An unapologetic nonstop thrill ride, Alfonso Cuaron’s latest may be short on story and character development but it’s one of the most beautifully shot films in recent memory. George Clooney and Sandra Bullock play astronauts servicing the Hubble Space Telescope when their shuttle is damaged by debris from a Russian missile strike on a satellite. What follows is an intense survival thriller combined with a powerful meditation on love, loss, and what it means to be human. While Clooney is charming as always (even if his signature head bob is obscured by his space helmet), it’s Bullocks show and she nails the fraught performance from start to finish. With Cuaron’s longshots, switching effortlessly between objective and subjective perspective, and excellent zero gravity effects, this simply put is what 3D Imax is made for, (and this is coming from a guy who’s never enjoyed any 3D film experience before other than Avatar).

1. Alphonso
Cuaron’s
Gravity
Review
by
Justin
Perich
October
11,
2013
Gravity
–
An
unapologetic
nonstop
thrill
ride,
Alfonso
Cuaron’s
latest
may
be
short
on
story
and
character
development
but
it’s
one
of
the
most
beautifully
shot
films
in
recent
memory.
George
Clooney
and
Sandra
Bullock
play
astronauts
servicing
the
Hubble
Space
Telescope
when
their
shuttle
is
damaged
by
debris
from
a
Russian
missile
strike
on
a
satellite.
What
follows
is
an
intense
survival
thriller
combined
with
a
powerful
meditation
on
love,
loss,
and
what
it
means
to
be
human.
While
Clooney
is
charming
as
always
(even
if
his
signature
head
bob
is
obscured
by
his
space
helmet),
it’s
Bullocks
show
and
she
nails
the
fraught
performance
from
start
to
finish.
With
Cuaron’s
longshots,
switching
effortlessly
between
objective
and
subjective
perspective,
and
excellent
zero
gravity
effects,
this
simply
put
is
what
3D
Imax
is
made
for,
(and
this
is
coming
from
a
guy
who’s
never
enjoyed
any
3D
film
experience
before
other
than
Avatar).
4/5
stars