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Gravity<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\nFormat:<\/B> Cinema

\nRelease date:<\/B> 8 November 2013

\nDistributor:<\/B> Warner Bros.

\nDirector:<\/B> Alfonso Cuarón

\nWriters:<\/B> Alfonso Cuarón, Joná Cuarón

\nCast:<\/B> Sandra Bullock, George Clooney

\nUSA, UK 2013

\n90 mins\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Remember Alien<\/I>‘s classic poster tag line \u2018In space no one can hear you scream\u2019? It would have also been the perfect fit for Alfonso Cuarón\u2019s Gravity <\/i> which, arguably, is one of the most breathtakingly beautiful and mesmerising films out in cinemas this year. That is, if you are willing to suspend your disbelief at the door and take the film at face value. And most likely, you will. Because from the moment you\u2019ve put your 3D glasses on, Gravity <\/i> embraces you with its awe-aspiring CGI heart and soul. \u2019Life in space is impossible\u2019, we are told, along with a summary of plain facts: 372 miles above Earth\u2019s surface, there is no air pressure, no oxygen, and no atmosphere to carry sound. And it\u2019s that very sense of fatal, lonely isolation that Gravity <\/i> radiates, with an instantly disarming charm and cinematic virtuosity. <\/p>\n

Though essentially a two-hander, with George Clooney as the well-versed astronaut Matt Kowalsky (Clooney being his usual smart, irresistibly charming self) and Sandra Bullock as the overly committed, new-to-space scientist Dr. Ryan Stone, who are caught in an accident while they are out in space repairing a satellite, this is really Bullock\u2019s film. With their shuttle destroyed and all connection to Houston and soon to each other lost, she drifts through the scary, silent darkness of the universe, fighting her way from one space station to the next in the slowly dying hope that she might be able to return to Earth, all alone with her troubled soul on her mission to survive.<\/p>\n\"Gravity1\"<\/a>\n

Taking the power of long, unbroken takes and seemingly limitless CGI imagery to a new dimension, Cuarón wisely alternates the settings between claustrophobic ship interiors and the boundless expanse of the cosmos, while never losing sight of the incredible beauty of Earth as seen from space, unashamedly putting it all in, from strikingly rendered scenes of sunrises to the northern lights from orbit. But while there is no denying that the film clearly underestimates audiences\u2019 intelligence in terms of plot and character depth, everyone in for a unique cinematic ride against the backdrop of the abyss of outer space will have a fantastic time. <\/p>\n

This review was first published as part of our LFF 2013<\/a> coverage.<\/div>\n

Pamela Jahn<\/B><\/I><\/p>\n

Watch the trailer for Gravity <\/i>:<\/B><\/p>\n