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Name: Sphere
Released: 1998-2-13
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, Samuel L. Jackson, Peter Coyote, Liev Schreiber

Sphere

PG-13
2h 13m
1998

13%

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Terrifying underwater action-thriller! Superstars Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone and Samuel L. Jackson star in this thrilling adaptation of the Michael Crichton bestseller as a group of scientists recruited by the Navy to conduct a secret underwater mission to explore an alien spaceship and discover it's an American ship returned through time from the future and entombed by an alien sphere. Their mission turns terrifying when they unknowingly develop the power to manifest their worst fears. Directed by Oscar-winner Barry Levinson. Co-starring Grammy-winner Queen Latifah and Liev Schreiber.

Director:

Barry Levinson

Producer:

Barry Levinson, Michael Crichton, Andrew Wald, Peter Giuliano

Writer:

Stephen Hauser, Paul Attanasio, Kurt Wimmer

Cast:

Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, Samuel L. Jackson, Peter Coyote, Liev Schreiber, Queen Latifah, Marga Gomez

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

13%

Critics Consensus: Sphere features an A-level cast working with B-grade material, with a story seen previously in superior science-fiction films.

Reviews

The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)

Dan DiNicola

An undersea, sci-fi, paranoid thriller which packs tension but cannot release the powerful payoff we have a right to expect.

Adding to the downfalls is the unavailable chemistry between the leads, Hoffman and Stone. No sparks seem to fly in this relationship and we don’t feel a kinship to either.

January 18, 2023

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Herald Sun (Australia)

Leigh Paatsch

It pays to be incredibly suspicious of a movie where nearly all dramatic tension is drawn from characters standing around bleeping computer screens and commenting on how bad things look.

August 7, 2020

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The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction

Kathi Maio

I was utterly confused by the end of Sphere... This project had all the resources to make a fine film, and it squandered them all, for want of a cogent screenplay.

Ultimately, the explanation we've been waiting for turns out to be just that: an explanation.

January 8, 2018

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