It struggles to be good

Rating: 5/10 (22 June 2012)

If this movie didn't have the visuals, it wouldn't get more than five out of ten.
Me being more of a hard sci-fi fan might make me a bit overzealous but this is how I got it: maybe the most important and expensive expedition ever is led by a blonde PMS-ing 24/7, with a crew of jerk "scientists" that have a behavior that's borderline idiotic. Nobody seems to care what's going on, nobody seems to do any research; instead they try to play with seemingly innocent aliens, they get drunk while studying an alien or they mate and they get lost in some circular hallways and freak out at every noise while they have the technology to cross the universe. That's why they traveled for four years. And I'm sure many other plot holes have been voiced by other reviewers. If you're willing to get over these shortcomings, you might then be frustrated by the ending that leaves some questions unanswered.
As usual, some physics facts are overlooked for the sake of being cool like noise in space, but I generally liked the special effects.
I would have given it a 6 maybe 6 and 1/2 but I'll go with 5 because I think it's overrated.