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Overview
Tagline:
If the sun dies, so do we. morePlot:
A team of astronauts are sent to re-ignite the dying sun 50 years into the future. full summary | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)Plot Keywords:
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1 win & 7 nominations moreUser Comments:
A crew of eight tries to save mankind from freezing to death moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Cliff Curtis | ... | Searle | |
| Chipo Chung | ... | Icarus (voice) | |
| Cillian Murphy | ... | Capa | |
| Michelle Yeoh | ... | Corazon | |
| Hiroyuki Sanada | ... | Kaneda | |
| Rose Byrne | ... | Cassie | |
| Benedict Wong | ... | Trey | |
| Chris Evans | ... | Mace | |
| Troy Garity | ... | Harvey | |
| Mark Strong | ... | Pinbacker | |
| Paloma Baeza | ... | Capa's Sister | |
| Archie Macdonald | ... | Child | |
| Sylvie Macdonald | ... | Child |
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Rated R for violent content and language.Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
107 minLanguage:
EnglishColor:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
Australia:M | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | France:U (with warning) | Argentina:13 | Netherlands:16 | Peru:14 | South Korea:15 | Hong Kong:IIB | Finland:K-13 | Ireland:15A | Norway:15 | Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating) | Malaysia:U | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Australia:MA (DVD rating) | UK:15 | Brazil:14 | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | New Zealand:M | USA:R (certificate #43132) | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Germany:12 | Sweden:11 | Portugal:M/12 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva)MOVIEmeter: 
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Alex Garland wrote the film as a "love letter" to psychologically-minded science-fiction, and also a film about atheism and "meeting God". He and director Danny Boyle differed in their interpretation of this aspect of this film, but found this did not affect the content of the movie. Garland remarks that they had reached "the same two interpretations that could be made from the world around us". moreGoofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Corazon mistakenly says it is -273 degrees (presumably Celsius) outside the ship. This temperature is absolute zero, and the vacuum of space is around three degrees warmer "in the shade". One of the commentaries jokingly suggests this is a genuine mistake on the part of the character (a biologist) and that Capa (a physicist) would have made a point of correcting her. moreQuotes:
[first lines]Capa: Our sun is dying. Mankind faces extinction. Seven years ago the Icarus project sent a mission to restart the sun but that mission was lost before it reached the star. Sixteen months ago, I, Robert Capa, and a crew of seven left earth frozen in a solar winter. Our payload a stellar bomb with a mass equivalent to Manhattan Island. Our purpose to create a star within a star.
[long pause]
Capa: Eight astronauts strapped to the back of a bomb. My bomb. Welcome to the Icarus Two.
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Avenue of Hope moreFAQ
What's with the flashing images on Icarus I?What happened to Trey?
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I was very lucky being able to get into a preview of this movie today in Vienna. I only knew very little about it in advance, so my expectations were quite neutral.
One word of advice: this movie is not for nitpickers or physicist. The plot outline (i.e. detonating a "stellar bomb" inside the sun) sounds ludicrous at first - but if you're able to ignore this and some other scientific nonsense, you get one great movie.
This one is all about the details and the crew's behavior. Danny Boyle once again proves his insight into the human psyche as he portraits how the crew-members handle the various arising problems, some of the decision-making is displayed frighteningly realistic compared to other movies in the genre. Cillian Murphy (brilliant as ever) and Chris Evans (hated him in Fantastic 4, but showed a great performance here) pair up very nicely during most many scenes.
The entire movie has a certain feel to it, the atmosphere is very tense and Boyle manages to keep the pace at quite a high level the entire time. Visual FX are at a high level as well.
Apparently Sunshine can't deny the influences from 2001 or Event Horizon, nevertheless it should be treated as an independent film.
A few deductions for some glitches and the scientific stuff, otherwise great entertainment!