YOU’LL have heard a lot of hyperbole about Alfonso Cuaron’s space castaway masterpiece and it’s pretty much all true.

Technically Gravity is flawless – but don’t mistake that as damning with faint praise.

The academy awards for direction, sound and cinematography were clearly well deserved – but it is much more than the sum of its parts.

As a poster famously read: ‘in space no one can hear you scream’ and, in Gravity, the silence is as important as the impeccable soundtrack.

The light and shade of the sound is matched by the stunning vistas, and spectacular visual effects that use the very latest technology to bring you as close as possible to the action.

But, inside the skeleton of heavy machinery and behind-the-scenes trickery, Sandra Bullock is the beating heart of the film.

Bullock plays scientist Ryan Stone who is on her first mission in space when, it will come as no surprise to hear, something goes wrong.

At times you will forget to breathe as the tension rises with each fresh peril.

As one esteemed film reviewer advised me before I watched the blu ray of Gravity ‘Don’t allow any distractions.’ He was completely right. This film demands your attention for the full 90 minutes and never lets you go.