Moon (2009) Rank 5 Reviews

News of the World (Robbie Collin)

Moon stars Sam Rockwell as an astronaut on a solo mission, like that song written by the director's dad David Bowie. But things take a turn for the sinister when he thinks he sees another man on the lunar surface. ...read the complete Moon movie review at News of the World (Robbie Collin)

New York Daily News (Elizabeth Weitzman)

But perhaps his background (and repeated viewings of sci-fi classics like "2001: A Space Odyssey") helped prepare him for this otherworldly mystery, in which Rockwell's lunar engineer is stuck in space with just a robot (voiced by Kevin Spacey) for co ...read the complete Moon movie review at New York Daily News (Elizabeth Weitzman)

efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski)

Employing a striking production design that merges genre standards of futureworld decoration with tight, bright white confines that encourage the confusion, "Moon" is a dazzling film to behold. ...read the complete Moon movie review at efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski)

UGO (Jordan Hoffman)

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Sun Online ()

Sam Rockwell gives his best performance yet as Sam and Kevin Spacey is wonderfully droll as the voice of computer GERTY. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Sun Online ()

Total Film (Kevin Harley)

Fans of speculative and conceptual sci-fi and classic storytelling should take this trip to identity's dark side. The direction is elegant, the acting impeccable. Take the trip. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Total Film (Kevin Harley)

FEARNet

One of the most compelling sci-fi films of the past 20 years. ...read the complete Moon movie review at FEARNet

CHUD.com

The biggest pain in the ass this creates is discussing Sam Rockwell's performance. It's a great one, possibly the best of his career, but it's the very heart of not only the movie but of the amazing elements of the second and third acts. ...read the complete Moon movie review at CHUD.com

ColeSmithey.com

"Moon" is the best sci-fi movie to come along in a generation or two. ...read the complete Moon movie review at ColeSmithey.com

Dread Central

An intelligent and improbably touching film that is atmospheric as hell and never once feels fake or forced. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Dread Central

mtv.com

As his time winds down, Sam feels his health starting to falter; in fact, he feels like he's falling apart. ...read the complete Moon movie review at mtv.com

Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)

Astutely imagined as a futuristic thriller with formidable impact--a dark and well thought out moonscape in what we may hope is pure fantasy. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)

SFX Magazine (Nick Setchfield)

Duncan Jones's intelligent, hugely moving debut deftly resurrects a mutinously old-fashioned style of SF. ...read the complete Moon movie review at SFX Magazine (Nick Setchfield)

Antagony & Ecstasy (Tim Brayton)

An exquisite gem of a science-fiction picture... pitched squarely at the patient, intelligent adults in the audience who want to have a good think. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Antagony & Ecstasy (Tim Brayton)

AMCtv.com (Eugene Novikov)

hough I generally recommend watching movies with minimal foreknowledge, going into Moon tabula rasa is absolutely vital. What it's "about" is one of its key surprises. ...read the complete Moon movie review at AMCtv.com (Eugene Novikov)

St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))

Not that there's anyone else to talk to. Practically the only character in "Moon," Sam is an astronaut who is going nuts after spending three years as the "man" part of a manned space mission. ...read the complete Moon movie review at St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))

Sci-Fi Movie Page

Evocative, riveting, and ultimately contemporary in a roundabout way, Moon is a superb mood piece, sublimely cradled by Jones, filtered through tireless work from star Sam Rockwell. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Sci-Fi Movie Page

Toronto Star (Peter Howell)

Jones is better known as Zowie Bowie, son of rocker David, and Moon pays tribute both to dad's hit tune "Space Oddity" and to Stanley Kubrick's classic 2001: A Space Odyssey in its chronicle of a disconnected astronaut. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Toronto Star (Peter Howell)

Illinois Times (Charles Koplinski)

Then, a shocking event occurs that turns the film and Sam's life on its head. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Illinois Times (Charles Koplinski)

Rolling Stone

Director Duncan Jones (son of David Bowie), working from a script by Nathan Parker, pulls off sci-fi miracles on a $5 million shoestring. Moon is a potent provocation that relies on ideas instead of computer tricks to stir up excitement. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Rolling Stone

Combustible Celluloid

The opposite of Battle for Terra, Moon is a science fiction movie based on actual ideas. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Combustible Celluloid

