Sunshine Critic Reviews

From the outside, Sunshine sounds like the most boring film on Earth. In fact, it's glorious.Read the full review

It's a brilliant, profound movie, but it's almost no fun at all.Read the full review

If their movie doesn't float your boat as a work of science-fiction, action, philosophy, heliocentrism, or staggering visual spectacle (although, it really should), then it certainly succeeds as a parable for cinematic ambition.Read the full review

While inevitably oversimplified, is never less than engrossing.Read the full review

In moments--the early moments--Sunshine can feel like a new genre classic, albeit one heavily in debt to its predecessors.Read the full review

Beam yourselves aboard Sunshine, set 50 years in the future. The voyage works, beautifully.Read the full review

Sunshine is its own creature, taking inspiration from classic science fiction films but insisting on a gritty reality that much improves on past space adventures.Read the full review

A first-rate, seemingly sweat-free entertainer, Mr. Boyle always sells the goods smoothly, along with the chills, the laughs and, somewhat less often, the tears. He’s wickedly good at making you jump and squirm in your seat, which he does often in Sunshine, but he tends to avoid tapping into deep wells of emotion.Read the full review

This movie doesn't make you think you are watching art. It's closer to a high-end TV movie with lots of familiar faces.Read the full review