A Stellar, Smart Science Fiction Film

Rating: 10/10 (15 May 2011)

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Re: Astronaut Sam Bell, who has spent the last few years on a solitary assignment on the moon, watchdogging a mining conglomeration of machines, is nearing the end of his shift. He's fallen into a decent, if claustrophobic routine, sculpting a small village, checking the machines, chatting with his computerized nanny, GERTY (voiced by Kevin Spacey). But he starts to have some problems. Spiralling deeper into what may be insanity, Sam starts to question almost everything, including his very existence.
Outstanding: This movie was fantastic. Rockwell is amazing and funny and tragic, sometimes all in the same scene and GERTY, with it's animated emoticon screen and deadpan voice is pitch-perfect.
Unacceptable: The only thing that I think is unacceptable about this movie is that I can't watch it every night.
Summary: Jones directs this with a calm hand, swooping through the abandoned base smoothly, giving the entire movie a bit of an alien feel and Rockwell,, who I like in a lot of things gives one of his best performances. I'm not normally a huge Sci-Fi fan, but movies like this really hook me. A fantastic movie.
5/5
Notes: Duncan Jones is the son of David Bowie, and his second film, Source Code has just been released.