
1000 feet below the ocean, navy divers discover an object half-a-mile long. A crack team of scientists are deployed to the site in Deepsea Habitats. What they find boggles the mind as they discover a perfect metal sphere. What is the secret behind the sphere? Will they survive the mysterious 'manifestations'? Who or what is creating these? They may never live to find out.... (Full plot summary below)
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1000 feet below the ocean, navy divers discover an object half-a-mile long. A crack team of scientists are deployed to the site in Deepsea Habitats. What they find boggles the mind as they discover a perfect metal sphere. What is the secret behind the sphere? Will they survive the mysterious 'manifestations'? Who or what is creating these? They may never live to find out.
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| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenMaking yet again the mistake that more is more, director Barry Levinson piles on the concepts with such increasing rapidity that clarity takes a back seat to spectacle, and believability is stretched to the breaking point. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsDragan AntulovWord 'pointless' is the one that should be attributed to this whole film, one of the worst to come from Hollywood in past decade and one that would test patience and temper of the audience like few others. |
| Philadelphia City PaperCynthia FuchsDirector Barry Levinson still has his strong visual sense -- both the infinite water and ultimate confinement are effectively creepy -- but the story starts dragging about halfway through. |
| Laramie Movie ScopeRobert RotenI found the film interesting and somewhat engrossing, but the characters weren't developed enough to make it a better than average film. |
| Apollo GuideRob MacdonaldSphere is a high concept, overly calculated, expensive, long, badly written, and terribly concluded waste of time. |
| Urban CinefileUrban Cinefile CriticsSphere is a film full of potential and fascinating ideas, enmeshed in a sea of confusion. With its high profile cast going through the motions, Sphere has its moments, but they never gel to create the masterful film it could have been. |
| The New YorkerSarah KerrLevinson is terrific at claustrophobia. In fact, this doesn't resemble any of his previous films so much as it does his gripping TV series, "Homicide." |
| The New York TimesElvis MitchellWhile this is no quick-witted treat on a par with Mr. Levinson's ''Wag the Dog,'' it's a solid thriller with showy scientific overtones. |
| JoBlo's Movie EmporiumJoBloCool premise and eerie buildup from the first hour, ultimately downshifts into an unsatisfying film that drags long past its bedtime, and turns into a gobbledygook of psychological head games and illusions. |
| TheMovieReport.comMichael DequinaThe sphere is luminous and hauntingly beautiful on the surface, with its interior kept alluringly, frustratingly unclear -- much like the superficially diverting but ultimately disappointing film itself. |