Slant Magazine

An assured, mesmerizing tale of intergalactic loneliness, self-inquiry, and man's innate, enduring hunger for life. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Slant Magazine

Monsters and Critics

The message of the out of control medical/business conspiracy is a familiar one. But combining that message with a world drunk on energy consumption and desperate for new energy sources brings the film right into the here and now. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Monsters and Critics

Critic's Notebook

Mr. Rockwell excels at the burdensome task of playing against himself, giving one of his most heartfelt performances. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Critic's Notebook

Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

At some point in the future (we can't nail down the story's time frame), this station on the far side is manned by a single crew member, Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell). ...read the complete Moon movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

Moon illustrates a truism forgotten by Hollywood: the best science fiction films are about something. This film does not feature explosions. It does not contain endless, mind-numbing chase sequences. ...read the complete Moon movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

Oregonian (Shawn Levy)

Bell's communications linkup is busted, his connection to his family on Earth is tenuous, his days drag by in numbing sameness and painful isolation. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Oregonian (Shawn Levy)

The Onion A.V. Club

Moon is enjoyable as much for its small scale and solid execution as for its crazy twists and creeping existential dread. ...read the complete Moon movie review at The Onion A.V. Club

Times [UK] ()

Remember the glory days of intelligent science fiction? The time before every vaguely futuristic flick became a chase movie, punctuated by big bangs, space bugs and steroidal set pieces? The director Duncan Jones clearly does. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Times [UK] ()

Reeling Reviews

Rockwell creates two distinct performances to illustrate the troubled Sam who arrived at the station three years earlier and the one who has mellowed over time, but it can be difficult to believe they are the same guy. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Reeling Reviews

NYC Movie Guru

Inside the moon station Sarang, he spends his time living and working there alone while just interacting with a computer called Gerty (voice of Kevin Spacey). ...read the complete Moon movie review at NYC Movie Guru

Spirituality & Practice

A compelling low-budget sci-fi drama about a lonely astronaut on the moon who faces one conundrum after another as he tries to cope with the changes in his life and destiny. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Spirituality & Practice

Time Out New York

You've rarely seen so many influences assimilated as smoothly or affectionately as they are here, and for a good portion of its running time, Moon casts a spell in spite of its self-consciousness. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Time Out New York

MSNBC

The intelligence and care with which the movie was produced makes the script's minor deficiencies stand out in contrast, but on the whole, Moon is the sort of trippy sci-fi dystopia that's best enjoyed on the big screen. ...read the complete Moon movie review at MSNBC

Cinematical

In an age when most big-budget science fiction films are made by people with no respect for science or fiction, Moon is a welcome pleasure. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Cinematical

Manhattan Movie Magazine

Take the entrancing, all-white production design and thrilling score of 2001: A Space Odyssey, the psychology of Solaris and the energy-mining subplot of Outland, and you have Moon, an ethereal and philosophic new entry into th ...read the complete Moon movie review at Manhattan Movie Magazine

Film Threat Review

What is better than a film starring Sam Rockwell? How about a film starring two Sam Rockwells! That do it for you? Because it did it for me. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Film Threat Review

Chicago Metromix

[Duncan Jones] sets out to reclaim the humanity in a genre that's been overtaken by special effects and the opportunity to spin-off toys and videogames. He succeeds. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Chicago Metromix

Comingsoon.net

The amazing visuals and sound design (make) the movie so riveting, but its ability to let Rockwell shine with such a brilliant and rounded performance will probably be appreciated more. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Comingsoon.net

Orlando Weekly (William Goss)

That development is what ranks Rockwell's work here among the year's most uniquely layered acting efforts, a sometimes-simultaneous showcase of one man's many sides that surely would've collapsed into gimmickry and hysterics in anyone else's hands. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Orlando Weekly (William Goss)

Channel 4 Film (Matthew De Abaitua)

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Uncut Magazine [UK] (Chris Roberts)

Sam is weary but looks forward to seeing his wife and daughter. As time crawls, however, things turn strange. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Uncut Magazine [UK] (Chris Roberts)

Indie Movies Online (Kimberly Gadette)

The plot's denouement is probably the least satisfying aspect of the film, though in its insistent focus upon a single actor it scores a bull's-eye for daring. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Indie Movies Online (Kimberly Gadette)

Sunday Mirror [UK] (Mark Adams)

