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Movie critics combined give Solaris (2002) a score of 2.7666 out of 4
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Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.49 out of 4 stars for Voir.ca Voir.ca
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Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.49 out of 4 stars for 25frames.org (Christoph Huber)25frames.org (Christoph Huber)
...read the complete Solaris movie review at 25frames.org (Christoph Huber)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.48 out of 4 stars for Cutting Edge Cutting Edge
...read the complete Solaris movie review at Cutting Edge
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.45 out of 4 stars for The Film Journal (Justin Stoeckel)The Film Journal (Justin Stoeckel)
...read the complete Solaris movie review at The Film Journal (Justin Stoeckel)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.44 out of 4 stars for Jared Sapolin Jared Sapolin
...read the complete Solaris movie review at Jared Sapolin
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.44 out of 4 stars for MovieEye.com (Frank Ochieng)MovieEye.com (Frank Ochieng)
...read the complete Solaris movie review at MovieEye.com (Frank Ochieng)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.42 out of 4 stars for stylusmagazine.com (Jay Millikan)stylusmagazine.com (Jay Millikan)
...read the complete Solaris movie review at stylusmagazine.com (Jay Millikan)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice Magazine (Wade Major)Boxoffice Magazine (Wade Major)
What words cannot express, what Soderbergh himself scarcely seems to understand, Clooney transforms into genuine, graspable human feeling. ...read the complete Solaris movie review at Boxoffice Magazine (Wade Major)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Daniel M. Kimmel)Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Daniel M. Kimmel)
Love it or hate it, however, there’s no question this is a seriously intended work by a major American filmmaker. ...read the complete Solaris movie review at Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Daniel M. Kimmel)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Dallas Observer (Luke Y. Thompson)Dallas Observer (Luke Y. Thompson)
For all its flaws, though, Solaris is a good try, and a definite improvement over the dull remakes Soderbergh has been sleepwalking through lately. ...read the complete Solaris movie review at Dallas Observer (Luke Y. Thompson)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Movie Mecca (--)Movie Mecca (--)
...read the complete Solaris movie review at Movie Mecca (--)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for CinemaZone.dkCinemaZone.dk
...read the complete Solaris movie review at CinemaZone.dk
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
Missing is most of Tarkovsky's contemplative and mystical poetry (which is why it's 90 minutes shorter), and added are some unfortunate Hollywood-style designer flashbacks -- The story is still strong and haunting, but I'd recommend seeing this, if at ...read the complete Solaris movie review at Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Screen It! (Jim Judy)Screen It! (Jim Judy)
Overall it's a solidly told and intriguing piece of old-school sci-fi storytelling. ...read the complete Solaris movie review at Screen It! (Jim Judy)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Sunday Times (Australia) (Shannon J. Harvey)Sunday Times (Australia) (Shannon J. Harvey)
If you're the type to be stimulated by Solaris's weighty philosophical issues, it's a mind-bending sci-fi trip into the unknown. For all others, it will be the perfect cure for insomnia. . ...read the complete Solaris movie review at Sunday Times (Australia) (Shannon J. Harvey)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for DVDBeaver DVDBeaver
...read the complete Solaris movie review at DVDBeaver
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for eye WEEKLY (Jason Anderson)eye WEEKLY (Jason Anderson)
What grounds Soderbergh's film -- and distinguishes it from Tarkovsky's more mystical take -- is the sensuality that exists alongside the anguish in Kelvin and Rheya's love story. ...read the complete Solaris movie review at eye WEEKLY (Jason Anderson)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.39 out of 4 stars for Tempi ModerniTempi Moderni
George Clooney ed il regista Steven Soderbergh sono a Roma per presentare Solaris, il film che segna il loro ritorno alla collaborazione. Clooney, distaccato ma a suo agio, coglie l’occasione di raccontare il successo di pubblico e critica ottenuto dal ...read the complete Solaris movie review at Tempi Moderni
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.39 out of 4 stars for TheWorldJournal.com (Frank Ochieng)TheWorldJournal.com (Frank Ochieng)
...read the complete Solaris movie review at TheWorldJournal.com (Frank Ochieng)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.37 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
...read the complete Solaris movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.30 out of 4 stars for cinEncanto (Pablo del Moral)cinEncanto (Pablo del Moral)
...read the complete Solaris movie review at cinEncanto (Pablo del Moral)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.29 out of 4 stars for About Independent FilmAbout Independent Film
...read the complete Solaris movie review at About Independent Film
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.28 out of 4 stars for CineFile : il Cinema in Rete (Alberto Cassani)CineFile : il Cinema in Rete (Alberto Cassani)
...read the complete Solaris movie review at CineFile : il Cinema in Rete (Alberto Cassani)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.21 out of 4 stars for Objectif cinéma (Romain Le Vern)Objectif cinéma (Romain Le Vern)
...read the complete Solaris movie review at Objectif cinéma (Romain Le Vern)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.20 out of 4 stars for El Criticon (Antonio Méndez Casanova)El Criticon (Antonio Méndez Casanova)
...read the complete Solaris movie review at El Criticon (Antonio Méndez Casanova)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.18 out of 4 stars for Ciné-club de Caen (Jean-Luc Lacuve)Ciné-club de Caen (Jean-Luc Lacuve)
