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26 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleFrom the outside, Sunshine sounds like the most boring film on Earth. In fact, it's glorious.
- 91Portland OregonianShawn LevyPortland OregonianShawn LevySo filled with riches that it seems a bit unfair to single out Szabo and Fiennes, no matter how outstanding their work.
- 90Washington PostStephen HunterWashington PostStephen HunterIt's a brilliant, profound movie, but it's almost no fun at all.
- 75Miami HeraldMiami HeraldFor filmgoers not interested in history, Sunshine might be a three-hour investment they may not want to undertake.
- 75USA TodayMike ClarkUSA TodayMike ClarkThis movie doesn't make you think you are watching art. It's closer to a high-end TV movie with lots of familiar faces.
- 70TimeRichard SchickelTimeRichard SchickelSunshine is a trifle schematic. But it also makes you feel, quite poignantly, the crushing tides of history: heedless, inhuman--and tragic.
- 70Chicago ReaderLisa AlspectorChicago ReaderLisa AlspectorMany of the plot points seem belabored because they're introduced in the voice-over, then ploddingly dramatized, then analyzed by the family over meals.
- 60VarietyVarietyWell-intentioned but never entirely engaging chronicle.
- 50Film.comGemma FilesFilm.comGemma FilesSunshine's historical reference-heavy narrative walks a fine line between novelistic tragedy and comically overstated melodrama, falling down on the job more than once.
- 30Dallas ObserverJean OppenheimerDallas ObserverJean OppenheimerThat this mess should come from the hand of Istvan Szabo, the brilliant Hungarian director of "Mephisto" and "Colonel Redl," is the real shocker.