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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

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All Time

of 190,116

59

1960's

of 9,429

6

1968

of 4,087

2
Adventure
- Adventure All Time
  
  of 4,415
  
  19
  
  Adventure of 1968
  
  of 39
  
  1
  
  Adventure of the 1960's
  
  of 336
  
  2
Sci-Fi
- Sci-Fi All Time
  
  of 2,912
  
  7
  
  Sci-Fi of 1968
  
  of 23
  
  1
  
  Sci-Fi of the 1960's
  
  of 209
  
  2

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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:3.6321

Avg Critic Score:3.5223

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Movie Reviews

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Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

The film is about the future 33 years from when the film was released, which would be in 2001. ...read the complete 2001: A Space Odyssey movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Roger Ebert / March 27, 1997 Cast & Credits David Bowman: Keir Dullea Frank Poole: Gary Lockwood Heywood Floyd: William Sylvester Moonwatcher: Daniel Richter Smyslov: Leonard Rossiter Elena: Margaret Tyzack Warner Bros. ...read the complete 2001: A Space Odyssey movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

It could be the greatest freak-out of all time. Stanley Kubrick's masterful 2001 is a smorgasbord of sight and sound, and its special effects are indistinguishable from reality, despite an age of over 30 years. ...read the complete 2001: A Space Odyssey movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

It's a film based on self-discovery and intellect and contemplation.A Space Odyssey is a meditative quest, an inspirational sci-fi film that defies its genre in scope and attitude, it is a film of tremendous visual impact and innovation. ...read the complete 2001: A Space Odyssey movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

It was e. e. cummings, the poet, who said he'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach 10,000 stars how not to dance. ...read the complete 2001: A Space Odyssey movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

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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)

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Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)

A crackpot Looney Tune, pretentious, abysmally slow, amateurishly acted and, above all, wrong....read the complete 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) review at Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)

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