Review of 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) by Pauline Kael for The New Yorker — 14 Dec 1975
It’s a monumentally unimaginative movie: Kubrick, with his $750,000 centrifuge, and in love with gigantic hardware and control panels, is the Belasco of science fiction. The special effects—though straight from the drawing board—are good and big and awesomely, expensively detailed.
There’s a little more that’s good in the movie, when Kubrick doesn’t take himself too seriously. [Harper's].
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This review of 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) was written by Pauline Kael and published by The New Yorker on 14 Dec 1975.
2001: A Space Odyssey has generally received very positive reviews.
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