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Elysium
2013
· Movie
· 109 min
C
MEANRANK
63/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3474
- IMDb #3051
- Google retired #2355
- Rotten Tomatoes #3027
- Metacritic #2434
- Letterboxd #4055
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3082
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3485
- Metacritic Critics #2315
- Metacritic Audience #2626
- Criticker #2875
- Douban #2085
- Kinopoisk #3649
- AlloCiné #2281
- Trakt #2858
Every rating
36–82
out of 100
In a dystopian 2154, the wealthy live on a pristine space station while the rest suffer on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. A terminally ill factory worker on Earth undertakes a desperate mission to reach Elysium. He agrees to hijack a valuable data package that could not only save his life but also bring equality to the two worlds.
Details
- Director
- Neill Blomkamp
- Writer
- Neill Blomkamp
- Studio
- TriStar Pictures, MRC, QED International, Alphacore
- Released
- 7 August 2013
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $115.0M
- Box office
- $286.1M
- Awards
- 1 win, 8 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 9 →1 win from 9 nominations across 8 ceremonies
| Excellence in Production Design Award 2013 | Fantasy Film | Philip Ivey (production designer) Don Macaulay (supervising art director) Nancy Anna Brown (set designer – Canada unit) Ross Dempster (art director – Canada unit) Hania Robledo (art director – Mexico unit) Catherine Ircha (assistant art director – Canada unit) Luis Antonio Ordoñez (assistant art dir | Nominee |
| Golden Schmoes 2013 | Best Sci-Fi Movie of the Year and Biggest Disappointment of the Year | Nominee | |
| Hollywood Movie Award 2013 | — | Neill Blomkamp | Nominee |
| IGN Award 2013 | Best Sci-Fi Movie | Nominee | |
| Jupiter Award 2013 | Best International Film | Neill Blomkamp | Nominee |
| Leo 2013 | Best Visual Effects Motion Picture | Peter Muyzers Andrew Chapman Shawn Walsh Cabral Rock | Winner |
| Satellite Award 2013 | Best Sound (Editing & Mixing) | Christopher Scarabosio Craig Berkey Dave Whitehead David Husby | Nominee |
| VES Award 2013 | Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture | Jean Lapointe Jordan Benwick Robin Hackl Janeen Elliott | Nominee |
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9 awards — Elysium
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Leo
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Visual Effects Motion Picture | Peter Muyzers Andrew Chapman Shawn Walsh Cabral Rock | Winner |
VES Award
2 nominations
| Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture | Jean Lapointe Jordan Benwick Robin Hackl Janeen Elliott | Nominee |
| Outstanding Created Environment in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture | Votch Levi Joshua Ong Barry Poon Kent Matheson | Nominee |
Excellence in Production Design Award
1 nomination
| Fantasy Film | Philip Ivey (production designer) Don Macaulay (supervising art director) Nancy Anna Brown (set designer – Canada unit) Ross Dempster (art director – Canada unit) Hania Robledo (art director – Mexico unit) Catherine Ircha (assistant art director – Canada unit) Luis Antonio Ordoñez (assistant art dir | Nominee |
Golden Schmoes
1 nomination
| Best Sci-Fi Movie of the Year and Biggest Disappointment of the Year | Nominee |
Hollywood Movie Award
1 nomination
| — | Neill Blomkamp | Nominee |
IGN Award
1 nomination
| Best Sci-Fi Movie | Nominee |
Jupiter Award
1 nomination
| Best International Film | Neill Blomkamp | Nominee |
Satellite Award
1 nomination
| Best Sound (Editing & Mixing) | Christopher Scarabosio Craig Berkey Dave Whitehead David Husby | Nominee |