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By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for Mark Reviews Movies (2,037) on 03 Aug 2007

The whole of Sunshine does not live up to the enthralling, provocative final act, but it is science-fiction that cares about ideas over special…

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By Tony Medley (1,109) for tonymedley.com (461) on 03 Aug 2007

hard to understand what's going on and who's who, but it is directed with such style by Danny Boyle that it is not possible to not be involved…

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By John Wirt (638) for Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) (638) on 02 Aug 2007

While Sunshine echoes some previous films, especially 2001: A Space Odyssey and Alien, Danny Boyle imprints his distinctive mark…

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By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 02 Aug 2007

The brilliant production design and convincing special effects (which eschew the CGI slickness of most Hollywood productions) make up for a…

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By Eugene Novikov (936) for Film Blather (908) on 31 Jul 2007

A movie that Carl Sagan would have liked…

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By Kirk Honeycutt (1,481) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 30 Jul 2007

Sunshine is its own creature, taking inspiration from classic science fiction films but insisting on a gritty reality that much improves on…

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By Andrea Chase (1,182) for Killer Movie Reviews (1,182) on 29 Jul 2007

Operates on the level of pure entertainment even as it asks the big questions about the meaning of existence and challenges every assumption,…

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By Jules Brenner (885) for Cinema Signals (847) on 29 Jul 2007

While the scope is inter-planetary, it always gets down to the behavioral clashes among human (and/or non-human) species trapped in a confined space…

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By Daniel M. Kimmel (1,403) for Worcester Telegram & Gazette (604) on 29 Jul 2007

science fiction for people who like to think as well as experience a sense of wonder…

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By Bill Gibron (1,013) for PopMatters (2,617) on 28 Jul 2007

(W)hat Boyle and Garland accomplish here is nothing short of a miracle.They manage to allude to previous motion pictures and yet make the riffs…

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By Sean Burns (1,156) for Philadelphia Weekly (778) on 27 Jul 2007

After a mesmerizing first hour, the film implodes so quickly our sputtering sun can barely keep pace…

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By John Hartl (735) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 26 Jul 2007

Cluttered storytelling undermines Sunshine…

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By Michael Sragow (1,413) for Baltimore Sun (1,823) on 26 Jul 2007

Steven Soderbergh had his emotionally constipated Solaris, and now Boyle has this long night's journey into day…

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By Eric Melin (822) for Scene-Stealers.com (667) on 26 Jul 2007

Sunshine does not achieve the unity of theme or abstract totality of 2001 (which remains the gold standard for the genre), but it does effectively…

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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for Salt Lake Tribune (1,927) on 26 Jul 2007

The spaceship sequences are done entirely with computer-generated images, but the contrast between darkness and light provides the tactile…

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By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 26 Jul 2007

Boyle has always been exceptionally good at creating suspense…

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By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for EricDSnider.com (2,026) on 26 Jul 2007

More compelling and engrossing than any sci-fi film of the last few years…

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By Edward Havens (184) for FilmJerk.com (622) on 26 Jul 2007

Sunshine is 90% a great film, a believable and intriguing meditation on life, the human spirit and how far some people are willing to go for…

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By Dave White (762) for Movies.com (1,002) on 26 Jul 2007

Why else would the film introduce a completely unexplained Alien-ish element two-thirds of the way through and just ask you to roll with it…

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By Coco Forsythe (44) for Future Movies UK (245) on 26 Jul 2007

For two thirds of the film, Sunshine has a lot to offer. If only Boyle and Garland could rein in their worst instincts, what a movie they might make…

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