Brendon Jones It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Myron Clemons A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

Blake Rivera If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

Yazmin Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

sergelamarche The story had to be remade. Nice questioning about life and reality. Is there another life form and what would we do with it? Good little film. The end is similar to the russian film of the same name and origin, but more virtual. Are we now in heaven in heaven?

nikolaiv85 Solaris is ,from my point of view, sci-fi biblical story. I found this like representation of Armageddon by Stanisław Lem. Solaris at the end of movie becoming bigger and bigger, like Sun will be in several thousand years, and I feel like he wrote this to help his mind and soul to accept that fact easier, more like glimmer of hope, about afterlife. Solaris from my point of view, represents both heaven and Sun.I don't agree with him, but I find this very creative, and that is only reason why I gave 7 for this movie. Here comes bad parts.Other things-I really hate blow-mind movies, where main characters are making worlds to run from reality. Also, ending of movie is definite one, there is no room for further explanations like other users are saying. Main character was influenced by his own emotions,he imagined what would be his life back on Earth.He chose death,instead of that kind of life.only explanation. And that is,for me , waste. All actions of his wife ,were ultimately selfish. Abortion, suicide. He left her before her suicide,because, she chose without him. Her issues are not explanation for her selfishness. and she killed herself because she didn't want to live without him,and to make him pay, that is both stupid and I repeat, ultimately selfish.OK, this is story about weak man,who loves sickly selfish manipulative woman, and he secretly wants second chance, and I don't buy this as true love, and as story about second chance... This part of story I see like Stockholm s syndrome.Second chance could be needed if something bad happened, here is about: Psychopath and her victim-part two.

robinson_al I have to start out by saying I have never read the 1961 novel nor have I seen the 1972 film. I am only commenting on the 2002 film. I found it an astonishing piece of cinema. I like movies so I have tried hard to see as many as possible so it is only a small number that have stuck with me and made a serious impression. Mostly what drew me to this movie so much was how the director and actors pulled me into the story and made it real for me.I'm sure the book has been fully dissected but I think from comments I have seen that some people don't really understand what is going on. I don't want to give any spoilers so I will only say that the mind is a very powerful thing and we cannot doubt what it can create. We all have inner voices that we struggle with and mostly they try to help us accomplish our goals.I would recommend watching this movie when you have time to feel introspective.

Neulwen This movie starts out interesting, but pretty soon it becomes silly, and much more fantasy than sci-fi. The acting is so-so. The script is often stupid/awkward, but sometimes poetic (in a good way). The characters aren't introduced much, and seem unfamiliar and hard to associate with. The movie generally doesn't evoke much emotion, except a few times, mostly because it so often induces disbelief. Certain camera shots (like seeing a character's face) feel unnecessarily long without adding substance, and at the same time, some story aspects are underdeveloped. There is no explanation for how clones of specific dead humans, with their memories, appear out of nowhere. The crew members are certain, by unknown reasons, that it's the planet below that creates them. Of course. And they are not unusually perplexed, amazed or in disbelief. The whole movie feels shallow because of this unrealism. It would have been potentially interesting to learn more about the planet Solaris.Also, more could have been done out of the main character's approach to Solaris. More emotion.At one point the characters discuss how the "visitors" are built. One of the crew members comes up with what is supposed to be a wild guess, the other one programs a particle accelerator (how come they have one on the ship to begin with?) based on that guess, and it just happens to be correct. And again, no questions asked and no explanations. There are multiple such ignored bits in this movie.The mentioned physics is bad too. Bosons do not have anti-particles, and the Higgs field gives *everything* mass, and exists everywhere. Although the Higgs was not yet experimentally confirmed by the time this movie was made, this has been theorised for some time. It would only take a simple internet search.However, the movie has some good aspects too. The visuals are beautiful. There is some really aesthetic lightning and scenery. The planet Solaris looks fascinating, and there are some nice shots of it. There are a few good story elements about love and regret, and the occasional emotional atmosphere. Background music is fitting.