Sunshine
Studio: Fox Searchlight
Rated: R
Cast: Cillian Murphy, Michelle Yeoh
Director: Danny Boyle
WorkNameSort: Sunshine
Our Rating: 3.50
Sunshine tells the story of eight astronauts sent to reignite our dying sun with a nuclear device. Director Danny Boyle avoids the clichés and instead embraces the sort of psychological drama and suspense that would’ve pleased Stanley Kubrick. The final act stumbles awkwardly into horror and never quite recovers. Even in its missteps, though, Sunshine manages to be better sci-fi than most other recent releases.
This article appears in Jul 25-31, 2007.