In reply to Phil1919:
I saw it last night. An absolute cinematic masterpiece, a work of art of the highest order. A straight 5 stars, and worthy of many Oscars.
It wins on all counts. Quite superb CGI, so that it's the first CGI movie that for me never once looked like a CGI movie (Oh - except for the wonderful Paddington) - making those recent space movies look positively amateurish. A superb script, brilliant cast, superb cinematography so that almost every shot is a work of art, and above all, magical. Also, so human.
The main star playing Petit in partic was superb, and Ben Kingsley gave a stunning performance.
But it's wrong to single out the ingredients because it all worked as one hermetic whole. Zemeckis is a genius.
... As you can see, I liked the film