Solaris

– A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a b..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.20 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 39 Minutes
Release Year:
2002
Solaris (2002)

A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet.

Solaris (2002) - Trailer

Release Date:

27 Nov 2002

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
PG-13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned

Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Parents are urged to be cautious. Some material may be inappropriate for pre-teenagers.

Director:

Steven Soderbergh

Writer:

Stanislaw Lem (novel), Steven Soderbergh (screenplay)

Main Actors:

George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Viola Davis, Jeremy Davies

Plot:

Dr. Gibarian, part of a team at a space station studying Solaris, makes an urgent and self-described bizarre video request to his friend, civilian psychiatrist Dr. Chris Kelvin, to come to the station to deal with an unspecified phenomenon aboard, that phenomenon with which Chris' experience and background may be able to explain and solve. Chris learns that his trip is sanctioned by the space program as a security force had been sent to the station to investigate, that security team which is now missing. When Chris arrives at the station, he finds only two surviving team members, Drs. Gordon and Snow (Dr. Gibarian committed suicide), who are both acting nervously. Chris also finds two unexpected people there, the first, who Chris only sees fleetingly, being Dr. Gibarian's adolescent son Michael, and the second being Chris' deceased wife, Rheya. Chris and Rheya had a passionate relationship in all its good and bad before she committed suicide. Apparently, these appearances of loved ones of the crew at the station are what Chris has come to investigate. As Chris, Gordon and Snow discuss and argue about what to do, Chris becomes emotionally invested in this vision of his wife, who herself begins to realize she looks like Rheya, acts like Rheya (including having the same feelings for Chris), answers to the name Rheya, but is not really the Rheya that was once Chris' wife.

Awards:

2 wins & 11 nominations.

Gross profit:

$14,780,776

Production:

20th Century Fox

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
66%
Metacritic:
65%