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Summary
The near future, a time when both hope and hardships drive humanity to look to the stars and beyond.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
Skip it if
- You want fast pacing
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+15)
Critics 80Audiences 65GoodWatch 72
Metascore80
Letterboxd · 497 K ratings3.4/5
IMDb6.5
User score6.2
Box office
1.5×its budget
- Budget
- $88 M
- Worldwide
- $127 M
Worldwide it earned $40 M more than it cost.
Running time
2 h 3 min
Longer than most sci-fi movies, +24 min on the typical 99
typical 99123Half of all sci-fi movies run 90–112 min.
Reach
Streams in 75 countries, rent or buy in 19 more
+65Released
2019
September 17, 2019
7 years ago
Genres
Science FictionDramaLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
NorwegianMade in
- Brazil
China- United States
Academy Awards2020
- Sound2020Nominated
Rated
- PG-13United States
Not for young kids: it's rated PG-13 in the United States for violence, and the viewing guide lists it for teens and adults.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 39 more55 people
- Brad PittRoy McBride
- Tommy Lee JonesH. Clifford McBride
- Liv TylerEve
- Ruth NeggaHelen Lantos
- Donald SutherlandThomas Pruitt
- Kimberly EliseLorraine Deavers
- Loren DeanDonald Stanford
- Donnie KeshawarzCaptain Lawrence Tanner
Sean BlakemoreWillie Levant
Bobby NishFranklin Yoshida
LisaGay HamiltonAdjutant General Vogel
John FinnBrigadier General Stroud
John OrtizLieutenant General Rivas
Freda Foh ShenCaptain Lu
Kayla AdamsFemale Flight Attendant
Ravi KapoorArjun Dhariwal
Elisa PerryWoman in White Pants/Shirt
Daniel SauliSal
Kimmy ShieldsSergeant Romano
Kunal DudhekerTechnician One
Greg BrykChip Garnes
Alyson ReedJanice Collins
Sasha CompèreFemale Team Member
Justin DrayMale Team Member
Directing · 6
- James Gray Director, Screenplay, Producer
- Dan Bradley Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator
- Sharron Reynolds-Enriquez Script Supervisor
- Doug Torres First Assistant Director, Co-Producer
- Christina Fong Second Assistant Director
- Mark Valenzuela Continuity
Writing · 1
- Ethan Gross Screenplay
Production · 29
- Yu Dong Executive Producer
- Yariv Milchan Executive Producer
- Michael Schaefer Executive Producer
- Jeffrey Chan Wing-Hung Executive Producer
- Marc Butan Executive Producer
- Sophie Mas Executive Producer
Camera · 19
- Hoyte van Hoytema Director of Photography
- Caleb Deschanel Additional Photography
- Melinda Sue Gordon Still Photographer
- Pete Romano Underwater Director of Photography
- François Duhamel Still Photographer
- Peter Gulla Camera Operator
Editing · 12
- John Axelrad Editor
- Lee Haugen Editor
- Hank Corwin Consulting Editor
- Greg Fisher Colorist
- Traci Duran First Assistant Editor
- Andrea Biklian Negative Cutter
Sound · 26
- Max Richter Original Music Composer
- Gary Rydstrom Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Supervising Sound Editor
- Brad Semenoff Supervising Sound Editor
- Heikki Kossi Foley Artist
- George Drakoulias Music Supervisor
- Mark Ulano Production Sound Mixer
Art · 37
- Kevin Thompson Production Design
- Stephen Zavala Concept Artist
- David E. Scott Art Direction
- Scott Herbertson Set Designer
- Karen O'Hara Set Decoration
- Warren Drummond Storyboard Artist
Costume & Make-Up · 26
- Albert Wolsky Costume Design
- Jaime Leigh McIntosh Hair Department Head
- Allie Venrick Costumer
- Nana Fischer Makeup & Hair, Makeup Department Head
- John Casey Costume Supervisor
- Stacy Bisel Additional Hairstylist
Visual Effects · 75
- Ryan Tudhope Visual Effects Supervisor
- Jeremiah Sweeney Visual Effects Supervisor
- Bradley Parker Visual Effects Supervisor
- Guillaume Rocheron Visual Effects Supervisor
- Eran Dinur Visual Effects Supervisor
- Emilien Lazaron Visual Effects Supervisor
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