2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
When a mysterious artifact is uncovered on the Moon, a spacecraft manned by two humans and one supercomputer is sent to Jupiter to find its origins.
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester
Rated: G
Runtime: 149 minutes
ReelRank score: 150 out of 200, from 4 ratings.
Grade: D+
Cast and crew: Stanley Kubrick
Reviews
- Space to be Bored and Captivated by nezzkobdamned: I started off really not gelling with 2001. I'd go as far as to say that it bored me. Happily the film builds slowly into something more, and Kubrick shifted my initial thoughts quite violently with…
- Nearly Perfect by salvius23: Just great in every way. Arguably, the light show at the end maybe runs about two minutes longer than it needs to run to make the point, but otherwise basically a flawless movie.
- 2001: A Space Odyssey Review by applescruff909: Often imitated, never repeated. It's one of the very best films I enjoy returning to, usually a a few times per year. It took me ages to get to the point where I felt like I "got it", after…
- One of the worst viewing experiences ever by kcookandcatsco: This one's pretty specific, but I famously hate this movie going way back. I educated myself voraciously once I got a job at Blockbuster at age 15 that let me effectively circumvent my parents'…