- Release Date: 2009
- Runtime: 97 min
- Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
- Starring: Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Matt Berry, Robin Chalk ... see all
- Director: Duncan Jones
- Plot: Sam Bell has a three year contract to work for Lunar Industries. For the contract's entire duration, he is the sole employee based at their lunar station. His primary job... Read more
User Reviews
Very Good Sci-fi
Aug 04, 2009
freemantle_uk - imdb.com
Aug 04, 2009freemantle_uk - imdb.com
The future can be bright and the future can be bleak. It's an area that has always offered writers and filmmakers have often looked at and brought us some real classics. Here is Duncan Jones' homage to the great era of... Full review
A great Sci-Fi movie
Jul 16, 2009
hrstar24 - imdb.com
Jul 16, 2009hrstar24 - imdb.com
The Moon has always been a source of wonder and mystery. It is so far away, yet much closer than the stars. Man has reached the Moon, but there is still so much that is unknown about it. It is a... Full review
Dad, there's someone asking about Mom
Moon
Jul 11, 2009
babubhaut - imdb.com
Jul 11, 2009babubhaut - imdb.com
Moon is ostensibly a one-man show featuring Sam Rockwell as an astronaut sent to the moon on a three-year contract to maintain a mining station that harvests the sun's fusion energy from moonrocks. We are thrown into the mix with only... Full review
Small in scope, Grandiose in concept
Jul 05, 2009
Craig McPherson - imdb.com
Jul 05, 2009Craig McPherson - imdb.com
While book racks are brimming with thought provoking, high concept science fiction, the movie genre tends to be populated by invading aliens, intergalactic wars, and adventure, which makes Director and co-writer Duncan Jones' Moon that much more of an oddity. Not... Full review
half way between solaris and space-odyssey
Jun 30, 2009
anuragr - imdb.com
Jun 30, 2009anuragr - imdb.com
I was led to this movie, partly because of a sort of dissatisfaction from what we've known as science fiction due to Star-Treks, Star wars, terminators and transformers. On my visit to the local independent movie theater, I was only expecting... Full review
Nothing short of astounding
Jun 24, 2009
breaknthrugh - imdb.com
Jun 24, 2009breaknthrugh - imdb.com
This was the best movie I have seen in a very in a very long time and immediately jumps into my favorite movies ever. MOON puts a relatable human touch on an intriguing and deep sci-fi story that, while it originally... Full review
A sci-fi film where it's the acting that counts
Jun 22, 2009
Chris Knipp - imdb.com
Jun 22, 2009Chris Knipp - imdb.com
Directed by David Bowie's 38-year-old son (formerly known as Zowie), with a screenplay by Nathan Parker, 'Moon' is a curious and thought-provoking sci-fi story about a man working for an energy company, mining Helium-3 on the far side of the moon,... Full review
Fantastic...
Jun 20, 2009
Tasslehoff6 - imdb.com
Jun 20, 2009Tasslehoff6 - imdb.com
In short, this is one of the best sci-fi movies I have seen in a LONG time. Sam Rockwell plays it perfect, making the viewer feel his isolation and lonelieness. For a low budget film, the few effect shots work seamlessly.... Full review
A worthwhile one-man show
Jun 12, 2009
mike-1145 - imdb.com
Jun 12, 2009mike-1145 - imdb.com
Originally posted to titsandgore.com, April 2009: Moon is an auspicious debut from Duncan Jones (née Zowie Bowie), a talented new director who happens to be the son of David Bowie (let me officially be the first person to predict that every... Full review
This movie is basically a unoriginal unofficial prequel
May 04, 2009
mr_cs - imdb.com
May 04, 2009mr_cs - imdb.com
This is a nicely made movie but with a very unoriginal plot. It is so much a prequel to Bladerunner that I kept expecting to see references to the Tyrell corp, or maybe I just missed them. I would have asked... Full review
News
Moon marks stellar start for Bowie's boy
metro.co.uk –
2009-11-17
Moon (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 15, ?19.99) By ANN LEE - Tuesday, November 17, 2009 Moon is the debut full-length feature from Duncan Jones, son of David Bowie Nearing the end of his three-year contract working alone on the Moon,... ... Full Article
This week's DVD and Blu-ray releases
guardian.co.uk –
2009-11-13
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. Duncan Jones' MOON was one of the big surprises of the year, a return to an old school filmmaking style ala SILENT RUNNING using great practical effects to decorate a sparse, smart script. ... Full Article
Moon with Sam Rockwell to Orbit Blu-ray
thehdroom.com –
2009-10-26
Moon comes from director Duncan Jones and stars Sam Rockwell and the voice of Kevin Spacey. It appeared at numerous film festivals and enjoyed a limited theatrical run this past summer. ... Full Article



