The Space Between Us

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The title of the movie tells you that it is a love story, but not that it is a dumb story. It is a joke to go into space for the movie makers, they go whenever they want. The base of the movie is not strong, whole movie is due to the carelessness of the lead astronaut. I really can't go on listing the dumb things about it, because the list is very long and it will be useless. So, if you want to watch it, go on, but don't expect great things from it.

O.K. Actors in this movie just work with the material that they are given,as usual, and there are a couple of them who have great careers, Carla Gugino(ladies first) and the great Gary Oldman. The young ones are pretty good,too,along with the rest of the cast. Nothing to blame on the director, either, unless the cheesy soundtrack is his responsibility. But that's kind of o.k. Nothing is perfect. What really bugs me about this movie is that it really seems to be a bunch of scenes of different popular and not so popular movies, patched up(from the 80s, 90s and so on). I won't say names so I don't spoil, but if you are over 30 and usually watch movies, this one will give you a "deja vu" sense. Not impressed at all...

The Space Between Us launches an interesting concept, but the story disintegrates upon re-entry. This movie races past some plot points, overlooks others, and spends way too much time doing it all. The performances are all a little too melodramatic, as well. It's a fairly standard young adult romantic drama that set its sights a little too high and stumbles over itself.

Gardner Eliot (Asa Butterfield) was born on Mars. His mother dies at childbirth. The company owned by Nathaniel Shepherd (Gary Oldman) opts to keep it all a secret. Eliot develops an on-line relationship with a foster girl named Tulsa (Britt Robertson) who doesn't like Earth boys. She doesn't know Eliot is on Mars because they ignored the fact there are several minutes in time delay between the planets. One of those silly speed of light things. Eliot longs to see Earth, but will have issues if he returns. This is like a bubble boy escapes and the film has two choices for an ending, one happy and one very sad. The love story aspect was a bit lame and not believable.It is a film aimed at kids who might like some geek aspect to their love story in spite of the fact science was on the top in some scenes and ignored in others. Guide: No F-words. Brief implied sex.

Don't be confused, this is a teen romance picture. It's just that one teen is from Earth, and the other is from Mars. I actually found it very sweet. Mars boy without a clue, and Earth girl with all the answers. Great acting, great direction, fantastic score. The special effect were a bit dodgy. This film was was supposed to come out in August, then pulled to December, and now it's released in February. Please see this film!!! I found it very uplifting. The performances of Asa Butterfield, Britt Robertson, Gary Oldman, Carla Gugino, and BD Wong are fantastic. I have to keep writing because IMDb won't let a review of anything less than 10 lines ling post. Did I mention this is a kid friendly film? Thank you.

Sauce

I swear this movie was written by a 14 year old. The depictions of science, adults, money, cars, explosions, technology, parenting, office buildings, law enforcement, progression of seasons, gravity, global warming, and magnets are obviously from the viewpoint of someone with no experience with any of the above topics. If Capri Sun produced Interstellar, it might look like this.

This film tells the story of a teenage boy who lives in a space colony on Mars all his life, without ever having been to the Earth. He longs for visiting the Earth to find his father, and sets out to experience the Earth for the very first time. I expected "The Space Between Us" to be more science fiction, but it's more romance. The plot is sweet and romantic, as Gardner strikes an unlikely friendship across planets. The girlfriend is believable and convincing as a young woman who faced trauma before. The scenery is beautiful and the ending is unexpectedly touching. I enjoyed watching it.

I was confused because I expected SF movie. Unfortunately it is just another example of bad science in the movie. I takes 4 min for light to travel between Earth and Mars so you can't chat or phone Earth because it needs 8 min to get response. The mars gravity is neglected in most of the scenes and scientists like in most SF movies are psychotic and not educated. Its just horrible drama and poor romance with bad acting. I feel pity for Gary Oldman.