i do not walk into the movie theater with very high hope for this film a andrei tarkovsky version of stanislaw lem 1961 novel solyaris be one of my all time favorite film . however and i be not prepare for how incredibly banal soderbergh version turn out to be . this film be and quite frankly and a bomb . there be little to say other than the fact that despite soderbergh first rate craftsmanship and a a director and he lack power while he be not of the first rank of cinema artist and not matter how much he strive to be . he be not even in spielberg class of be an uber technician or craftsman a at least speilberg and even at his most banal and can deliver the good . the new solaris be bore . the film be a terrible misfire . focus on the relationship of kelvin and his wife to all else sap the film of the power of tarkovsky classic and which i always characterize a a more intellectual 2001. this film lack the philosophical power of the tarkovsky film . in sum and soderberg version of solaris be relentlessly shallow . clooney be not appropriately cast and and his lack of act chop rob the audience of identification a there be no character development that a fine actor like kevin spacey could give this role . clooney performance never really develop and his character never really change while kelvin and a play by clooney and be a depressed wimp at the beginning and throughout the film . it strange to see an actor as macho a clooney play a character on the border of hysteria . it might have make sense if we watch the character deteriorate and but a it be play and the character be poorly realize . a for the other actor and natasha mcelhone be good than she be in feardot . com and and this be not like say pauley shore be well in son in law than he be in bio dome while she not only beautiful and but give a decent performance while however and what she lack be star power and the charisma that a star like julia robert can bring to a picture and thus make kelvin yearning and his ultimate decision more real . mcelhone just isn not up to the demand of the role a realize in this film ( a oppose to tarkovsky solyaris and where the character be not quite a prominent ) . she lack weight . while i do not think it her fault as much a the director and many time she strike me a have be teleport in from a shampoo commercial . she be just there to look pretty in some interminable sequence that scream student film . i guess this be soderbergh way of reclaim his art house root and but frankly and it ridiculous and a be some of the dialogue and which be just plain bad and not even bad enough to border on camp ( and thus give the audience some pleasure ) . jeremy davy and who be so excellent in private ryan and quickly be solidify his reputation a the bad actor on celluloid . here and he channel the spirit of travis bickle and but mr. davy and you be no robert deniro . it become excruciate watch davy in any movie while each movie and he be actually get bad . on an upbeat note and viola davis be good . i vote this film a 2 ( a the production design be excellent and a be the soundtrack ) and but be really be a bomb . beware a michaelangelo inspire visual motif towards the end when soderbergh really begin channel the spirit of stanley kubrick . stephen and i know kubrick and youre not kubrick and nor will you ever be . the web site for solaris present the film a be from two academy award winner and james cameron and soderbergh . just remember represent alfred hitchcock and howard hawk and martin scorecese never win a best director oscar while john g. avildsen do . nuff say .