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IMDb rating 8.3
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Critic rating 9.5

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Kasper Løvborg
rated 9

This is, of course, a groundbreakingly inventive and visually audacious sci-fi classic. The ideas (the famous symbolic match cut, the monolith) are as great as the scope. I do, however, have one reservation about the film which is that (and I'...

3 years ago
Critic Angie Errigo
rated 10

What '2001' lacks in warmth it makes up for in ideas, style and no end of gobsmackage.

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Daniel Frank
rated 1

Uanset hvor mange gange jeg så prøver at se den, ender jeg med at falde i søvn af kedsomhed. Jeg kan simpelthen ikke være med på denne, selvom jeg ellers nyder en god Kubrick-film.

8 months ago
Joel Hedman Penn
rated 4

Kommer definitivt inte skriva att filmen är dålig trots det låga givna betyget. Men näst intill omöjligt att titta på om man har grov ADHD. Trots det så blir man stundvis inspired till att fundera på vad som egentligen händer i universum, vart komme...

9 months ago
Critic Christian Jess Mark
rated 10

...en uomgængelig klassiker...

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Michael Thomsen
rated 10

En af verdens bedste film, og (sammen med "Blade Runner") det kunstneriske hovedværk indenfor sci-fi. Men skal måske ses i en biograf? I hvert fald i god kvalitet på en STOR skærm.

2 years ago
casper staermose
rated 8

Smuk film

9 months ago
Ronny Svensson
rated 10

Ett absolut mästerverk som tidlöst ställer frågan om vad som finns där ute och vad som är människans ursprung. Även om inte alla svar finns i verket får det oss betraktare att gå igång och fundera över vår tid mellan himmel och jord…

11 months ago

Cast & Crew

Stanley Kubrick
As (voice) (uncredited)
Stanley Kubrick
Director
Robert Beatty
As Dr. Ralph Halvorsen
Harry Fielder
As Moonwalker (uncredited)
Ed Bishop
As Aries-1B Lunar Shuttle Captain
Keir Dullea
As Dr. David Bowman
Margaret Tyzack
As Elena

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What is 2001: A Space Odyssey about? Toggle content

In the distant past, a mysterious black monolith appears on Earth, sparking humanity's journey to the stars. Millions of years later, a team of astronauts embarks on a mission to Jupiter, but their ship's artificial intelligence, HAL 9000, malfunctions and begins to kill off the crew. As the surviving astronaut David Bowman fights to regain control of the ship, he discovers that HAL has been programmed to protect humanity at all costs. In a desperate bid for survival, Bowman disconnects HAL and continues on his journey to Jupiter. There, he encounters an alien entity that propels him into new realms of existence.

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2001: A Space Odyssey was released in theaters on August 24, 2018.