Sandra Bullock's medical engineer is on her first space mission with Nasa veteran George Clooney when they are stranded
Sandra Bullock's medical engineer is on her first space mission with Nasa veteran George Clooney when they are stranded.
Debris from a Russian satellite destroys their shuttle, but can they find a way back to Earth?
Director Alfonso Cuarón's ground-breaking drama won seven Oscars and is an out-of-this-world experience, producing jaw-dropping wonder, dizzying vertigo, heart-stopping tension, spine-tingling shocks and visceral fear.
The spectacle is often disorientating, but Bullock's gutsy resilience and Clooney's folksy charm give the film its human touch.
Plot contrivances notwithstanding, this is is an overwhelming cinematic experience. Even real astronauts have given it the thumbs up; for the rest of us, this is the closest we'll ever come to being in space.
