Spaceman (2024)

"A moving voyage to the far beyond."

"Engrossing but under-powered."

"I just love Sandler in this register. It’s no longer a surprise when he pulls a well-defined and memorable dramatic performance."

"Lands somewhere between noble failure and endearing oddity."

"Adam Sandler (is) at his sombre best in this strange, heartfelt sci-fi drama."

"We may have a hard time believing Sandler is from the Czech Republic (he wisely doesn't try to do an accent), but we fully believe in the character's sadness."

"(Wears) its influences and its supposed humour really heavily, as if entering some super-gravitational force field."

"Aesthetically accomplished, but emotionally dull and philosophically banal."

"Will have most viewers banging on the doors for an escape pod."

"Doesn’t discover very much unexplored thematic space of its own."

"Thanks to Sandler’s performance, it’s often worth the trip."

"Alert the engineers toiling deep inside Netflix: the Adam Sandler algorithm is broken."

"If only it were better, it would be the meditative, soulful experience it was intended to be."

"(A) glum sci-fi trip."

"At once too cerebral and yet awash in sentimentality."

"The central failure of the film lies in how straight everything is played, and how saccharine."