Solaris (2002) Movie Review

Starring: George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Jeremy Davies, Viola Davis

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Review Summary

Most of the crew of a space station in orbit above the distant planet Solaris have disappeared under mysterious circumstances. The survivors are plagued by strange phenomena, including eerie visitors who seem perfectly human and familiar to them. Psychologist Chris Kelvin (Clooney), burdened by the suicide of his young and beloved wife Rheya, is sent to the station to investigate and try to bring back the survivors, but he also gets snared in the strange happenings. He meets Rheya aboard the station, alive and in the flesh, with all their shared memories intact, and the experience is both beautiful and terrifying. Steven Soderbergh wrote and directed this slow remake of the 1972 Tarkovsky classic -- both based on the book by Stanislaw Lem.
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Plot

Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%

**Fantasy or Science Fiction?** - science fiction story
Explore/1st contact Yes
Explore plotlet: - exploring a wondrous planet or phenomenon
Romance Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - doctor
Age: - 40's-50's
Hair color? - white/grey
Hair type - (man) short/medium straight
Body type - average (man)
Unclothed? - Chest
Events of movie makes character more... - sad
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor? - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - An "It".
Hair color - brunette (Brown)
Hair style - (woman) long straight
Body type - average (female)
How much in movie? - 60%

Main Adversary
Identity: - a fight for survival

Setting
Spaceship setting: - a space station
Planet outside our solar system? Yes
Takes place in spaceship? Yes

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Tone of movie - spiritual
Sex/nudity in movie? Yes
What kind of sex: - kissing - actual description of sex - seeing nude male butt
Any profanity? - Occasional swearing
Kinds of F/X - exotic spaceships
Is this movie based on a - book

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