A Cerebrally Beguiling Lunar Confection

Rating: 8/10 (1 July 2011)

Moon is a fascinating, ingenious, and original sci-fi/fantasy film by first-time (full-length) director, Duncan Jones.
It is another small, sly, well-made sci-fi flick like Primer; but it is more stylish and polished like the equally-brainy Gattaca.
Sam Rockwell (Charlie's Angels, Matchstick Men, Iron Man 2) delivers a commanding performance as the lone astronaut-miner on the moon -- he is excellent here and was easily one of the better of 2009 (ahem, way to look the other way Academy!!). Kevin Spacey (American Beauty, Se7en, The Usual Suspects) is soothing as the voice of GERTY (Moon's HAL 9000).
Moon is nearly perfect with what it sets out to achieve. Just like it's titular celestial object, Moon may be small but it isn't slight -- it is a cerebrally beguiling lunar confection.