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      Dark Matter

      2007, Drama, 1h 26m

      41 Reviews 10,000+ Ratings

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      The creaky plotting, inscrutable characters, and unconvincing ending make it difficult for audiences to connect with Dark Matter. Read critic reviews

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      Movie Info

      Liu Xing (Ye Liu), a promising Chinese doctoral candidate accepted into an elite astronomy program in the United States, struggles to adjust to life in his new home. Xing finds an unlikely friend in university donor Johanna Silver (Meryl Streep) and a willing mentor in acclaimed professor Jacob Reiser (Aidan Quinn). But, when Xing's groundbreaking research begins to contradict Reiser's famed theories, Xing finds his dissertation derailed and his career in science speedily spiraling downward.

      • Rating: R (Language|Brief Sexual Content|A Scene of Violence)

      • Genre: Drama

      • Original Language: English

      • Director: Chen Shi-Zeng

      • Producer: Andrea Miller, Janet Yang, Mary Salter

      • Writer: Billy Shebar

      • Release Date (Theaters):  limited

      • Release Date (Streaming):

      • Box Office (Gross USA): $30.0K

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      • Distributor: First Independent Pictures

      • Production Co: Saltmill Prods., American Sterling Productions

      Cast & Crew

      Ye Liu
      Aidan Quinn
      Meryl Streep
      Bill Irwin
      Joe Grifasi
      Lloyd Suh
      Rob Campbell
      Jodi Russell
      Boris McGiver
      Erick Avari
      Kirk D'Amico
      Linda Chiu
      Oliver Bokelberg
      Pam Wise
      Van Dyke Parks
      Dina Goldman
      Les Boothe

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      • Jun 04, 2014

        Meryl Streep somehow ended up in this real dog of a film about a Chinese student goes apeshit. One to be missed for sure.

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      • May 11, 2010

        A fairly watchable movie that tells the tragic story (that's somewhat based on true events) of an aspiring Chinese student who resorts to a violent shootout after his dreams are blocked by school/campus politics.

        flixster f Super Reviewer
      • Mar 18, 2010

        In "Dark Matter," Liu Xing(Liu Ye) has come to the United States from Beijing for his graduate degree under the tutelage of the acclaimed Professor Reiser(Aidan Quinn). In his informal way, he informs his student that he is about the best applicant he has ever had before assigning him to work on his pet cosmology projects, along with other students from China. They hang out together, steal cable and use any excuse to go out, be it church or Pioneer Village. They are all living the American dream. Liu Xing's specific dream includes a blonde wife which he writes back home about. "Dark Matter" is a wildly uneven movie due somewhat to amateurish directing. The stunt casting robs a lot of the attention from Liu Xing's story but Aidan Quinn is very good.(There is a closeup of his eyes that speaks volumes.) And is this supposed to be a period piece since a lot of the technology looks so out of date? The movie would have been better if it had settled down and took its time detailing its lead character's adjustment to America. Not every setback is the end of the world when they are studying the beginning of the universe. There is some intriguing material about assimilation and I had to wonder if Liu Xing and his colleagues moving to the United States are part of a brain drain. However, there is a lot more pointless emphasis on the insular world of college politics.

        walter m Super Reviewer
      • Oct 14, 2009

        Great movie.I was hooked from start to finish.

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