This American remake of the 1972 Russian 'Solyaris', about a psychologist summoned to a space station-in-distress, starts well by adopting the original's mesmerising tone with a sleek, sexy new look, and it certainly doesn't hurt that George Clooney's, um, natural acting talents are on regular display, but too quickly the movie starts spelling everything out, characters hurry to articulate their emotional crises, and the profound philosophical puzzle that was the original movie ends up a fairly monotonous, superficial romantic space drama here.
★★☆☆☆
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