He starts to hear and see things and after an accident discovers the truth behind his replacement. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Sunday Mirror [UK] (Mark Adams)

PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)

Sam's heard this more than a few times. Soundtrack to a part of a routine he's yearning to end, this story of "the power of our future" has become his own story. ...read the complete Moon movie review at PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)

Playback:stl (Sarah Boslaugh)

If you've ever seen a World War II movie, you know that the guy who talks about his future plans is the one who won't make it back alive. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Playback:stl (Sarah Boslaugh)

Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)

The film has heavy shadings of three space classics: 2001, Solaris and Silent Running, both in the way it's designed and in its quiet examination of human nature. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)

Sunday Times (UK) (Cosmo Landesman)

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Arizona Republic (Bill Goodykoontz)

It also boasts a terrific performance from Sam Rockwell -terrific, in part, for reasons that would give away too much in the explanation. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Arizona Republic (Bill Goodykoontz)

ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)

Moon is a hugely enjoyable, impressively directed sci-fi drama with a well-penned script, great production design and a terrific performance from Sam Rockwell. ...read the complete Moon movie review at ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)

Empire Magazine (Simon Crook)

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Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)

What can be said, however, is that Moon raises all the right and most interesting questions about what it means to be human in the manner of some of the best science fiction, and it does so with no little subtlety and thoughtfulness, in a manner that reca ...read the complete Moon movie review at Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)

SSG Syndicate (Susan Granger)

Performing by himself and with himself, Sam Rockwell achieves admirable and impressive veracity with the minimalist production. ...read the complete Moon movie review at SSG Syndicate (Susan Granger)

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IGN Movies AU (Patrick Kolan)

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Austin Chronicle (Kimberly Jones)

Any cinematic space odyssey of the past 40 years surely owes a debt to Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey; Moon's most obvious debt is the strategic use of a computer that has a cozy name (Gerty to 2001's HAL) and maybe homicidal tendencies. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Austin Chronicle (Kimberly Jones)

Buzzine Magazine (Staci Layne Wilson)

Noteworthy at first blush for being the feature directorial debut of space-obsessed pop singer and actor David Bowie's son, Duncan Jones, nee "Zowie Bowie," Moon has more to offer than just a curio factor. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Buzzine Magazine (Staci Layne Wilson)

Charlotte Weekly (Sean O'Connell)

Duncan Jones manages an impressive feature-film debut, directing from his original story about a lonely astronaut ending a three-year stint at a sterile lunar headquarters. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Charlotte Weekly (Sean O'Connell)

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Calvin Wilson)

Ultimately, Moon isn't quite the transcendent experience that it clearly strives to be. But as ambitious science fiction, it achieves liftoff. ...read the complete Moon movie review at St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Calvin Wilson)

Sci Fi Wire (Todd Gilchrist)

As much as I like the escapism of most contemporary science fiction films, I'm a huge fan of movies like Gattaca, Contact and especially 2001, which take a hard-science look at the universe even if the worlds they eventually create are pure fantasy. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Sci Fi Wire (Todd Gilchrist)

Movie Retriever (Brian Tallerico)

Of course, just as Sam can see the light at the end of the space tunnel, his world comes crashing down around him. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Movie Retriever (Brian Tallerico)

Internet Reviews (Steve Rhodes)

On the dark side of the moon, a lone worker named Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) toils away, fixing any problems with the huge helium 3 automated harvesters, which are mining the moon's energy source for the citizens of planet Earth. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Internet Reviews (Steve Rhodes)

Entertainment Spectrum (Keith Cohen)

This suspenseful science-fiction thriller marks the directorial debut of Duncan Jones, who also came up with the intriguing original story. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Entertainment Spectrum (Keith Cohen)

Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)

It's difficult to do the film's clever script justice without revealing facts you should have the pleasure of discovering for yourself. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)

Globe and Mail (Stephen Cole)

Watching Moon is kind of like seeing a booster rocket thrust seventies' sci-fi films deeper into orbit. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Globe and Mail (Stephen Cole)

Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)

But as his departure date draws nearer, curious things start to happen: a young woman suddenly materializes in Sam's favorite chair and then just as quickly vanishes. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)

Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)

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Hollywood & Fine

Rockwell digs deep, dredging up a variety of emotions as these two versions of the same man. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Hollywood & Fine

