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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternTruly transporting film.
- 80L.A. WeeklyRon StringerL.A. WeeklyRon StringerYou may as well watch the movie too, if only so that another of life's astonishing possibilities won't have entirely passed you by.
- 75The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyThe film is a vertiginous experience of hanging 350 kilometres above the Earth.
- 75New York PostMegan LehmannNew York PostMegan LehmannThis is what IMAX was made for: Strap on a pair of 3-D goggles, shut out the real world, and take a vicarious voyage to the last frontier -- space.
- The film's greatest moments take place in space. There, words are unnecessary, the images transfixing.
- 70VarietyScott FoundasVarietyScott FoundasLike a really, really high-tech version of a high school class trip to the planetarium.
- 60TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxThe film is sponsored by Lockheed Martin with the cooperation of NASA, both of which are deeply involved in the development of the ISS, so it's not surprising that none of the questions that have swirled around this project -- like, who'll foot the bill if any one country defaults on its contribution? -- are answered, or even addressed.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleYet it fails to enchant for a reason that might not be fair, but that's just how it is: We've seen outer space simulated so well in sci-fi movies that the real thing seems like old stuff.
- 50New Times (L.A.)Gregory WeinkaufNew Times (L.A.)Gregory WeinkaufWhat's in it for you? Mostly a bunch of astronauts and cosmonauts onboard the International Space Station, floating around filming each other.