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Moon (2009)

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Reviews Counted:158

Fresh:141

Rotten:17

Average Rating:7.4/10

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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It feels like a "moon" trip we've taken before in better films but Sam Rockwell is brilliant in a tour-de-force performance.

Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
06/11/09
Pete Hammond
Pete Hammond
Hollywood.com

Duncan Jones, son of David Bowie (nee David Jones), makes his feature debut with a calling card that shows his potential as a filmmaker.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
06/11/09
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews

A compelling low-budget sci-fi drama about a lonely astronaut on the moon who faces one conundrum after another as he tries to cope with the changes in his life and destiny.

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
06/11/09
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

...either an over-extended or under developed treatment of a good idea. There's not enough there there to make "Moon" an exceptional genre piece.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment 2 Comments
06/11/09
Laura Clifford
Laura Clifford
Reeling Reviews

An intelligent, evocative and deceptively low-key sci-fi adventure.

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
06/11/09
Claudia Puig
Claudia Puig
USA Today

Director Duncan Jones (son of David Bowie), working from a script by Nathan Parker, pulls off sci-fi miracles on a $5 million shoestring. Moon is a potent provocation that relies on ideas instead of computer tricks to stir up excitement.

Full Review Source: Rolling Stone | comment 1 Comment
06/11/09
Peter Travers
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
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Why don't we see movies this mesmerizing more often?

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
06/11/09
Elizabeth Weitzman
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News

This is Rockwell's movie.

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

Moon is enjoyable as much for its small scale and solid execution as for its crazy twists and creeping existential dread.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
06/11/09
Noel Murray
Noel Murray
AV Club

[Duncan Jones] sets out to reclaim the humanity in a genre that's been overtaken by special effects and the opportunity to spin-off toys and videogames. He succeeds.

Full Review Source: Metromix.com | comment Comment
06/11/09
Geoff Berkshire
Geoff Berkshire
Metromix.com

An intellectual sci-fi tale that unabashedly takes its inspiration from 2001: A Space Odyssey. Unfortunately, it resembles the Kubrick masterpiece less than an episode of The Outer Limits.

Full Review Source: One Guy's Opinion | comment Comment
06/11/09
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion

By film's end, it feels like you've been talking to the same robot as always.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
06/11/09
Chris Cabin
Chris Cabin
Filmcritic.com

Moon really gets under the skin as it probes the nature of humanity while keeping us on the edge of our seats.

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
06/11/09
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

Moon is the first feature to be directed by Duncan Jones, who is David Bowie's son, and he brings it a grimy industrial look, as well as witty touches like giving Gerty a smiley-face screen that changes expression in tandem with Spacey's voice.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
06/10/09
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
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Though there is a considerable gap between his level of ambition and execution, Jones deserves credit for making an intelligent sci-fi that respects the genre's conventions (and limitations) and doesn't rely much on f/x.

Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment Comment
06/10/09
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

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

The whole film feels like a throwback to classic sci-fi films (think 2001, Blade Runner), days that didn’t rely so much on CGI but on good old-fashioned and clammy human panic.

Full Review Source: New York Observer | comment Comment
06/10/09
Sara Vilkomerson
Sara Vilkomerson
New York Observer

Impressively pulled together on a modest budget, Moon has a strong lead and a valid philosophical premise but, despite Bell's fissured psyche, the drama is inert. Ground control to Major Tom: Moon orbits an idea, but it doesn't go anywhere.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment 6 Comments
06/10/09
J. Hoberman
J. Hoberman
Village Voice
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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

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
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Sci-Fi Movie Page
 
 
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