USA Today

An intelligent, evocative and deceptively low-key sci-fi adventure. ...read the complete Moon movie review at USA Today

Spout Blog

Moon manages to be both derivative and deliberately rebellious in its treatment of sci-fi tropes. Moon is a story that digs deep into the traumas of people being people. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Spout Blog

FilmStew.com

Jones displays such a complete command of his narrative that it is hard to believe this is his first feature. ...read the complete Moon movie review at FilmStew.com

Eric D. Snider

Should be enthusiastically greeted by serious sci-fi devotees, because it's a smart story that doesn't spell everything out but isn't maddeningly ambiguous, either. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Eric D. Snider

EmanuelLevy.com

Though there is a considerable gap between his level of ambition and execution, Jones deserves credit for making an intelligent sci-fi that respects the genre's conventions (and limitations) and doesn't rely much on f/x. ...read the complete Moon movie review at EmanuelLevy.com

Washington Post

Moon does something extraordinary: It seems familiar and derivative, yet upends your expectations about science fiction and surprises you over and over. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Washington Post

New York Observer

The whole film feels like a throwback to classic sci-fi films (think 2001, Blade Runner), days that didn't rely so much on CGI but on good old-fashioned and clammy human panic. ...read the complete Moon movie review at New York Observer

Deseret News, Salt Lake City (Jeff Vice)

It's a good thing our enjoyment of "Moon" doesn't depend on being shocked by the plot twist that occurs about midway through the movie. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Deseret News, Salt Lake City (Jeff Vice)

Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)

A throwback to the relatively thoughtful, adult-oriented science-fiction films that briefly were in vogue in the late 1960s and 1970s. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)

What Would Toto Watch? (Christian Toto)

Moon gleefully steals from other, superior sci-fi flicks but still manages to make a statement all its own. ...read the complete Moon movie review at What Would Toto Watch? (Christian Toto)

Film Journal International

A sad but clever science-fiction exercise about a man working alone on the Moon, with nothing but a talking computer and tape-recorded calls back to Earth to keep him sane. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Film Journal International

Film Experience (Nathaniel Rogers)

If Moon hasn't opened in your city just yet, there's time to catch up on releases you may have missed. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Film Experience (Nathaniel Rogers)

DVDTown.com (Christopher Long)

It is necessary to talk around "Moon" in order to avoid spoiling a major plot point that would be irresponsible to spoil even though it occurs fairly early in the film. ...read the complete Moon movie review at DVDTown.com (Christopher Long)

BrandonFibbs.com (Brandon Fibbs)

After a debilitating accident nearly kills him, it becomes clear to Sam that he may be more disturbed than he initially thought. ...read the complete Moon movie review at BrandonFibbs.com (Brandon Fibbs)

New York Press (Simon Abrams)

That kind of deceptive matter-of-factness is crucial to understanding why Jones' film works as well as it does, and why it also refuses to go farther in its speculation. ...read the complete Moon movie review at New York Press (Simon Abrams)

Boxoffice Magazine

If there's still an audience for old-school, ideas-driven allegorical science fiction, it will undoubtedly find much to cheer for and perhaps a bit to laugh at in first-time director Duncan Jones' ambitious if slightly uneven debut Moon. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Boxoffice Magazine

Time Out New York (Ben Kenigsberg)

Certainly, fans of the actor's high-wire sarcasm will find little to complain about watching him spar with himself. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Time Out New York (Ben Kenigsberg)

Seanax.com (Sean Axmaker)

The plot is pumped up with corporate conspiracy with undertones of identity theft on a metaphysical scale and a race against the clock, but Jones never rushes the pace. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Seanax.com (Sean Axmaker)

Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)

The weighty, deliberate messages from energy-company headquarters are always both calm and concerning, as if part of the eternal arriving from a time when corporate authority had dignity, even if it wasn't to be trusted. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)

Washington Post (Dan Zak)

Sam kills time by running on a treadmill, building a miniature model of his home town, watching TV and chatting with the base computer, Gerty, who drones soothingly about this or that. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Washington Post (Dan Zak)

TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)

Esoteric and a little frightening, a serious-minded sci-fi rumination for viewers who strive for more out of their genre pieces than pyrotechnics and jive-talking scraps of metal. ...read the complete Moon movie review at TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)

