Sunshine (2007)

Sunshine rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.2/10· 285K votes

Rotten Tomatoes77%

Metacritic64%

TMDb6.967/10· 4K votes

With 77% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.2/10 on IMDb and 64/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About Sunshine

Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind’s last hope.

Cast of Sunshine

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  Cillian Murphy

  as Capa

• 

  Rose Byrne

  as Cassie

• 

  Chris Evans

  as Mace

• 

  Michelle Yeoh

  as Corazon

• 

  Cliff Curtis

  as Searle

• 

  Hiroyuki Sanada

  as Kaneda

• 

  Troy Garity

  as Harvey

• 

  Benedict Wong

  as Trey

• 

  Mark Strong

  as Pinbacker

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  Paloma Baeza

  as Capa's Sister

• A

  Archie Macdonald

  as Child

• S

  Sylvie Macdonald

  as Child

Sunshine facts

Budget

$50M

Box office

$34.8M

Our take on Sunshine

Danny Boyle's 2007 science-fiction thriller follows a second crew of astronauts sent to reignite a dying sun, seven years after the first mission failed and humanity faced freezing extinction. Boyle treats the premise with awe and dread in equal measure, building a claustrophobic voyage where the sun itself becomes a hypnotic, terrifying presence. The film's first two-thirds are a taut meditation on sacrifice and the psychology of people carrying an entire species' survival; its final act shifts into stranger, more divisive territory. Best suited to viewers who value atmosphere, ideas and striking imagery over airtight plotting. If you like cerebral space cinema with a pulse, Sunshine rewards attention.