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Metascore
35 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Total FilmLeila LatifTotal FilmLeila LatifThis is an impactful and at times profound film, with a hauntingly lovely turn from Sandler.
- 75RogerEbert.comRobert DanielsRogerEbert.comRobert DanielsThere are plenty of flaws in Spaceman. Mulligan’s character is underwritten . . . The overall tone might also be too sleepy, too introspective and despondent to some’s liking. But I just love Sandler in this register.
- 75The PlaylistRodrigo PerezThe PlaylistRodrigo PerezThere’s great craft, impressive creature design, a lugubrious, eventually-soaring score by Max Richter, an excellent Paul Dano nailing the childlike tenor of his inquisitive creature, and low-key Adam Sandler sitting in the pocket, enjoying the chill ease of never overdoing it.
- 60The TelegraphTim RobeyThe TelegraphTim RobeyWe’re missing any real sense of awe – but for all its faults, this lands somewhere between noble failure and endearing oddity.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyA lot of solid craftsmanship has gone into Spaceman, and there’s a disarming guilelessness to the solemn storytelling that has some appeal.
- 50Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganScreen DailyFionnuala HalliganIt’s just so hard to buy into Spaceman.
- 50IndieWireRyan LattanzioIndieWireRyan LattanzioRenck’s film leaves [Sandler] quite literally lost in space with nowhere to go, and rather than leave us with new perspectives on space travel or marital discord or an awe-eyed curiosity about either, we leave with a shrug.
- 40The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawIt’s a spaceflight to nowhere.
- 40VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanSpaceman, it’s my duty to report, is a glum and meandering science-fiction fairy tale of a movie.