If nothing else, Gravity makes the case for throwing immense resources at true visionaries; the blockbuster craftsman as adventurer, Cuarón expertly blends the epic with the intimate.
For all its stunning exteriors, it's really concerned with emotional interiors, and it goes about exploring them with simplicity and directness, letting the actors's faces and voices carry the burden of meaning.
...it is a testament to what can be achieved with modern technologies set the challenge of putting the audience at the absolute centre of the most extreme jeopardy imaginable — to be adrift in space.
...Cuarón viser os hvordan en sand billedkunstner skaber stor filmkunst, for [den] lille ukomplicerede handling er i hans hænder et episk kalejdoskop af følelser og sanseindtryk.
'Gravity' is a masterpiece of staging and technical innovation. When the envelope is pushed in this regard, I sometimes find myself getting a bit lightheaded, trying to multitask, appreciating the incredible shots that filmmaker...Lire plus
Gravity genopretter heroismen, men gør den til et spørgsmål om individuel udholdenhed for to astronauter, der er efterladt på en slags faldefærdig, svævende parkeringsplads.