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VIDEO RELEASE
Jul 29, 2003 (DVD)
Jul 29, 2003 (VHS)
NUMBERS
Box Office: $14,780,776
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CONSENSUS
Slow-moving, cerebral, and ambiguous, Solaris is not a movie for everyone, but it offers intriguing issues to ponder.
CAST & CREW
George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Jeremy Davies
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
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SYNOPSIS
Steven Soderbergh, whose eclectic resume includes the Academy Award(R)-winning drama "Traffic" as well as last year's ensemble caper "Ocean's Eleven," now brings his unique vision to SOLARIS, a story of love, redemption, second chances and a space mission gone terribly wrong. more...
MPAA RATING
PG-13, sexuality/nudity, brief language, and thematic elements
RUNTIME
1 hour, 39 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Nov 27, 2002
RELEASE COMPANY
20th Century Fox
GENRE
Dramas, Science-Fiction/Fantasy, Drama, Romance, Science Fiction, Sci-Fi/Horror/Fantasy, Remake, Space Travel, Outer Space, Based On A Novel, Science Fiction
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official Solaris Site
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PARENTS EVALUATION
POSTERS
TRAILER & MEDIA
PHOTOS
PRODUCTION NOTES
NEWS ARTICLES
LINKS
SUBMIT/EDIT ARTICLE
SUBMIT USER REVIEW
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 "Soderbergh, like Kubrick before him, may not touch the planet's skin, but understands the workings of its spirit."
-- The Wolf, IOFILM.CO.UK
"Some people might be looking for a Titanic in the sky, what with James Cameron being a producer, but Solaris is an epic of the emotions, not the planets."
-- Staci Layne Wilson, FANTASTICA DAILY
 "Soderbergh seems capable only of delivering artfully lighted, earnest inquiries that lack the kind of genuine depth that would make them redeemable."
-- Glenn Whipp, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
"Steven Soderbergh doesn’t remake Andrei Tarkovsky’s Solaris so much as distill it."
-- Jeffrey Westhoff, NORTHWEST HERALD (CRYSTAL LAKE, IL)
"A humorless journey into a philosophical void."
-- Scott Von Doviak, CULTUREVULTURE.NET
"Aloof and lacks any real raw emotion, which is fatal for a film that relies on personal relationships."
-- Jeff Vice, DESERET NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY
"While Soderbergh succeeds in recapturing the themes and mood of Tarkovsky's version, he also brings with them a cold, emotionless sheen, a detached air that defeats his efforts to truly engage us."
-- Rob Vaux, FLIPSIDE MOVIE EMPORIUM
"A movie where story is almost an afterthought amidst a swirl of colors and inexplicable events."
-- Joshua Tyler, FILM HOBBIT
"The low-budget Full Frontal was one of the year's murkiest, intentionally obscure and self-indulgent pictures, and Solaris is its big-budget brother."
-- Lawrence Toppman, CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
"For all its flaws, though, Solaris is a good try and a definite improvement over the dull remakes Soderbergh's been sleepwalking through lately."
-- Luke Y. Thompson, DALLAS OBSERVER
"One big blustery movie where nothing really happens. When it comes out on video, then it's the perfect cure for insomnia."
-- Michael Szymanski, ZAP2IT.COM
"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."
-- David Sterritt, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
"It tells its story in a flat manner and leaves you with the impression that you should have gotten more out of it than you did."
-- Eric D. Snider, ERICDSNIDER.COM
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"It has the courage to wonder about big questions with sincerity and devotion. It risks seeming slow and pretentious, because it thinks the gamble is worth the promise."
-- Ian Waldron-Mantgani, UK CRITIC
"Like Kubrick, Soderbergh isn't afraid to try any genre and to do it his own way."
-- Phil Villarreal, ARIZONA DAILY STAR
"Not for everyone, but for those with whom it will connect, it's a nice departure from standard moviegoing fare."
-- John Venable, SUPERCALA.COM
"A moody, multi-dimensional love story and sci-fi mystery, Solaris is a thought-provoking, haunting film that allows the seeds of the imagination to germinate."
-- Urban Cinefile Critics, URBAN CINEFILE
"Solaris” is a shapeless inconsequential move relying on the viewer to do most of the work."
-- Tony Toscano, TALKING PICTURES
"Brainy, artistic and muted, almost to the point of suffocation."
-- Gary Thompson, PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS
"If Steven Soderbergh's 'Solaris' is a failure it is a glorious failure."
-- Jeet Thayil, REDIFF.COM
"A chilly, remote, emotionally distant piece...so dull that its tagline should be: 'In space, no one can hear you snore.'"
-- Frank Swietek, ONE GUY'S OPINION
"Some movies blend together as they become distant memories. Mention “Solaris” five years from now and I’m sure those who saw it will have an opinion to share."
-- Steven Snyder, GREATER MILWAUKEE TODAY
"Solaris is rigid and evasive in ways that Soderbergh's best films, "Erin Brockovich," "Out of Sight" and "Ocean's Eleven," never were."
-- Christopher Smith, BANGOR DAILY NEWS (MAINE)
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FRESH 71%
Avg. Rating: 6.6/10 |
"Its audacious ambitions sabotaged by pomposity, Steven Soderbergh's space opera emerges as a numbingly dull experience."
-- Philip Wuntch, DALLAS MORNING NEWS
"It's a lovely, eerie film that casts an odd, rapt spell."
-- Michael Wilmington, CHICAGO TRIBUNE
"It's an example of sophisticated, challenging filmmaking that stands, despite its noticeable lack of emotional heft, in welcome contrast to the indulgent dead-end experimentation of the director's previous Full Frontal."
-- Kenneth Turan, LOS ANGELES TIMES
"A mind-bender in the best sense of the word: The spell it casts follows you all the way home."
-- Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE
"The most opaque, self-indulgent and just plain goofy an excuse for a movie as you can imagine."
-- Susan Stark, DETROIT NEWS
"I prefer Soderbergh's concentration on his two lovers over Tarkovsky's mostly male, mostly patriarchal debating societies."
-- Andrew Sarris, NEW YORK OBSERVER
"[Soderbergh] tends to place most of the psychological and philosophical material in italics rather than trust an audience's intelligence, and he creates an overall sense of brusqueness."
-- Jonathan Rosenbaum, CHICAGO READER
"A serious movie with serious ideas. But seriously, folks, it doesn't work."
-- Steven Rosen, DENVER POST
"It's very thoughtful and it's the kind of movie you have to discuss afterwards."
-- Richard Roeper, EBERT & ROEPER
"Soderbergh skims the fat from the 1972 film. What's left is a rich stew of longing."
-- Carrie Rickey, PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
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"There’s no emotional pulse to Solaris. With an emotional sterility to match its outer space setting, Soderbergh's spectacular swing for the fence yields only a spectacular whiff."
-- Brent Simon, ENTERTAINMENT TODAY
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