Moon (2009)
94%RT Audience Score: 89%
Awards & Nominations: NA
Boosted by Sam Rockwell’s intense performance, Moon is a compelling work of science-fiction, and a promising debut from director Duncan Jones.
Moon is a sci-fi movie that proves you don’t need a massive budget to create a captivating story. Sam Rockwell’s performance is out of this world, and he carries the film on his own. It’s a slow burn, but the attention to detail makes it worth the watch. Plus, who doesn’t love a good psychological drama in space? It’s like Inception meets Gravity, but with less spinning and more existential dread. Overall, Moon is a must-see for any sci-fi fan looking for something a little different.
Production Company(ies)
Distributor
Sony Pictures Classics
Release Type
Streaming, Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
MPAA / Certificate
TV-14
Year of Release
2009
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital Dolby Atmos
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:1h 37m
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Language(s):
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jun 12, 2009 Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 29, 2009
Genre(s)
Mystery & thriller/Sci-fi
Keyword(s)
starring Sam Rockwell, directed by Duncan Jones, written by Nathan Parker, mystery, thriller, sci-fi, box office performance, budget, reviewed by James Luxford, Ben Kenigsberg, Perri Nemiroff, Bob Mondello, Philip Kemp, Jason Bailey, PJ Nabarro, Patrick Nabarro, Matt Brunson, Mike Massie, Nikki Baughan, David Harris, Kelly Jane Torrance, R rating, astronaut, lunar mine, clone, hallucinations, Sam Bell, Tess Bell, Eve Bell, Thompson, Overmeyers, The Technician, Dominique McElligott, Kaya Scodelario, Benedict Wong, Matt Berry, Malcolm Stewart, Stuart Fenegan, Trudie Styler, Sony Pictures Classics, 196 reviews, 100,000+ ratings, Sam Bell’s health, mystery, company crew, English, Jun 12, 2009 Limited, Dec 29, 2009, $5.0M, 1h 37m
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Budget and Earnings Details
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Dominique McElligott – Tess Bell
Kaya Scodelario – Eve Bell
Benedict Wong – Thompson
Matt Berry – Overmeyers
Malcolm Stewart – The Technician
Director(s)
Duncan Jones
Writer(s)
Nathan Parker
Producer(s)
Stuart Fenegan, Trudie Styler
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (196) | Top Critics (63) | Fresh (176) | Rotten (20)
Made with only a fraction of your average Star Wars or Marvel movie, but does so much with (relatively little). Sam Rockwell is just fantastic given that he’s largely in the film on his own. A tremendous sci-fi movie.
June 24, 2022 | Rating: 5/5
James Luxford
BBC.com
TOP CRITIC
November 17, 2011 | Rating: 4/5
Ben Kenigsberg
Time Out
TOP CRITIC
Simple and alien-free example of the sci-fi genre. Slow, but there are so many details deserving attention, the chance to take them all in one only enhances the experience.
August 14, 2010 | Rating: 4/5
Perri Nemiroff
CinemaBlend
TOP CRITIC
Start calculating the costs to Lunar Industries of its singular form of devaluing, and Moon’s central premise stops making sense.
July 6, 2010
Bob Mondello
NPR.org
TOP CRITIC
Moon is an old-fashioned sci-fi movie in the best sense: far more psychological drama than space opera, dispensing with overweening CGI and loud flashy action sequences while harking back to subtler, more ideas-driven entries in the genre.
July 6, 2010
Philip Kemp
Sight & Sound
TOP CRITIC
While some of it is clearly inspired by other material, director Jones spins this yarn into something unique and fresh and new and exhilarating.
May 6, 2010
Jason Bailey
DVDTalk.com
TOP CRITIC
It falls very much in the lineage of earlier sci-fi classics, but still provides enough virtuosity and individuality to make it somewhat novel.
November 5, 2021 | Rating: 4/5
PJ Nabarro
Patrick Nabarro
With Ziggy Stardust for a father, Major Tom for an uncle, and, presumably, the spiders from Mars for assorted in-laws, is it any wonder that Duncan Jones chose a science fiction project to mark his feature film debut?
August 31, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/4
Matt Brunson
Film Frenzy
The film engagingly sets a cold, scarily inhumane atmosphere that is interesting but not spectacular.
November 29, 2020 | Rating: 6/10
Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins
[A] beautifully-crafted fable about the consequences of human greed and unfettered technological endeavour that’s plausible enough to be genuinely chilling.
October 30, 2019 | Rating: 4/5
Nikki Baughan
Roll Credits
Rockwell gives a great performance in what is more or less a one-man film.
October 9, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/5
David Harris
Spectrum Culture
Suffice it to say, Mr. Rockwell more than carries the film, with a nuanced performance that speaks volumes about the fears of alienation and corruption that always seem to accompany our literature about the future.
December 6, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/4
Kelly Jane Torrance
Washington Times…
Plot
Astronaut Sam Bell’s three-year shift at a lunar mine is coming to an end, but his health takes a drastic turn for the worse and he meets what appears to be a younger version of himself, possibly a clone, in the compelling sci-fi mystery thriller, Moon.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Moon stars Sam Rockwell in a compelling and intense performance.
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