...read the complete Solaris movie review at Ciné-club de Caen (Jean-Luc Lacuve)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.16 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice MagazineBoxoffice Magazine
...read the complete Solaris movie review at Boxoffice Magazine
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.15 out of 4 stars for Ciné-club de Caen (Jean-Luc Lacuve)Ciné-club de Caen (Jean-Luc Lacuve)
...read the complete Solaris movie review at Ciné-club de Caen (Jean-Luc Lacuve)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.12 out of 4 stars for Cinema 2000 (João Lopes)Cinema 2000 (João Lopes)
...read the complete Solaris movie review at Cinema 2000 (João Lopes)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.07 out of 4 stars for Strictly Film SchoolStrictly Film School
...read the complete Solaris movie review at Strictly Film School
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) (Judith Egerton)Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) (Judith Egerton)
It remains as remote as Pluto from the audience. ...read the complete Solaris movie review at Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) (Judith Egerton)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Duane Dudek)Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Duane Dudek)
Based on a film that was based on a book, the third generation of this tale has the pallor of a smudged photocopy of an idea that has been revived without being re-imagined. ...read the complete Solaris movie review at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Duane Dudek)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Blunt Review (Emily Blunt)Blunt Review (Emily Blunt)
...read the complete Solaris movie review at Blunt Review (Emily Blunt)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Palo Alto Weekly (Susan Tavernetti)Palo Alto Weekly (Susan Tavernetti)
...read the complete Solaris movie review at Palo Alto Weekly (Susan Tavernetti)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Hollywood.com (--)Hollywood.com (--)
...read the complete Solaris movie review at Hollywood.com (--)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Fantastica Daily (Mervius)Fantastica Daily (Mervius)
The director shows no accountability to his own audience. ...read the complete Solaris movie review at Fantastica Daily (Mervius)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
Solaris raises questions it cannot possibly answer. It does so that we might ponder the implications of the film long after we've left the theater. ...read the complete Solaris movie review at Movie Parables (Michael Elliott)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)
Soderbergh seems capable only of delivering artfully lighted, earnest inquiries that lack the kind of genuine depth that would make them redeemable. ...read the complete Solaris movie review at Los Angeles Daily News (Glenn Whipp)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
If I were Clooney, I'd have pitched Jeremy Davies out of the space ship, though this would not have greatly improved this product. ...read the complete Solaris movie review at Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
This cold, occasionally dull movie practically defies you to embrace it. ...read the complete Solaris movie review at Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Internet Reviews (Steve Rhodes)Internet Reviews (Steve Rhodes)
How do you spell self-indulgent? ...read the complete Solaris movie review at Internet Reviews (Steve Rhodes)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Movie Eye (Frank Ochieng)Movie Eye (Frank Ochieng)
As a thoughtful but self-indulgent showcase, Solaris has its rare moments of chilly reception. The film's pathos is in the pudding but the taste has the welcomed flavor of a crunchy moon rock. ...read the complete Solaris movie review at Movie Eye (Frank Ochieng)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for San Francisco Examiner (Joe Leydon)San Francisco Examiner (Joe Leydon)
A technically proficient but emotionally arid folly. ...read the complete Solaris movie review at San Francisco Examiner (Joe Leydon)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)
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. ...read the complete Solaris movie review at Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Todd Anthony)South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Todd Anthony)
Like the blood on the walls of the space station, it's pretty dry. ...read the complete Solaris movie review at South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Todd Anthony)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for ShowBIZ DataShowBIZ Data
...read the complete Solaris movie review at ShowBIZ Data
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Karina MontgomeryKarina Montgomery
...read the complete Solaris movie review at Karina Montgomery
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Susan GrangerSusan Granger
...read the complete Solaris movie review at Susan Granger
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Steve RhodesSteve Rhodes
...read the complete Solaris movie review at Steve Rhodes
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for MovieholeMoviehole
George Clooney stars as Chris Kelvin, a futuristic psychiatrist with a lot on his mind in the sci-fi drama SOLARIS. As the story begins, we are introduced to Chris Kelvin's solemn, yet busy life. He is a successful psychiatrist with many pending ...read the complete Solaris movie review at Moviehole
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
...read the complete Solaris movie review at Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)
...read the complete Solaris movie review at Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Greenwich Village Gazette (Eric Lurio)Greenwich Village Gazette (Eric Lurio)
In his quest to do at least one of every known genre of moviemaking, in ubiquitous Steven Soderbergh has decided to do science fiction. In this there is nothing wrong. But why did he decide to do one of the most incomprehensible stories Stanislaw Lem ...read the complete Solaris movie review at Greenwich Village Gazette (Eric Lurio)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for ESpy.ca (Andrew Dignan)ESpy.ca (Andrew Dignan)
