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Sunshine (2007)
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Reviews Counted:31
Fresh:18
Rotten:13
Average Rating:6.3/10
Consensus: Danny Boyle continues his descent into mind-twisting sci-fi madness, taking us along for the ride. Sunshine fulfills the dual requisite necessary to become classic sci-fi: dazzling visuals with intelligent action.
Theatrical Release:Jul 20, 2007 Limited
Box Office: $3,376,207
Synopsis: Danny Boyle has excelled in nearly every genre he's touched from the family film (MILLIONS) to the zombie movie (28 DAYS LATER) to the drug-fuelled drama (TRAINSPOTTING). With SUNSHINE, he brings... [More]
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Reviews for Sunshine
Top CriticThe picture would be nothing, an incomplete Venn diagram, without Murphy.
09/22/07
Top CriticOn sci-fi's crowded table Boyle serves a fresh feast for our eyes, minds and hearts.
07/27/07
Top CriticSunshine, if a fireball, is one that warns us yet again of the danger of flying too close to the sun.
07/27/07
Top CriticFor Mr. Boyle, a Swiss Army knife of a filmmaker, there's always something new.
07/27/07
Top CriticOther movies may explore the depths of outer space. This movie explores the shallows.
07/26/07
Top CriticAt a certain point, like a dying star about to pop into eternal nothingness, the movie can't be seen as anything -- it just implodes.
07/26/07
Top CriticSunshine quickly fades from near-brilliance to dim potboiler.
07/26/07
Top CriticNot as good as you'd expect, but with Boyle expectations are almost unfairly high.
07/26/07
Top CriticBeam yourselves aboard Sunshine, set 50 years in the future. The voyage works, beautifully.
07/26/07
Top CriticA sometimes dazzling, but ultimately disappointing futuristic mind-game.
07/23/07
Top CriticThe film is nonsense, and what counts is whether viewers will feel able to lay aside their logical complaints and bask in what remains: a trip in search of a tan.
07/23/07
Top CriticThe pressure to save mankind is enormous, and our attention grows as the tension mounts. Light is used in haunting and powerful ways throughout. But as the film ultimately deviates from its course, the entire undertaking suffers.
07/20/07
Top CriticSunshine -- despite a title so at odds with the film's tone -- is engrossing, believable and intelligent sci-fi filmmaking at its best.
07/20/07
Top CriticThe overall effect is the creation of something truly unbearable -- and the curious thing is that this unbearableness is apparent from the first portentous voice-over 30 seconds into the film.
07/20/07
Top CriticEvery frame wows with exquisite arrangements of light and color; each of the characters' choices is packed with a sense of consequence and urgency that makes us feel as if we're frittering away our lives by comparison.
07/20/07
Top CriticSo what starts out as fascinating sci-fi becomes just fi, and winds up pulp fi.
07/20/07
Top CriticWho cares? The characters are so sketchily drawn that it's hard to keep them straight, let alone get worked up about their survival.
07/20/07
Top CriticWe don't know if we're watching a thriller or a sci-fi parable, a utopian dream or a deeply cynical nightmare. But in the end, it may not matter. The whole thing burns out well before the director reaches his final destination.
07/20/07
Top CriticBoyle's spiritual and metaphysical musings intertwine neatly with his pop sensibility, imbuing this with an art-house intelligence without diluting its summer blockbuster appeal.
07/20/07
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