10 OSCAR NOMINATIONS INCLUDING BEST PICTURE & DIRECTOR
“Gravity is the kind of enthralling, all-encompassing, giddy cinematic experience that surfaces once in a blue moon. The telling of this simple tale of survival required cutting-edge technology, but we don't notice the bells and whistles: They're on hand to immerse us in an unforgettable personal story. Director Alfonso Cuarón has crafted a bracing masterpiece that blends visual panache, top-notch acting, deft writing and taut pacing.
“Veteran astronaut Matt Kowalski (George Clooney) and Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) are on a mission to install a new scanning system on the Hubble telescope. She's serious and focused. He's blithe and entertains Houston's Mission Control with jokes and well-worn stories. Then an alarm sounds. A cloud of space debris collides with their spacecraft. Suddenly, Stone and Kowalski are lost in space.
“No film since 2001: A Space Odyssey in 1968 has captured such a vivid reality outside Earth's gravitational pull. Every detail seems meticulously researched. A masterful storyteller, Cuarón explores isolation, physical and emotional. Early on, when Kowalski asks Stone what she likes best about space, she responds: "The silence." It's a statement that will come to haunt her.
“Gravity is an extraordinary force to be reckoned with, a majestic, innovative, heart-pounding spectacle imbued with poetry and profundity.” - Claudia Puig, USA Today