ORIGINAL TITLE Europa Report

YEAR 2013 Apple Trailer

RUNNING TIME 90 min. 

COUNTRY

DIRECTOR Sebastián Cordero

SCREENWRITER Philip Gelatt

COMPOSER Bear McCreary

CINEMATOGRAPHER Enrique Chediak

CAST Sharlto Copley, Michael Nyqvist, Daniel Wu, Anamaria Marinca, Christian Camargo, Karolina Wydra, Embeth Davidtz, Dan Fogler, Isiah Whitlock Jr.

STUDIO/PRODUCER Wayfare Entertainment / Misher Films

GENRE Sci-Fi. Thriller. Drama | Space Adventure. Found footage

SYNOPSIS/PLOT A crew of international astronauts are sent on a private mission to Jupiter's fourth moon.

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"Two currently popular strands of genre filmmaking, the low-budget sci-fier and the found-footage thriller, merge to reasonably plausible and impressively controlled effect in 'Europa Report'" (Justin Chang: Variety)

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"The basic story has been told many times before, but it’s intriguingly retold by screenwriter Philip Gelatt and director Sebastian Cordero in this low-budget, bare-bones rendering of a familiar theme" (Stephen Farber: The Hollywood Reporter)

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"Banishing showy effects and cheap scares, the Ecuadorean director Sebastián Cordero has meticulously shaped a number of sci-fi clichés (...) into a wondering contemplation of our place in the universe" (Jeannette Catsoulis: The New York Times)

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"The assemblage of visuals, primarily static shots of the characters as they deal with practical issues complicating the stakes of their mission, maintain a persistently naturalistic hook" (Eric Kohn: Indiewire)   

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"The sights are gorgeous (...) and the science is, to layman’s eyes and ears, more than credible (...) Rating: **** (out of five)" (Keith Uhlich: Time Out)

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"Finally, a found-footage thriller that merits, and expands on, this irrationally popular format (...) Rating: *** (out of four)" (Joe Neumaier: New York Daily News)