The New York Times

To say too much might ruin some of the surprises in this film's spare, carefully inflected plot, which in its structure, its themes and its parsimonious exposition may remind you of a Ray Bradbury short story. Sam is not entirely alone. ...read the complete Moon movie review at The New York Times

Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)

Written and directed by the first-time director Duncan Jones, "Moon" devotes itself to the mystery of the multiplying Sams. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Boston Globe (Wesley Morris)

Filmcritic.com

By film's end, it feels like you've been talking to the same robot as always. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Filmcritic.com

Entertainment Weekly

Moon is the first feature to be directed by Duncan Jones, who is David Bowie's son, and he brings it a grimy industrial look, as well as witty touches like giving Gerty a smiley-face screen that changes expression in tandem with Spacey's voice. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Entertainment Weekly

New York Post

'MOON" is a drama about a lone astronaut, played by Sam Rockwell, stuck on the moon to mine rocks that supply Earth with most of its energy. ...read the complete Moon movie review at New York Post

I.E. Weekly

In the not-so-far future, a mega-company has solved the energy crisis by harnessing the power of the moon. ...read the complete Moon movie review at I.E. Weekly

Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)

For a 'paranoid thriller' to work, the paranoia has to rise and rise until a climax at the finale, not give away the game halfway in. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)

Sky Movies (Tim Evans)

A beautifully-crafted sci-fi poser, an endearing and ultimately touching thriller-cum-drama which echoes the 1972 deep space classic Silent Running. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Sky Movies (Tim Evans)

Guardian [UK] (Peter Bradshaw)

A heartfelt, if self-consciously derivative drama of human loneliness. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Guardian [UK] (Peter Bradshaw)

Time Out (Dave Calhoun)

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Daily Mail [UK] (Christopher Tookey)

ery much in the tradition of Silent Running, Solaris and Outland, this is a neat, well acted, intelligent psycho-thriller with a splendidly menacing score by Clint Mansell. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Daily Mail [UK] (Christopher Tookey)

This is London (Derek Malcolm)

One day, plagued with headaches and hallucinations, wishing his wife and child would send him another video from Earth, he has an accident in his rover. ...read the complete Moon movie review at This is London (Derek Malcolm)

Daily Telegraph (Tim Robey)

That melancholy comedian Sam Rockwell fits naturally into ensembles of con-men or Wild West outlaws, but Moon is the opposite of a team sport - it's one man against himself. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Daily Telegraph (Tim Robey)

Independent (Anthony Quinn)

It's the near future, and corporate engineer Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) is on the final stretch of a three-year job, manning a space station on the far side of the Moon that harvests energy for a depleted Earth. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Independent (Anthony Quinn)

Cinema Blend

Moon won't disappoint, but it's not likely to stick with you either. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Cinema Blend

One Guy's Opinion

An intellectual sci-fi tale that unabashedly takes its inspiration from 2001: A Space Odyssey. Unfortunately, it resembles the Kubrick masterpiece less than an episode of The Outer Limits. ...read the complete Moon movie review at One Guy's Opinion

Reeling Reviews

Duncan Jones, son of David Bowie (nee David Jones), makes his feature debut with a calling card that shows his potential as a filmmaker. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Reeling Reviews

Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

"It never quite passes the test as entertainment." ...read the complete Moon movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

JoBlo

MOON is more fun than any indie film with a five million dollar budget generally manages to be. ...read the complete Moon movie review at JoBlo

Los Angeles Times

It was a strong move to put Rockwell at the center of this scientific progress as morality play. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Los Angeles Times

MovieMartyr.com

With no strong sense of paranoia, major missed comic opportunities, and, most distressingly, no stirrings of awe, Moon is a letdown to its genre. ...read the complete Moon movie review at MovieMartyr.com

Teletext (Victor Olliver)

The timing's perfect. Forty years since Space Oddity was released. Forty years since mankind first landed on the moon. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Teletext (Victor Olliver)

Hollywood.com

It feels like a "moon" trip we've taken before in better films but Sam Rockwell is brilliant in a tour-de-force performance. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Hollywood.com

San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)

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Village Voice

Impressively pulled together on a modest budget, Moon has a strong lead and a valid philosophical premise but, despite Bell's fissured psyche, the drama is inert. Ground control to Major Tom: Moon orbits an idea, but it doesn't go anywhere. ...read the complete Moon movie review at Village Voice

Christian Science Monitor (Peter Rainer)