Flickers of incoherence serve as foreshadowing for the chaotic climax, which doesn't resemble Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey as much as it does The Shining.
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07/19/07
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Sunshine (2007)
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Reviews Counted:151
Fresh:112
Rotten:39
Average Rating:6.8/10
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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Sunshine has a more ethereal look than the average science fiction movie but, considering the subject matter, it works.
07/18/07
Top CriticWhile the unfathomable burning brightness of the sun bathes the whole picture in flashes of cinematic dazzle, Boyle and his team ground the story in details chosen for their sophisticated, underplayed authenticity.
07/18/07
Top CriticAs with 28 Days Later, [director Danny] Boyle makes Sunshine almost literally unwatchable.
07/18/07
What starts out as a fairly worthy attempt to make a 2001 or Solaris for the new millennium winds up being just another overblown genre film.
07/18/07
Funny thing is, Sunshine works despite feeling both over-familiar and over-ambitious.
07/17/07
The early intensity of Sunshine wanes in the third act. The film becomes a ferocious jumble, and rather than a supernova finish, it winks out amid stale New Age notions of the continuity of life and connectedness of all things.
07/17/07
Top CriticThough it takes its principal cues from an earlier tradition, it panders to no one in terms of its own vision.
07/17/07
Goes from 2001-style contemplative science-fiction to more action-driven sci-fi as perfected by James Cameron to, for better or worse, horror.
07/16/07
The first hour and change is gangbusters, the last part unnerving enough to get by.
07/16/07
Top CriticDanny Boyle doesn't reinvent or break new ground, but he's created a beautiful and haunting film that sticks in your brain for some time.
07/16/07
Reminiscent of scary/spacey dramas like 2001: A Space Odyssey, Solaris, and Alien, this flick doesn't break any new ground. However, the acting is beyond reproach and the characters are as textured and layered as in any fully-realized drama.
07/16/07
Stunning, gripping and adventurous, giving new meaning to The Big Bang.
07/15/07
In a bold attempt to create a fresh update on the ever-flagging sci-fi movie genre, director Danny Boyle achieves a visually stunning cinematic poem that is as bewitching as it is infuriating for its dependence on genre cliches.
07/14/07
Though well-produced and dealing with unexplored idea, this blend of sci-fi and horror feels more like a contrived summation of generic conventions, borrowing and reinveting from classics by Kubrick, Scott and others, with a bizarre, incongruous ending.
07/13/07
Call it sci-fi yoga and enjoy it as an appetizer to Solaris.
07/12/07
Awesome CGI, cliched human drama.
07/12/07
Like the films it grandly and unabashedly pays homage to, Sunshine is serious science fiction for those who prefer to think of space's real possibilities rather than escape into fantasy.
07/08/07
In essence, Boyle chooses not to embrace the sci-fi genre; he tries to rise above it as if it weren't worthy of him.
07/06/07
Despite all that talent on display, Sunshine is a philosophical blank slate.
07/03/07
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