Sphere
(1998)
Overview
A spacecraft is discovered at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, presumed to be at least 300 years old and of alien origin. A crack team of scientists and experts is assembled and taken to the ocean floor to investigate. However, the ship is not as it seems and when a giant perfect sphere is discovered in the cargo bay, things begin to fall apart.
Director
Barry Levinson
Writers
Stephen Hauser, Paul Attanasio, Michael Crichton
Top Billed
Dustin Hoffman
Keywords
Top Billed Cast
Crew
Reviews
JPV852
⭐ 5/10July 20, 2020
Interesting idea but poorly executed and overly long. Acting was okay but nobody really stood out. At least some of the effects weren't too bad for 1998. I actually back in the day read the novel but don't remember anything from it, just know this adaptation was pretty different. **2.5/5**
Kamurai
⭐ 8/10June 30, 2021
Great watch, would watch again, and do recommend.
I feel like I have a thing for the isolationism of deep sea bases. "Bioshock", "Deep Blue Sea", "The Meg", "Underwater", "The Abyss": just the idea of being far away from any help in the most dangerous living conditions possible on the planet.
Add in a mysteriously time traveling alien sphere and let bake in the survival situation where people are losing their minds and things keep manifest…
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Wuchak
⭐ 6/10November 9, 2024
**_The power to actualize your thoughts and fears_**
A huge spacecraft at the bottom of the Pacific ocean with a strange, humming sphere found inside. A team of scientists are sent down to investigate – a psychologist (Dustin Hoffman), a mathematician (Samuel L. Jackson), a biochemist (Sharon Stone) and an astrophysicist (Liev Schreiber). Two notable characters at the station on the ocean floor are played by Peter Coyote and Queen Latifah. Mys…
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Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$80,000,000
Revenue
$37,020,277