Yet what it lacks in sociopolitical heft and laser-point characterizations it makes up for in sheer visual spectacle. To be frank, it's not even Cuarón's best picture, not with Y Tu Mamá También and Children of Men on his resume. To listen to some overzealous scribes tell it, when Gravity was initially released in theaters, writer-director Alfonso Cuarón's film was so much the 'game-changing' masterpiece that it almost made 2001: A Space Odyssey look as feeble as Plan 9 from Outer Space by comparison. Sandra Bullock in Gravity (Photo: Warner)
