Synopsis
A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet.
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Cast
- George ClooneyChris Kelvin
- Natascha McElhoneRheya
- Viola DavisGordon
- Jeremy DaviesSnow
- Ulrich TukurGibarian
- Michael EnsignFriend
- John ChoDBA Emissary
- Morgan RuslerDBA Emissary
- Shane SkeltonGibarian's Son
- Donna KimballMrs. Gibarian
Recommendations
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Village Voice
Solaris achieves an almost perfect balance of poetry and pulp. This is as elegant, moody, intelligent, sensuous, and sustained a studio movie as we are likely to see this season -- and in its intrinsic nuttiness, perhaps the least compromised. - 100
Rolling Stone
Clooney brings raw intensity to his role; his scenes with McElhone are rooted in a fierce romantic yearning. - 90
Salon
Soderbergh's film is probably not the equal of either Tarkovsky's 1972 predecessor or the memorably Byzantine prose of Lem's novel, but in the end, almost despite himself, this able craftsman has made a brave and lovely companion piece to both of them. His ending is pure cinema at its most marvelous and moving. - 88
Chicago Sun-Times
The Soderbergh version is like the same story freed from the weight of Tarkovsky's solemnity. And it evokes one of the rarest of movie emotions, ironic regret. - 80
Wall Street Journal
Unexpectedly thoughtful, as well as touching. - 75
USA Today
Soderbergh does a fine job creating a moody atmosphere of pervasive anxiety. The ending can be interpreted a few different ways and should ignite debate about its meaning. - 75
Boston Globe
To appreciate Solaris, the new film by Steven Soderbergh, it helps to downshift your moviegoing metabolism to a level approaching the cryogenically frozen: The movie's that cerebral, that contemplative, that slow. - 75
Christian Science Monitor
The film's real appeal won't be to Clooney fans or adventure buffs, but to moviegoers who enjoy thinking about compelling questions with no easy answers.
