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An empty shell.
Todd McCarthy, Variety
Sphere
Terror can fill any space.
1998 · 2h 14m · PG-13
Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by
Barry Levinson
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Sphere
Overview
A spacecraft is discovered at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, presumed to be at least 300 years old and of alien origin. A crack team of scientists and experts is assembled and taken to the ocean floor to investigate. However, the ship is not as it seems and when a giant perfect sphere is discovered in the cargo bay, things begin to fall apart.
Director and cast
- Barry Levinson Director
- Dustin Hoffman as Dr. Norman Goodman
- Sharon Stone as Dr. Elizabeth 'Beth' Halperin
- Samuel L. Jackson as Dr. Harry Adams
- Peter Coyote as Captain Harold C. Barnes
- Liev Schreiber as Dr. Ted Fielding
- Queen Latifah as Alice 'Teeny' Fletcher
- Marga Gómez as Jane Edmunds
- Huey Lewis as Helicopter Pilot
- Bernard Hocke as Seaman
- James Pickens Jr. as O.S.S.A. Instructor
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
13%
Tomatometer
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Three major stars being involved, it all wraps up happily but implausibly.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Rotten
The ending, though emotionally satisfying, collapses under scrutiny. This lack of payoff is a real flaw in a film pitched to a discriminating sci-fi mentality.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten
Given its situational premise -- outer space goes underwater -- Sphere is filled with visual potential, yet Levinson can't tap it. He's just a whole lot more comfortable trying to tame the human software than the technical hardware.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Rotten
As the umpteenth entrant in the We-Are-Not-Alone sweepstakes, Sphere feels awfully familiar because it is.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
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