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Movie Overview
Cast
• Keir Dullea
• William Sylvester
• Gary Lockwood
Director
• Stanley Kubrick
MPAA Rating
G
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

REVIEWS
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INTERVIEWS
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OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh
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5/5
"2001 certainly is a colossal bore, unless you're on its wavelength, in which case it's one of the greatest films of all time."  Filmcritic.com  Chris Barsanti

5/5
"It could be the greatest freak-out of all time."  Filmcritic.com  Christopher Null

"What else can such a film be called but ART?"  Cinemania  Dan Jardine

A+
"It's a film based on self-discovery and intellect and contemplation."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

10/10
"As close to perfection as one movie can be."  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Dragan Antulov

"A cold, majestic motion picture, a movie that seeks to remind us of the vastness of space and our relatively insignificant place in it."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

5/5
"Pure unadulterated sci-fi and there's nothing like it and probably never will be again."  Sci-Fi Movie Page  James O'Ehley

A
"brilliantly conceived"  Old School Reviews  John A. Nesbit

10/10
"It still makes a spectacular impression today, and we can easily see how it influenced future films..."  DVDTown.com  John J. Puccio

4/4
"If I were pressed to come up with the best film from my favorite director, it could well be this one."  Movie Habit  Marty Mapes

4.5/5
"Works best if viewed as a symphony."  Goatdog's Movies  Michael W. Phillips, Jr.

5/5
"In this science fiction masterpiece, Stanley Kubrick tracks the odyssey of mankind, from the dawn of man four million years ago to the exploration of deep space."  Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies  Nell Minow

4/4
"Central to the profundity of the film is the notion that few things are more meaningful than a child's first steps, the emotive impact of this scenario manifest in every one of the film's dizzying set pieces, albeit multiplied to epic proportions."  Slant Magazine  Rob Humanick

"There is simply no substitute for the cinema experience"  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Shane Burridge

4/4
"Still one of the best"  sbs.is  Stefan Birgir Stefansson

A
"Doesn't just depict a quantum leap forward in human consciousness — it practically requires such a leap, on an individual scale, from the viewer."  Decent Films Guide  Steven D. Greydanus

4/4
Read review  Oscar Guy  Wesley Lovell

Read review  Montreal Film Journal  Kevin N. Laforest
OFCS Rating: 100% Fresh
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