The Powerful Force of “Gravity” (Movie Review)

Gravity is an extraordinary movie and arguably the year’s best film.

A visual and technical marvel and sensory tour de force, this new film written and directed by Mexican-born Alfonso Cuaron (Y Tu Mama Tambien, Children of Men) is a quantum leap forward from all previous space movies, undoubtedly raising the creative bar to unprecedented new heights — a few hundred miles above planet earth to be more precise.  Future movies within this genre are likely to be compared against Gravity as a new benchmark, most unfortunately destined to crash land far short of their target.