In the very near future a small group of Americans and Russians set out on the greatest adventure of them all …. To see if there is life beyond the stars.
In the very near future a small group of Americans and Russians set o...
While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov hurtles to a rendezvous with the still-orbiting Discovery spacecraft and its sole known survivor, the homicidal computer HAL.
Nominated for 5 Oscars. 1 win & 8 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Flash: There is intelligent life in outer space. More, anyway, than in this amiable footnote of a movie.
– ,
TIME Magazine,
3 Aug 2011
fresh:
Now that enough time has elapsed since the release of 2010 for outraged 2001 fans to calm down, it can be seen that, while there was no decisive creative reason for Hyams' sequel to exist, it's not a bad movie.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
A lot of care has gone into it, but it has no satirical substructure to match that of the Kubrick film, and which was eventually responsible for that film's continuing popularity.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
30 Aug 2004
fresh:
A good-looking, sharp-edged, entertaining, exciting space opera.