Attention to all those who do not enjoy thinking at the movies: “Solaris” (R, Fox) is definitely not the movie for you.

From the opening, sepia-toned shot of rain drops flicking off of a window, to the closing scenes of a miraculously healing wound, this film wants to have its audience not only questioning the plot, but the its own sense of reasoning as well.

-About the plot, well, it is sort of indescribable. It involves Chris Kelvin (George Clooney), a scientist in the not-so-distant future, who is sent back into space to check on some colleagues having problems in a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris.

There we learn along with Kelvin just what is going on. We learn not only about what is troubling the crew, but what is troubling Kelvin. Most important are the memories of his dead wife, who committed suicide after an abortion.

This film is science-fiction at its finest. We don’t see interstellar Martians attempting to take over our home planet. Instead we are treated to theory, and lots of it. Imagine if you could go back in time and change something. Would you do it?

But the film is not as simple and clichéd as my questions, it truly has a mind of its own. As the planet Solaris tries to control and dictate the actions of Kelvin and his shipmates we, the audience, do the same. We try and try again to figure out what the secret is to this film, and in the end, we are as clueless as when we went in.

But it is not just a bum steer — we are meant to think that way. Steven Soderbergh, the film’s director, writer, cinematographer and editor wants us to feel this movie, not figure it out. Soderbergh knows that in the world of filmmaking, there is a thin line between a film being characterized as confusing or thought-provoking. Soderbergh wants to blur that line and make us feel a little of both, and he succeeds.

The sheer guts that Fox has shown to spend $47 million on this film have given me a new faith in Hollywood. After reading this script, they had to know that they were destined not to make their money back. Not to say that it is a bad film, but we moviegoers are not used to films like this. We are used to having plot lines laid out for us. We are used to being told everything three times, so it doesn’t “fly over our heads.” Finally, there is a film that dares to spend the money on challenging an audience. To its creators, I say “Bravo.”

See this film, but be prepared to make up your own mind, not have it be made up for you. I’ve seen this film twice already. I still don’t know what to think, and I’m loving every minute of it.