Great film, shame about the Hollywoodiness

Rating: Null/10 (6 January 2014)

6 - simply because of the wonderful depiction of space and what it might feel like floating above the Earth in a space suit, surrounded by a few tools and machines that keep humans alive in unimaginably hostile ... nothingness. Space is inexplicable, this film transferred how it might feel to be human in that environment.
However: Clooney, although getting better with age, reminded me of BuzzLightyear that turned me off him in the first place. I think astronauts are professional scientists and Space is no place for a joker
Bullock did an admirable job but adhered to the female stereotype (as did Clooney the male counterbalance). Basically it was too emotional and tried too hard to draw you in to an all-too-human drama, when the vastness of space needed not the intensity of overpowering music to help you feel something.
Plot: just went from bad to worse. C'mon, we need it to be credible, for pity's sake! See it and see what I mean But see it - it's stunningly beautiful!