Though having little to offer with some flaws, this is a thought provoking, fascinating and heart breaking glimpse into characters that must come to grips with their past.
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Solaris (2002)
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Reviews Counted:195
Fresh:126
Rotten:69
Average Rating:6.5/10
Consensus: Slow-moving, cerebral, and ambiguous, Solaris is not a movie for everyone, but it offers intriguing issues to ponder.
Theatrical Release:Nov 27, 2002 Wide
Box Office: $14,780,776
Synopsis: Steven Soderbergh, whose eclectic resume includes the Academy Award(R)-winning drama "Traffic" as well as last year's ensemble caper "Ocean's Eleven," now brings his unique vision to SOLARIS, a... [More]
Starring: George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Jeremy Davies, Viola Davis
Director: Steven Soderbergh
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Reviews for Solaris
Steven Soderbergh’s extremely sedate, Spartan science-fiction thriller and love story pits man’s common sense and perceptions of a higher power against his own dreams and desires.
08/07/08
It's an unusual challenge for a Hollywood film with a major star, but worth the effort.
03/21/08
While Mr. Soderbergh's direction is always compelling, the whole film does not always equal the sum of its parts.
07/14/07
Scripted, shot, directed and edited by Soderbergh with his customary intelligence and assurance, this is perhaps the most ambiguous and cerebrally sophisticated Hollywood movie in nearly three decades.
06/24/06
fascinating, despite its flaws
03/04/06
Soderbergh's Solaris is a gorgeous and deceptively minimalist cinematic tone poem.
12/06/05
Soderbergh's latest may well leave Stanislaw Lem grumbling. My bet is virtually everyone else will be blown away.
12/06/05
The images are crisp and the pacing faultless, as you'd expect with Soderbergh, and the soundtrack (with music by Cliff Martinez) is an environment in itself.
03/03/05
Many will justifiably find [it] a heady experience akin to 90 minutes of watching paint dry. Others will see that paint forming something close to a masterpiece.
01/21/05
Based on Stanislaw Lem's novel and Andrei Tarkovsky's sci-fi epic, Soderbergh's Solaris is drastically abridged and the most sentimental of the three.
01/15/05
It remains as remote as Pluto from the audience.
06/23/04
An unoriginal piece of originality. Move on.
05/26/04
...Tarkovsky Lite, with George Clooney’s naked posterior bringing up the rear.
02/16/04
Sure Solaris is ambitious. Even audacious. But too many plot points are left to the audience's imagination without any explanation whatsoever.
02/01/04
Love it or hate it, however, there’s no question this is a seriously intended work by a major American filmmaker.
01/06/04
... A rare film of value and true significance.
01/06/04
Anomalous and mesmerising.
10/19/03
Solaris light - shorter, more focused, more accessible, sweeter.
10/15/03
Soderbergh's film is the perfect blend of artiness and mainstream appeal, a triumph for Hollywood's most successful art-house director.
09/06/03
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