Dark Matter

Name: Dark Matter
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2008-04-24
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Liu Ye, Aidan Quinn, Meryl Streep, Chi Peng, Blair Brown

2008·Drama·1h 30m

7.1

★

Liu Xing a brilliant Chinese student, arrives at University and makes the transition into American life with the help of Joanna Silver. Xing joins a cosmology group working to create a model of the origins of the universe. He is obsessed with the study of dark matter and a theory that conflicts with the group's model. When he begins to make breakthroughs of his own, he encounters obstructions.

Directed by Chen Shi-Zheng

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Where to Watch

Cast

Liu Ye

Liu Xing

Aidan Quinn

Jacob Reiser

Meryl Streep

Joanna Silver

Chi Peng

Mama

Blair Brown

Hildy

Jodi Russell

Claire Reiser

Erick Avari

Professor R.K. Gazda

Taylor Schilling

Jackie

Rob Campbell

Gary Small

Bill Irwin

Hal Silver

Crew

Billy Shebar

Screenplay

Van Dyke Parks

Original Music Composer

Oliver Bokelberg

Director of Photography

Janet Yang

Producer

Hal Willner

Music Supervisor

Kathy Jarvis

Stunt Double

Doug Coleman

Stunts

Billy Shebar

Story

Jeff Johnson

Casting

Popular Reviews

4 reviews

Aurora Brunstad

7.0★ · 05/10/26

MERYL IS AMAZING AS ALWAYS!!! Live laugh love meryl streep!! THE ENDING WAS SO FUCKING UNEXPECTED, I JUMPED!!!!! I FEEL SO BAD FOR JOANNA AT THE END, HOLY UNEXPECTED ENDING 😭

tunnelkate

3.0★ · 10/25/25

Where to start with this film. The premise of this film made some sense to start with but the last third of it completely lost me. The possibly romance subplot and completely random ending made an already confusing and awkward to follow film feel so jagged and unsure.

Sanches

6.0★ · 02/19/24

Yianni Sines

5.0★ · 06/20/16