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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) a score of 3.5223 out of 4

based on (177) reviews

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(4)

Fair

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Poor

(7)

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FilmHead.com - Video Pick

Kubrick then proceeded to make the greatest science fiction film ever. Arthur C. Clarke came up with the idea for 2001, and helped Kubrick develop a screenplay as he fleshed out the novel. To try to describe the film entirely within the context of its...read the complete 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) review at FilmHead.com - Video Pick

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Movie ram-blings (Ram Samudrala)

001: A Space Odyssey is hailed as one of the greatest films ever made. While one can readily see certain aspects of it that are incredible, the film can also be readily dismissed as a self-indulgent confused mess. Since I find virtue in self-indulgence,...read the complete 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) review at Movie ram-blings (Ram Samudrala)

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The New York Times (Renata Adler)

The movie is so completely absorbed in its own problems, its use of color and space, its fanatical devotion to science-fiction detail, that its is somewhere between hypnotic and immensely boring....read the complete 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) review at The New York Times (Renata Adler)

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MovieWeb (Carl Lazarevic)

Over the last few months there's been quite a few people who have accused me of getting by with controversy. They have claimed that I possibly like the attention I get by being different, and so automatically bag every popular movie that get's released....read the complete 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) review at MovieWeb (Carl Lazarevic)