Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 0024543106753 Format: Color, NTSC Label: 20th Century Fox Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: 20th Century Fox Release Date: January 27, 2004 Running Time: 99 minutes Studio: 20th Century Fox Theatrical Release Date: November 27, 2002 Sales Rank: 43382
Description: Superstar George Clooney turns in a stellar performance in this "brilliant sci-fi movie" (New York Daily News) from Academy Award winners Steven Soderbergh (2000 - Best Director, Traffic) and JamesCameron (1997 - Best Picture, Titanic). Aboard a lonely space station orbiting a mysterious planet, terrified crew members are experiencing a host of strange phenomena, including eerie visitors who seem all too human. And when psychologist Chris Kelvin (Clooney) arrives to investigate, he confronts a power beyond imagining that could hold the key to mankind's deepest dreams?or darkest nightmares. Co-starring Natascha McElhone and Jeremy Davies, Solaris is "mind-bending!" (Rolling Stone)
Amazon.com: A curious mix of science fiction and metaphysical love story, Solaris centers around Chris Kelvin (George Clooney), a psychologist sent to investigate why a space station orbiting an alien planet has stopped communications. The planet has the power to delve into human psyches and re-create lost loved ones--in Kelvin's case, his dead wife (Natascha McElhone), whom he then wants to bring back to Earth. Director Steven Soderbergh (Traffic, Erin Brockovich) fills almost every shot with faces and bodies, as if to emphasize the human soul rather than outer space as the movie's true subject. Unfortunately, the vagueness of the environment--combined with a script that implies more than it shows--serves to dislocate our ability to engage with the characters, rendering Solaris emotionally inert. Jeremy Davies, as a lingering crew member, brings a hint of humor to the otherwise serious-minded proceedings. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - "Who Was Your Visitor?"
"Solaris" is a very good adaptation of the famous Stanislaw Lem novel by the always interesting Steven Soderbergh. The film, while falling into the conventional genre of science fiction, is really more ... Read More
Rating: - A Fascinating Take on Lem's Sci-fi Classic
S. Soderbergh's Solaris can barely be called an adaptation of S. Lem's novel, nor can it accurately be called a remake of the 1972 Russian film. However, when viewed without prejudice it is a fantastic ... Read More
Rating: - Cris, go find out what went wrong.....
I must apologise to all and sundry who just happened to like this film. The Andrei Tarkovsky 1972 original was a good film (albeit waaaaay too long), so it begs the question: Why a remake? Not to bash George ... Read More
Rating: - the only movie I ever wanted to walk out on
I just didn't get it. Maybe I fell asleep during it and missed something because I didn't get one second of it. snooooooooozer!!
Rating: - Quite dull
I couldn't get through this. It's an interesting sci-fi concept movie, but the tale is just not told fast enough, I guess. I got sick of flashbacks to George Clooney's idyllic married life with the clone who ... Read More
- "Who Was Your Visitor?"
- A Fascinating Take on Lem's Sci-fi Classic
- Cris, go find out what went wrong.....
- the only movie I ever wanted to walk out on