Masterful visuals, mediocre story

Rating: 8/10 (25 June 2014)

The film strongest point are its visuals. In short - it looks very nice indeed. Splendid colors, great views of foreign planet, nice choice of spacecraft design. The story is seriously dumbed down version of the book but it has its refining moments. At least it is not all cliché and is interesting to watch, there is nothing broken. Kids are very likable and play well. Adult roles are not particularly interesting or well-played, which is a shame, but the script did not give them much room anyway. All in all I could recommend viewing this... but only after reading the book, so the film would not spoil much better book for you.