Sunshine Critic Reviews

Metascore®:

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Based upon 17 Critic Reviews
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San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalleAdd Critic to Favorites

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

Washington Post | Stephen HunterAdd Critic to Favorites

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

Boston Globe | Wesley MorrisAdd Critic to Favorites

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

Entertainment Weekly | Lisa SchwarzbaumAdd Critic to Favorites

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

Slate | Dana StevensAdd Critic to Favorites

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

Washington Post | Desson ThomsonAdd Critic to Favorites

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

The Hollywood Reporter | Kirk HoneycuttAdd Critic to Favorites

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

The New York Times | Manohla DargisAdd Critic to Favorites

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

USA Today | Mike ClarkAdd Critic to Favorites

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

Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

This is a movie of substance and thrilling historical sweep, and its three hours allow Szabo to show the family's destiny forming and shifting under pressure.Read the full review

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