Metacritic Movie Ratings
Moon Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 88

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  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.

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• 80

  out of 100

  The Hollywood Reporter

  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.

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• 75

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  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.

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• 70

  out of 100

  The New York TimesA.O. Scott

  The film's ideas are interesting, but don't feel entirely worked out, and Mr. Rockwell's intriguingly strange performance (or performances) is left suspended, without the context that would give Sam's plight its full emotional and philosophical impact. The smallness of this movie is decidedly a virtue, but also, in the end, something of a limitation.

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• 70

  out of 100

  VarietyDennis Harvey

  Despite its handsome look and good thesping workout for Sam Rockwell, the story stretches a bit thin over feature length.

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• 67

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman

  The double role suits Rockwell perfectly -- in fact, it suits him a little too well.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Los Angeles Times

  Try as they might, the filmmakers never hit the outer reaches of imagination that both Kubrick and Bowie did. Which is not to say the film completely implodes into a black hole either.

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