Country: US
Technical: col/2.00:1 156m
Director: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Sandra Hüller, James Ortiz
Synopsis:
Particles stemming from Venus appear to be sapping the Sun's power, and an astrophysicist turned science teacher is co-opted to join in a mission to explore the one system in the galaxy that appears be free of the contagion.
Review:
The premise is an intriguing one, from the dangers of a dying sun to the Marie Celeste opening, but this is really another first contact story in new clothing. The amnesia device permitting a gradual revelation of important plot information has the byproduct of further making the film uncomfortably long, however, and by the time we reach the end we have passed through so many scenes of cutesy message making and mission creep that we seem to have left science several clicks behind. We are left on Solaris, having checked in on such antecedents as Sunshine, Dark Star, Contact, The Martian, Interstellar, Ad Astra, and 2010. The star, who has to carry the film, does a great job as both actor and producer, but one wonders if one director might have been sufficient.
Country: US
Technical: col/2.00:1 156m
Director: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Sandra Hüller, James Ortiz
Synopsis:
Particles stemming from Venus appear to be sapping the Sun's power, and an astrophysicist turned science teacher is co-opted to join in a mission to explore the one system in the galaxy that appears be free of the contagion.
Review:
The premise is an intriguing one, from the dangers of a dying sun to the Marie Celeste opening, but this is really another first contact story in new clothing. The amnesia device permitting a gradual revelation of important plot information has the byproduct of further making the film uncomfortably long, however, and by the time we reach the end we have passed through so many scenes of cutesy message making and mission creep that we seem to have left science several clicks behind. We are left on Solaris, having checked in on such antecedents as Sunshine, Dark Star, Contact, The Martian, Interstellar, Ad Astra, and 2010. The star, who has to carry the film, does a great job as both actor and producer, but one wonders if one director might have been sufficient.
