Just days before her team's tryouts for the Olympics, dedicated young gymnast Sunshine discovers she is pregnant. Now she must embark on a desperate and risky journey to fight for her dream.
“Danny Boyle continues his descent into mind-twisting sci-fi madness, taking us along for the ride. Sunshine fulfills the dual requisite necessary to become classic sci-fi: dazzling visuals with intelligent action.”
The human interaction and tension works, how every single member can be sacrificed for the larger good of the humankind. But the acting is uniformly dull, the cast is deadpan, poker-faced and robotic at best.
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Stephanie Zacharek
RTSalon.comSep 22, 2007
The picture would be nothing, an incomplete Venn diagram, without Murphy.
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John Hartl
RTSeattle TimesJul 27, 2007
Cluttered storytelling undermines Sunshine.
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Sean Axmaker
RTStream on DemandJul 28, 2026
[T]he majesty of director Danny Boyle‘s visuals and the dramatic sacrifices of the dedicated of the crew create an experience beyond the dubious science and rickety storyline.