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2001 - A Space Odyssey Reviews

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A four-million-year-old black monolith is discovered on the moon, and the government sends a team of scientists on a fact-finding mission while hiding the truth from the public. Later, another team is sent to Jupiter in a ship controlled by the perfect HAL 9000 computer to further investigate the giant object--but something .. Read more

Starring	Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter
Director	Stanley Kubrick
Genres	Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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- A lengthy montage of brilliant model work and obscure symbolism, this curiosity slowly gathered commercial momentum and came to be cherished by those who used it as a trip without LSD.
- 31074
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
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  - 1
  Great Film.
  
  Roncoach (the most helpful reviewer?) has slatted every film by Kubrick, but gives films like '17 Again' and 'Deja Vu' fairly positive reviews? ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - IJMC
  - 16 reviews
  - 19 Feb 2012 at 22:35
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  - 3
  Actually fell asleep.
  
  The film starts with a particularly strange and lengthy scene of the apparent beginnings of man. Then to fill endless slots of video sequence we see ships ... read more »
  
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- 1121994
- - Ginge27
  - 5 reviews
  - 27 May 2012 at 22:42
- - 0
  - 0
  Science fiction at its greatest.
  
  Yes, well, this film is not easy to understand therefore people will instantly dislike it. I loved it. I'm only sorry it took so long to get round to ... read more »
  
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- 1121917
- - MikeeMike
  - 6 reviews
  - Liverpool
  - 27 May 2012 at 16:33
- - 0
  - 0
  In 1969 this was easily a 5 star film
  
  Imagine the era: man on the moon, no computers or internet and small screen black and white TVs etc. Going to the cinema to watch this must've been pretty ... read more »
  
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- 1121843
- - PrancingPony
  - 20 reviews
  - Surrey
  - 27 May 2012 at 02:24
- - 1
  - 15
  masterpiece from 69
  
  masterpiece ? what a waste of time, i want my £2. 45 back.
  
  the last 30 mins of this film might have been good in 69 on acid.
  
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- 1117673
- - a customer
  - 08 May 2012 at 22:25
- - 3
  - 1
  Kubrick goes where no man has gone before
  
  STANLEY KUBRICK’s 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968) is rightly hailed as the best sci-fi movie ever made. Certainly without 2001 there would be no STAR WARS, no... read more »
  
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- 1117403
- - MAXIMILIAN
  - 165 reviews
  - BURNHAM
  - 07 May 2012 at 21:12
- - 1
  - 13
  Woeful, Boring, Pointless
  
  OK so I just sat and watched the whole film... What an absolute load of tosh! The first and last 20 minutes are just absolutely crackers, there's no ... read more »
  
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- 1116433
- - a customer
  - 04 May 2012 at 01:47
- - 2
  - 0
  An influential masterpiece
  
  The thing with 2001 is after each viewing, the film becomes more entertaining. You will be more entertained by it and understand more of it's sub-text. 2001... read more »
  
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- 1113878
- - FilmMasterTom
  - 6 reviews
  - 24 Apr 2012 at 14:27
- - 3
  - 1
  Beyond words!
  
  I first saw this film when i was about 14-15yrs old and it blew my mind! I can understand people saying its boring, but those people are probably of the quick ... read more »
  
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- 1111826
- - AvantAklu
  - 5 reviews
  - 16 Apr 2012 at 23:37
- - 1
  - 12
  Cult... Rubbish!!!
  
  I totally agree with the Most Helpful review that this is a painfully slow boring film!
  
  This film is 'cult' as in at the time of filming this... read more »
  
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- 1105543
- - snash123
  - 32 reviews
  - 25 Mar 2012 at 13:21
- - 1
  - 17
  Most boring sci-fi movie of all times
  
  A very boring film. There are many minutes of film were nothing happens at all. In between an intermission with several minutes of black screen.
  
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- - a customer
  - 02 Mar 2012 at 12:57
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  - 1
  Great Film.
  
  Roncoach (the most helpful reviewer?) has slatted every film by Kubrick, but gives films like '17 Again' and 'Deja Vu' fairly positive reviews? ... read more »
  
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- 1094506
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - IJMC
  - 16 reviews
  - 19 Feb 2012 at 22:35
- - 9
  - 1
  I really did try my best...
  
  ...but this movie is unwatchable. I even waited until the boyfriend had his new speaker... read more »
  
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- - SparkleyC
  - 14 reviews
  - London
  - 21 Nov 2006 at 16:34
- - 9
  - 3
  oh my god!
  
  i just watched the film, and i thought it was the worst movie i have ever seen! Im in my early 20's andi rented it because i wanted to know what all the ... read more »
  
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- - Goken
  - Glasgow
  - 22 Dec 2006 at 02:13
- - 10
  - 6
  mega movie
  
  i've watched this film many, many times...with many people...most of whom have fallen asleep during it.
  
  i love it.
  
  the pace, the ... read more »
  
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- 1074441
- - lupinehorror
  - 4 reviews
  - Glasgow
  - 18 Dec 2011 at 19:49
- - 9
  - 5
  Pure cinema
  
  Barry Norman said that ‘2001’ must not be viewed on a small screen, that a big screen is essential. Having never seen ‘2001’ on a big screen... read more »
  
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- 304230
- - Travis
  - Surrey
  - 30 May 2004 at 17:27
- - 13
  - 11
  highly overrated
  
  This movie is just so painfully slow and dull that anyone born after it was made will want to keep their finger close to the fast-forward button.
  
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- - David Kelly
  - London, UK
  - 11 Jul 2006 at 20:44
- - 7
  - 2
  2001 Three years after.
  
  It's about thirty years since I first saw this wonderful film and on watching it again I found it just as stunning as the first time. Kubrick and Clarke ... read more »
  
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- - Ntrails
  - Moray
  - 11 Mar 2004 at 00:42
- - 12
  - 10
  Great visuals and music
  
  Its a tad slow and sometimes theres no sound at various situations. The story is not your usual protagonist, a problem and its solution. The canvas is quite ... read more »
  
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- - Arun
  - Liverpool, UK
  - 30 Apr 2005 at 19:07
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  can someone explain it to me?
  
  The last time I saw this film was when it first came out. I had hoped that in viewing it again all these years later, and seeing it through older eyes, that I ... read more »
  
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- - juthu
  - London
  - 13 Nov 2005 at 07:36
- - 11
  - 9
  You'll love it or hate it
  
  Absolutley fantastic- for me this is what the big screen is all about. The visual are brilliant and the film for me has the under tones of a psychological ... read more »
  
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- 11065
- - a customer
  - London
  - 17 Jul 2004 at 12:07

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Critics' reviews
- A lengthy montage of brilliant model work and obscure symbolism, this curiosity slowly gathered commercial momentum and came to be cherished by those who used it as a trip without LSD.
- 31074
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
- "...A significant landmark in the history of cinema. It's also, as the original posters proclaimed, 'the ultimate trip'..." -- 5 out of 5 stars
- 9258
- - Total Film
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
- A characteristically pessimistic account of human aspiration from Kubrick, this tripartite sci-fi look at... read more on Time Out
- 44273
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:14

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