Smart and interesting.

Rating: 8/10 (25 June 2011)

Rockwell gives an excellent performance, which is good since he is almost the whole cast.
Sam is a likable character as a man who has had no human company for 3 years and we see the effects of the isolation on him.
GERTY is a nice touch, a robot that uses smileys as it's only means of expression.
The pace of the film is very slow, almost dreamlike at times, and it makes it hard to get in to.
The plot has several stages each with a different plot twist, some predictable and some not and you are gradually dragged into caring about what happens to Sam.
The ending is consistent and very well done.
A nice gentle film, and a rare intelligent sci-fi, no explosions here!