“The ultimate science fiction movie.”
—George Lucas

“In no other film is the experience of seeing images larger than oneself linked so directly to contemplating humanity’s place in the universe.”
—Cine-File

“A triumph of imagination, intelligence, and technique.”
—BBC

Stanley Kubrick’s metaphysically rich science-fiction adaptation is one of the most visually compelling works of film art ever made. An enormous step forward in movie special effects, it also showed that serious speculative fiction belonged on the same plane as art films. A mind-blower.