Finely crafted and executed, this is one of those rare movies that will get you talking after it's over.
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11/27/02
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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
Visually astonishing and thoroughly admirable.
11/27/02
Top CriticI prefer Soderbergh's concentration on his two lovers over Tarkovsky's mostly male, mostly patriarchal debating societies.
12/19/02
Top CriticMany 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
...there you are, keenly aware that if you were intellectual enough, this would be seriously exciting entertainment. But since something in your artistic-merit decoder isn't functioning properly, you’re checking your watch
11/27/02
No film this acutely self-aware has fallen victim to unjust contempt so widespread since Last Action Hero.
06/17/03
It is, all at once, exhilarating, frustrating, cryptic and wise.
11/28/02
Top CriticAs written by director Steven Soderbergh, Solaris comes across as one of those movies filled with cryptic dialogue that skirts around the story, forcing viewers to use their imaginations to fill in the blanks.
11/26/02
Always a probing, intuitive filmmaker, Soderbergh, after some floundering attempts in the past, finally gets one of his cinematic experiments right.
11/29/02
If George Clooney gives the best performance of his career here, he is probably still too facile for the material, his good looks and now instinctive charisma rubbing against the grain of an emotionally devastated character.
12/25/02
Soderbergh skims the fat from the 1972 film. What's left is a rich stew of longing.
11/26/02
Top CriticSoderbergh has leaned on his cast to supply an involving human element, and the fierce Clooney and vital Natascha McElhone, as his wife, deliver.
11/26/02
Soderbergh does a fine job creating a moody atmosphere of pervasive anxiety.
11/27/02
Solaris is a technically accomplished film but with a focus so narrow and a story so seemingly slight that it will probably bore most audiences.
12/05/02
fascinating, despite its flaws
03/04/06
Love it or hate it, however, there’s no question this is a seriously intended work by a major American filmmaker.
01/06/04
This science fiction, psychological drama will make you think, but might also make you sleep as well.
11/28/02
A solemn, splintered meditation on lost love: a movie about personal space, in space.
11/28/02
Both cerebral and woozy, like a Twilight Zone episode with hyper visuals, or a more vulnerable, even feminized update on Them.
11/29/02
Pleasingly, Soderbergh does not pander much to expectations and more than once evokes Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey.
11/22/02
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July 20, 2007:
Catalina Sandina Morena Joins Soderbergh's Che Films
Did you know that Steven Soderbergh was making a movie about Che Guevara? Starring Benicio Del Toro in the title role? Yeah, me too. But somehow I missed the news that he was... More...
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