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An old fashioned sci-fi pic with all the charm of an indie but set in space...

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Posted jul 6, 2009 3:57 am pt

• [+] New Orleans Times-Picayune
  
  100
  More than anything this is an intelligent film, a satisfying bit of old-school sci-fi suspense.

  by Mike Scott | Read Full Review »
• [+] Austin Chronicle
  
  89
  Moon doesn't belabor anything, really, so confidently measured and philosophically nuanced it all plays out (aided by a striking, under-the-skin original score by Clint Mansell).

  by Kimberley Jones | Read Full Review »
• [+] ReelViews
  
  88
  After the chaos of "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," it's refreshing to encounter a science fiction film that respects the intelligence and attention span of an adult.

  by James Berardinelli | Read Full Review »
• [+] Rolling Stone
  
  88
  Moon is a potent provocation that relies on ideas instead of computer tricks to stir up excitement.

  by Peter Travers | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Sun-Times
  
  88
  Moon is a superior example of that threatened genre, hard science-fiction, which is often about the interface between humans and alien intelligence of one kind of or other, including digital.

  by Roger Ebert | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Onion (A.V. Club)
  
  83
  Moon is enjoyable as much for its small scale and solid execution as for its crazy twists and creeping existential dread.

  by Noel Murray | Read Full Review »
• [+] Portland Oregonian
  
  83
  Moon doesn't arrive with a train of ballyhoo, but its quiet charms easily drowns out the clatter of bigger, dumber pictures.

  by Shawn Levy | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Reader
  
  80
  This eerie drama harks back to sci-fi movies of the late 60s and early 70s that explored inner as well as outer space (2001, Solaris, and particularly Silent Running).

  by J.R. Jones | Read Full Review »
• [+] Empire
  
  80
  They do make 'em like they used to -- a fresh blast of old-school sci-fi, bursting with ideas and a stellar turn from Rockwell.

  by Simon Crook | Read Full Review »
• [+] Film Threat
  
  80
  Moon is one of those rare gems of the sci-fi genre that takes its acting as seriously as it treats its special effects.

  by Whitney Borup | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Hollywood Reporter
  
  80
  Under Duncan Jones' kinetic direction, Moon also shines on the production front: Cinematographer Gary Shaw's shaded shots intensify the drama, and Clint Mansell's music heightens the psycho-scape.

  by Duane Byrge | Read Full Review »
• [+] USA Today
  
  75
  Moon, a superb first feature directed by Duncan Jones (David Bowie's son) and starring an impressive Sam Rockwell, is an intelligent, evocative and deceptively low-key sci-fi adventure.

  by Claudia Puig | Read Full Review »
• [+] TV Guide
  
  75
  Moon is a small-scale film, but, thanks in no small part to Rockwell, its mix of thematic grandeur and human drama makes it a worthy successor to those 1970s science fiction films that inspired it.

  by Josh Ralske | Read Full Review »
• [+] Philadelphia Inquirer
  
  75
  Moon is a deceptively simple study of alienation, paranoia, and loneliness.

  by Steven Rea | Read Full Review »
• [+] The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
  
  75
  Watching Moon is kind of like seeing a booster rocket thrust seventies' sci-fi films deeper into orbit.

  by Stephen Cole | Read Full Review »