Spaceman
critic Reviews
, 50% Rotten Tomatometer Score- Spaceman's poignant themes are partly brought to life by sensitive performances from a talented cast, but it fails to consistently engage with its most interesting ideas.
- , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreRobert LevinNewsday
No matter how much Sandler makes the audience feel for Jakub, it can be hard to sustain an entire picture with nothing more than overarching sadness. And “Spaceman” never finds another register.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreTim CogshellFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
It's a little too slow and a little too philosophical.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreGeoffrey MacnabIndependent (UK)
Spaceman is ultimately Sandler’s show but it’s one astronaut movie that ultimately seems very short on rocket fuel.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreStephanie ZacharekTIME Magazine
It lifts off from a promising premise only to wobble out of orbit in the finish—but even so, it’s satisfying to watch these actors at work, fully committed to the strange, alienating world their characters are stuck in.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreBilge EbiriNew York Magazine/Vulture
By the time Spaceman fully embraces its metaphoric qualities in the third act, the increasingly ornate and abstract imagery feels unearned. What’s worse, the movie star at the center of it all seems more lost than ever.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreWendy IdeObserver (UK)
Spaceman is a fascinatingly odd premise let down by its drab, dispiritingly inert execution.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreWilliam StottorLoud and Clear Reviews
Adam Sandler is the latest ‘lonely man in space thinking about things and getting sad’ in Johan Renck’s protracted and uninspiring Spaceman.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreBillie MelissaMen's Journal
In a generation expected to do so much more with a whole lot less, Spaceman gently nudges us in the direction of holding onto the tangible and wills us to stop yearning for life to begin when days are already ticking by.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJoonatan ItkonenToisto.net
By the end, I didn’t question the logic of the narrative. But I felt genuinely moved, like something inside me had shifted without noticing. That alone is worth the trip.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreKayla McCullochMetro Times (Detroit, MI)
Perhaps Sandler’s intention in playing Jakob was to have an excuse to beef up the portfolio with something more reserved than anything we’ve gotten from him before.
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