Solaris

Donna Kimball, George Clooney, Jeremy Davies

When psychologist Chris Kelvin is asked to investigate the unexplained behavior of a small group of scientists aboard the space station Prometheus, he is shocked by what he finds upon his arrival. Kel...( read more  read more... )vin discovers that his close friend, Gibarian, the mission's commander, has committed suicide. Also, he finds out that the two remaining scientists onboard are exhibiting signs of extreme stress and paranoia, seemingly caused by the results of their examination of the planet Solaris. Soon, Kelvin too becomes entrapped in the unique planet's mysteries. Solaris, somehow, presents him with a second chance at love and entreats him to change the course of a past relationship that has caused him overwhelming guilt and remorse. But can he really revisit the past and alter the course of events? Or is he fated to repeat its mistakes?

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PG-13, 2 hrs.

Directed by: Steven Soderbergh

Released: November 27, 2002

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DVD Released: July 29, 2003

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  • February 21, 2009
    In my opinion, both films, Tarkovsky's first and this Soderbergh's remake are two somewhat painful and stretched out experiences. Despite the enormous sacrifice that means to sit through the whole, there is no doubt that the essential argument of the story is intriguing and compl... ...( read more )
  • July 8, 2008
    Snow: "How much sleep ya need, Kelvin?
    Chris Kelvin: How much sleep?
    Snow: Yeah. Um, how long ya think you can go without sleep?
    Chris Kelvin: Depends.
    Snow: Well, when you do go to sleep... I find I sleep much better with the door locked."


    Chris Kelvin (George Cloon... ...( read more )
  • June 14, 2008
    Good actors but why did they do this movie. Weak plot and a bit dull.
  • May 16, 2008
    Solaris might not be to everyone's liking but hell it sure was to mine, its not one of those bubblegum no brainer movies Solaris only works if the viewer is willing to think and work with the film. Sci fi, a love story, philosophy>>>my kind of film
  • March 12, 2008
    Boring, boring, and boring. Everybody dies???? Weee!

    (Total waste of time!!!)
  • June 22, 2009
    Remakes of foreign films sometimes come off disconnected and strange. This is an example, as well as the Tom Cruise movie "Vanilla Sky (2001)."

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November 28, 2002
David Edelstein, Slate

A solemn, splintered meditation on lost love: a movie about personal space, in space. full review

November 27, 2002
Claudia Puig, USA Today

Soderbergh does a fine job creating a moody atmosphere of pervasive anxiety. full review

November 27, 2002
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

While it's rather bracing to see a movie in which everything isn't spelled out from the start ... Solaris is too often a mystifying genre experiment. full review

November 27, 2002
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

Comes across as less than a spontaneous work of the heart and more like a grim-faced stab at artistic importance. full review

November 27, 2002
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

The kind of smart film that has people arguing about it on their way out of the theater. full review

November 27, 2002
Ty Burr, Boston Globe

[Soderbergh] goes so far into the terrors and rewards of romantic love that he comes out the other side into the universal. full review

November 25, 2002
Edward Havens, FilmJerk.com

Those who can allow themselves to get enveloped by the movie are in for a genuine treat. full review

November 20, 2002
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

A mind-bender in the best sense of the word: The spell it casts follows you all the way home. full review

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  • lepenseur09
    April 19, 2007
    A movie that takes some getting used to, but rewards with a story that endears itself to you and pulls you into the fabrication of its reality. A worthwhile movie experience.
  • MorpheusOne
    January 27, 2007
    This movie is the absolute epitome of the vastly underated 'character driven story'! This movie is spooky, scary, really freaking wierd, and a damn good movie to watch, not for the things that it shows you, but for what it holds back and it lets you imagine...

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