Rotten
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
Overview
A spacecraft is discovered on the floor 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 Habitat, a state-of-the-art underwater living environment, to investigate.
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
Rotten
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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