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It is the near future. Astronaut Sam Bell is living on the far side of the moon, completing a three-year contract with Lunar Industries to mine Earth's primary source of energy, Helium-3. It is a lonely job, made harder by a broken satellite that allows no live communications home. Taped messages are all Sam can send and receive. Thankfully, his time on the moon is nearly over, and Sam will be reunited... See Full Description
| Genres: |
Drama, Science Fiction/Fantasy and Thriller |
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| Running Time: |
1 hr. 37 min. |
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| Release Date: |
June 12th, 2009 (limited) |
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| MPAA Rating: |
R for language. |
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| Distributors: |
Sony Pictures Classics
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$4,785,434 |
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| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade:
B
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Entertainment Weekly, Owen Gleiberman
"You can meditate away, but at bottom the movie is 97 minutes of Sam Rockwell jabbering to himself." more...
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B- |
Filmcritic.com, Chris Cabin
"...despite minor gaps of illogical lunacy, it works." more...
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B- |
New York Post, Kyle Smith
"It's almost like a David Bowie song ..." more...
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B- |
New York Times, A. O. Scott
"...modest, haunting..." more...
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B+ |
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