Fiasco of infuriating pretentiousness and numbing incoherence.
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12/19/02
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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
Top CriticI prefer Soderbergh's concentration on his two lovers over Tarkovsky's mostly male, mostly patriarchal debating societies.
12/19/02
Top CriticSolaris does not reduce the complex dilemma it creates for itself down to a simple set of conditions solved by a simple set of rules.
12/17/02
A movie with little joy, no oomph, and paced so agonizingly slow that I fought a constant battle against nodding off.
12/17/02
Why Steven Soderbergh and his producers (who include James Cameron) wanted to try their hands at it is a mystery. And viewing the hollow result doesn’t shed any light on that mystery.
12/16/02
Some movies blend together as they become distant memories. Mention “Solaris” five years from now and I’m sure those who saw it will have an opinion to share.
12/12/02
...Although Solaris finally embraces a more hopeful ending than it should, the journey there is an incredibly fruitful one.
12/11/02
Soderbergh fashions an ambitious conceit into a sub-Shyamalan movie.
12/11/02
I'm not one of those who encourages people to pay their hard-earned money to suffer for the sake of someone else's art, so I can't recommend this film.
12/10/02
...a science fiction masterpiece.
12/09/02
As a thoughtful but self-indulgent showcase, Solaris has its rare moments of chilly reception. The film's pathos is in the pudding but the taste has the welcomed flavor of a crunchy moon rock.
12/08/02
not exactly a date movie, unless your date is a graduate student in philosophy
12/08/02
A mysterious and powerful movie, much like the strange planet at the far reaches of the universe for which it is named.
12/08/02
This is a film as elegantly directed as any by Kubrick, one which is superbly acted and brilliantly scored, as spellbinding a work of cinema as we're likely to see for some time.
12/08/02
Solaris is rigid and evasive in ways that Soderbergh's best films, "Erin Brockovich," "Out of Sight" and "Ocean's Eleven," never were.
12/06/02
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
Cameron, Clooney, and Soderbergh go cloning in the Other ‘Solaris’
12/04/02
Solaris gives you a lot of time to think about other things %u2013 like how many tiles are in the ceiling of the theatre.
12/04/02
Good science fiction never announces its subtext this narcissistically.
12/03/02
What do you expect from a movie based on source material directed and written by Eastern Europeans with unpronounceable names? Everybody Loves Stanislav, it ain't!
12/03/02
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