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  • Dark Matter
  • Opened April 11, 2008 | Runtime:1 hr. 30 min.
  • R
    scene of violence, brief sexual content and language
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 16+. Read More
  • Liu Xing arrives at a big Western university to study the origins of the universe. He finds other Chinese students to share a cheap apartment with him, and flirts with an attractive American girl who works in a local tea shop. When the head of the Read More
  • Cast: Liu Ye, Aidan Quinn, Meryl Streep, Blair Brown, Chi Peng
  • Director: Chen Shi-Zheng
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Drama

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  • Meryl Streep in "Dark Matter."
  • Liu Ye and Aidan Quinn in "Dark Matter."
  • Meryl Streep and Liu Ye in "Dark Matter."
  • Aidan Quinn in "Dark Matter."
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Dark Matter Critic Reviews

So-so Avg. Critic Score out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 70
    The New York Times | Stephen Holden

    Dark Matter, with its view of cutthroat politics and competing egos inside a...

  • 60
    New York Daily News | Joe Neumaier

    Director Chen Shi-Zheng's film has a graceful energy, and three strong...

  • 50
    Boston Globe | Ty Burr

    The final act of Dark Matter is grim but unconvincing, and the shortfall leaves...

  • 50
    Variety | Justin Chang

    Never fully succeeds in burrowing under its protagonist's skin, despite...

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