Moon

Précisons d'emblée que je ne suis pas fan des films où un seul personnage occupe tout le devant de la scène et, qu’en plus, la SF n’est pas mon genre préféré. Néanmoins, après avoir lu une critique qui évoquait un film indépendant à petit budget programmé au Sundance Festival et qui acclamaient l’excellente performance de Sam Rockwell, j’ai eu envie de le visionner. Et j'ai eu droit à un drame intimiste, schizophrène par moments et chargé d’angoisse. Ennuyeux au début, mais qui fait rapidement place à une intrigue à forte dimension humaine et où il n’y a pas besoin de recourir à des êtres surnaturels, des sabres laser ou autres scènes d’action. Sam Rockwell mérite le respect, car il faut vraiment être bon pour emmener tout un film de la sorte ! (12/04/2010)

La science-fiction des marionnettes avec une intention louable, servie par un montage dramaturgique moins louable. Mais les impressions positives prédominent : Sam Rockwell joue bien et la voix de Spacey était une excellente idée. (20/02/2010)

A captivating and very gradual flight through loneliness and lost identity. A soft camera, sensitive directing, dreamy music and Sam Rockwell, whose performance of the schizophrenic "mind-fucking" (as he called it) looks like an air ballet. Moon may not be philosophically or deeply spectacular, but with all the imperfections and indie smudges from tar, this is a film that is easy to fall in love with. (17/01/2010)

Great sci-fi film. At the beginning I was afraid that what is immediately clear to smart viewers would turn out to be the shocking twist, but fortunately, the creators weren’t so naive. Moon delivers a very intelligent story, eye-candy visuals, excellent music (and catchy, I still can’t get that melody out of my head), and also emotionally strong scenes. All that together results in a unique movie that no fan of science fiction, or cinema in general, should miss. Basically flawless 5*. (24/10/2009)

Danny Boyle is often thought about, but in my opinion wrongly. Jones’s story could easily have been set on Earth, but then it lacked the "Cameron-esque" detachedly cool industrial setting that perfectly supports the film's events. The story isn't rocket science but instead rides along a strong emotional level of a lonely man, which was a challenge accepted by Sam Rockwell, who did his job with incredible grace. Not to be unfair to the director - especially the opening paranoia and the schizophrenic feel of the second half do make us think - but Rockwell's acting, backed by Mansell's excellent score, actually "made" this film. It’s an unconventional film experience, though probably without a significant audience response. (09/11/2009)