...read the complete Solaris movie review at ESpy.ca (Andrew Dignan)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Palo Alto Online (Susan Tavernetti)Palo Alto Online (Susan Tavernetti)
...read the complete Solaris movie review at Palo Alto Online (Susan Tavernetti)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Variety (Todd McCarthy)Variety (Todd McCarthy)
Despite its undeniably pure and earnest intent, Solaris is equally undeniably an arid, dull affair that imposes and maintains a huge distance between the viewer and what happens onscreen. ...read the complete Solaris movie review at Variety (Todd McCarthy)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for TV Guide (Ken Fox)TV Guide (Ken Fox)
The real irony is that for all its integrity, the film isn't nearly as thought-provoking as Steven Spielberg's recent "A.I. Artificial Intelligence" or "Minority Report", and nowhere as entertaining. ...read the complete Solaris movie review at TV Guide (Ken Fox)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Washington Post (Desson Thomson)Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
Even by the art film standards it apes, Solaris lacks conviction. And although it's meant to be restrained and free of emotional hysteria, the result is a movie that pretty much lies dead on the screen for an hour and a half. ...read the complete Solaris movie review at Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
Soderbergh, in essence, has come up with a plodding and far less psychologically arresting version of ...read the complete Solaris movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for The New York Times (Stephen Holden)The New York Times (Stephen Holden)
Retooled into a sleek pop fable that doesn't bother to connect all its dots, the movie aspires to fuse the mystical intellectual gamesmanship of "2001: A Space Odyssey" with the love-beyond-the-grave romantic schmaltz of "Titanic," without losing its ...read the complete Solaris movie review at The New York Times (Stephen Holden)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
If Soderbergh set out to make a galvanizing conversation piece, he has certainly succeeded. But this cold, occasionally dull movie practically defies you to embrace it. ...read the complete Solaris movie review at Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Mediasharx (Dustin Gast)Mediasharx (Dustin Gast)
...read the complete Solaris movie review at Mediasharx (Dustin Gast)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for www.susangranger.com (Susan Granger)www.susangranger.com (Susan Granger)
...read the complete Solaris movie review at www.susangranger.com (Susan Granger)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for The New Republic (Stanley Kauffmann)The New Republic (Stanley Kauffmann)
Soderbergh, the writer and director, has slowed his metronome almost to a crawl, has repeated and delayed and protracted, in an attempt at depth. The net effect is a small paradox: incomprehensibility caused by drag, not by rush. ...read the complete Solaris movie review at The New Republic (Stanley Kauffmann)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for ShowBIZ Data (--)ShowBIZ Data (--)
...read the complete Solaris movie review at ShowBIZ Data (--)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
It could hardly be called rip-roaring. I should report that it drives about a quarter of the audience out of the theater before it is half over. That's because it's slower than molasses in Siberia. ...read the complete Solaris movie review at Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Oz)eFilmCritic.com (Oz)
An unoriginal piece of originality. Move on. ...read the complete Solaris movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Oz)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Jam! Movies (Louis B. Hobson)Jam! Movies (Louis B. Hobson)
A tedious, self-indulgent attempt to revisit Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey . ...read the complete Solaris movie review at Jam! Movies (Louis B. Hobson)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
Solaris gives you a lot of time to think about other things %u2013 like how many tiles are in the ceiling of the theatre. ...read the complete Solaris movie review at Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)
The result is a big, beautiful bore. ...read the complete Solaris movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Cinerina (Karina Montgomery)Cinerina (Karina Montgomery)
The Actor's Director has forgotten how to be the Audience's Director. I did not enjoy Solaris and I don't want to see it again to figure it out. ...read the complete Solaris movie review at Cinerina (Karina Montgomery)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
This much random psychobabble hasn't flattened a movie this badly since Kirk found "God" at the center of the galaxy in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier . ...read the complete Solaris movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 1.52 out of 4 stars for Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
Solaris is a film where people...often...speak... like... this, and the camera moves slowly across sterile interiors. ...read the complete Solaris movie review at Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for The King's Room (Paul Perkins)The King's Room (Paul Perkins)
...read the complete Solaris movie review at The King's Room (Paul Perkins)
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Movie GazetteMovie Gazette
...read the complete Solaris movie review at Movie Gazette
Solaris (2002) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Slant MagazineSlant Magazine
Stephen Soderbergh takes Full Frontal into the stratosphere with Solaris, a prolonged grief counseling session with a minimalist sci-fi backdrop. Psychologist Chris Kelvin (George Clooney) is sent to the Solaris space station after the ship's commander ...read the complete Solaris movie review at Slant Magazine
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Solaris (2002) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
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Solaris (2002) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
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