Tedious in the extreme

Rating: 4/10 (5 October 2009)

This is a Stanely Kubrick "classic" and I use the term very loosely as this film is both unbelievably tedious and boring.
The film in broken into segments starting with the evolution of Man and a subsequent space mission gone awry. Sprinkled among these four parts is some of the flattest acting you will ever see which is strange because Kubrick was a master at getting the best out of his actors. The only two cast members that add any life to it are Douglas Rain as the voice of HAL 9000 and Vivian Kubrick as the adorable daughter of Floyd.
The film is many things: long, slow, meandering, flat and redundant. These negative traits affect almost everything the film has to offer from the story to the performances and the score. The only thing NOT affected is the special effects which are pretty convincing.
In conclusion, although the story has promise and it sparkles every now and then, the film is just plain dull.