Review of Solaris (2002) by Perry C — 02 Nov 2008

Not Clooney's best film, but definitely entertaining.

This review of Solaris (2002) was written by Perry C on 02 Nov 2008.

Solaris has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Solaris

Review of Solaris (2002)

By Jason E (565) on 08 Nov 2014

Masterpiece. Different (and better) than Tarkovski's original…

Read Review

Review of Solaris (2002)

By Connor F (200) on 08 Aug 2016

A remake plagued by clunky dialogue, uneven acting, and bizarre editing choices…

Read Review

Review of Solaris (2002)

By Nilesh J (263) on 27 Nov 2016

It doesn't come close to Tarkovsky's masterful interpretation, but Steven Soderbergh gives a good effort full of beautiful imagery, legitimate…

Read Review

Review of Solaris (2002)

By Odjento (112) on 02 Jan 2015

This film was very underwhelming. Trying to sell it as being better than the original by having A-listers doesn't make your film better…

Read Review

Review of Solaris (2002)

By Craig T (648) on 24 Oct 2016

The trouble is, the scientist characters don't talk like clever people. They can't sell me as anything other than actors in a project…

Read Review

Review of Solaris (2002)

By Gary T (2,283) on 03 Feb 2015

WOW.....WOW.....WOW....WOW.....JUST SEEN THIS MOVIE 4 THE 1ST TIME N THINK THAT THIS IS SUCH A WEIRD MOVIE 2 WATCH, BUT ITS SUCH A REALLY WEIRD…

Read Review

Review of Solaris (2002)

By Jaime P (57) on 23 Feb 2016

Okay so not only had I not seen this version of Solaris in at least ten years, but I also have never seen the 1970's original…

Read Review

Review of Solaris (2002)

By Gareth D (604) on 24 Oct 2016

The trouble is, the scientist characters don't talk like clever people. They can't sell me as anything other than actors in a project…

Read Review

Review of Solaris (2002)

By Awesom-0 (164) on 30 Mar 2020

It is based on an old sci-fi novel so take into consideration the science part of it will be kind of dated…

Read Review

Review of Solaris (2002)

By Jaime R (504) on 08 Nov 2014

Masterpiece. Different (and better) than Tarkovski's original…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Swept from the Sea (1998)

By Michael Dequina (1,684) for TheMovieReport.com (1,582) on 29 Mar 2009

It's hard to really care about these two shallowly written characters…

Read Review

Review of Ask the Dust (2006)

By Simoned. (1) on 11 Mar 2006

Really underwhelming. Hayek always seemed like she was acting. Never believed she was this poor mexican woman…

Read Review

Review of Two Brothers (2004)

By Jason V (633) on 18 Jan 2011

I expected a really better movie, considering the excellent director made one of my favorite movies, the last time he made a movie with animals…

Read Review

Review of In the Bedroom (2001)

By Dominic J (47) on 04 Aug 2009

This film had a lot of content that the filmmakers wanted to get across, yet they relayed that info in a slow and almost an emotionless way…

Read Review

Review of Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)

By Arbbie (1) on 25 Jun 2007

Worst superhero movie... possibly ever…

Read Review

Review of 1984 (1956)

By Carl M (496) on 09 Dec 2018

Excellent for its time and the oppressive atmosphere of the production comes through loud and clear today…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

2014

79%1,167 Reviews

Split

2017

71%1,218 Reviews

Parasite

2019

87%251 Reviews

Blade Runner 2049

2017

80%2,332 Reviews

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

2021

66%228 Reviews

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2023

85%233 Reviews

Ford v Ferrari

2019

81%171 Reviews

Deadpool 2

2018

76%1,635 Reviews

Alien: Covenant

2017

61%1,909 Reviews

Interstellar

2014

83%1,261 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Solaris

2002

62%767 Reviews

The Green Butchers

2003

71%142 Reviews

The Pride and the Passion

1957

47%24 Reviews

French Kiss

1995

66%423 Reviews

Taliesin Jones

2002

71%3 Reviews

Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work

2010

76%384 Reviews

Illuminata

1998

56%17 Reviews

Trouble with the Curve

2012

65%795 Reviews

The Revenant

2015

78%1,306 Reviews

What About Bob?

1991

71%488 Reviews