, made harder by a broken satellite that allows no live communications home. Taped messages are all Sam can send and receive.

Thankfully, his time on the moon is nearly over, and Sam will be reunited with his wife, Tess, and their three-year-old daughter, Eve, in only a few short weeks. Finally, he will leave the isolation of “Sarang,” the moon base that has been his home for so long, and he will finally have someone to talk to beyond “Gerty,” the base’s well-intentioned, but rather uncomplicated computer.

Suddenly, Sam’s health starts to deteriorate. Painful headaches, hallucinations and a lack of focus lead to an almost fatal accident on a routine drive on the moon in a lunar rover. While recuperating back at the base (with no memory of how he got there), Sam meets a younger, angrier version of himself, who claims to be there to fulfill the same three year contract Sam started all those years ago.

Confined with what appears to be a clone of his earlier self, and with a “support crew” on its way to help put the base back into productive order, Sam is fighting the clock to discover what’s going on and where he fits into company plans. --© Sony Pictures Classics [More]

Starring: Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey

Starring: Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey

Director: Duncan Jones

Director: Duncan Jones
Screenwriter: Mark Bowden, Nathaniel Parker
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics

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An impressive directorial debut with a smart, absorbing and well-acted film that’s not just for geeks.

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07/17/09
Heat Magazine

A minor masterpiece. Quite simply Moon, given its minuscule budget - around £2.5million - is a cinematic miracle. The film is one of the best examples of thought provoking sci-fi that we have seen in an age.

Full Review Source: Sunday Mail [UK] | comment Comment
07/17/09
Sunday Mail [UK]

What a joy - old-school, intelligent sci-fi.

Full Review Source: Sun Online | comment Comment
07/17/09
Sun Online

The film's ideas are interesting, but don't feel entirely worked out, and Mr. Rockwell's intriguingly strange performance (or performances) is left suspended, without the context that would give Sam's plight its full emotional and philosophical impact.

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06/12/09
A.O. Scott
A.O. Scott
New York Times
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Enjoyably trippy, brain-bending stuff, but the most satisfying thing about Moon is that it marks a return to the notion of science fiction as a genre fuelled by big ideas rather than big special effects.

Full Review Source: Scotsman | comment Comment
07/17/09
Alistair Harkness
Alistair Harkness
Scotsman

Intelligent, resourceful and elegantly made, Moon marks a mightily impressive low-budget debut from director Duncan Jones.

Full Review Source: Daily Express | comment Comment
07/17/09
Allan Hunter
Allan Hunter
Daily Express

The intelligence and care with which the movie was produced makes the script's minor deficiencies stand out in contrast, but on the whole, Moon is the sort of trippy sci-fi dystopia that's best enjoyed on the big screen.

Full Review Source: MSNBC | comment Comment
06/09/09
Alonso Duralde
Alonso Duralde
MSNBC

This is Rockwell's movie.

Full Review Source: I.E. Weekly | comment 2 Comments
06/11/09
Amy Nicholson
Amy Nicholson
I.E. Weekly

An indie sci-fi movie? That's what the director Duncan Jones has put together, to mostly inspired effect.

Full Review Source: Independent | comment Comment
07/17/09
Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn
Independent

Intriguing and suspenseful with awe-inspiring visuals and terrific, well-nuanced performances by Sam Rockwell in dual roles.

Full Review Source: NYC Movie Guru | comment Comment
06/13/09
Avi Offer
Avi Offer
NYC Movie Guru

You’ve rarely seen so many influences assimilated as smoothly or affectionately as they are here, and for a good portion of its running time, Moon casts a spell in spite of its self-consciousness.

Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
06/10/09
Ben Kenigsberg
Ben Kenigsberg
Time Out New York

This is a deep and inventive exploration into the human psyche, made believable thanks to a wonderful performance from Rockwell.

Full Review Source: At the Movies | comment Comment
06/15/09
Ben Lyons
Ben Lyons
At the Movies

Very inventive.

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06/15/09
Ben Mankiewicz
Ben Mankiewicz
At the Movies

An eerie, disturbing and moving film, but not without occasional bursts of humour, Moon is a refreshing antidote to the dumb action-orientated futuristic fodder has dominated cinemas in recent years.

Full Review Source: Digital Spy | comment Comment
07/17/09
Ben Rawson-Jones
Ben Rawson-Jones
Digital Spy

Director Duncan Jones also taps into the visual style of Silent Running, which was directed by special effects wizard Douglas Trumbull. Taking his cue from Trumbull, Jones creates a vivid but far from perfect futuristic world.

Full Review Source: KPBS.org | comment Comment
06/18/09
Beth Accomando
Beth Accomando
KPBS.org

Moon is first-rate science fiction, tackling such issues as identity, individuality and the effects of isolation on the psyche and the soul.

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
07/03/09
Bill Goodykoontz
Bill Goodykoontz
Arizona Republic

Moon is, quite simply, an astonishingly good debut, supremely confident and assured.

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07/09/09
Brandon Fibbs
Brandon Fibbs
BrandonFibbs.com

Clearly inspired by the great science fiction films of the last century, Moon still manages to be awe-inspiring and strikingly original in its own right.

Full Review Source: FILMINK (Australia) | comment Comment
10/08/09
Brian Duff
Brian Duff
FILMINK (Australia)

Evocative, riveting, and ultimately contemporary in a roundabout way, Moon is a superb mood piece, sublimely cradled by Jones, filtered through tireless work from star Sam Rockwell.

Full Review Source: Sci-Fi Movie Page | comment Comment
06/09/09
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
Sci-Fi Movie Page

Movies as daring as Moon should be applauded before all little films are replaced by safer, hipper models of themselves.

Full Review Source: Movie Retriever | comment Comment
06/19/09
Brian Tallerico
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Movie Retriever
 
 
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