the most unrealistic elements of the film are the ones that involve flesh-and-blood human beings. Whenever they are trotting out the vapid biographical anecdotes that the screenplay saddles them with, they bring the film back to earth with a bump. But when their mouths are shut, “Gravity” soars off to astonishing new cinematic territory.

agreed, the blather was annoying, but otherwise it was amazing.

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