Ad Astra
Twentieth Century Fox | Release Date: September 20, 2019
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xenogSep 20, 2019
A mission is sent to Neptune to search for extraterrestrial intelligence, as it is evident that this resource is dwnindling on Earth.

At the start of the twenty-first century Hollywood ran out of competent storytellers and writers, churningA mission is sent to Neptune to search for extraterrestrial intelligence, as it is evident that this resource is dwnindling on Earth.


At the start of the twenty-first century Hollywood ran out of competent storytellers and writers, churning out a lithany of low quality films with flashy special effects. The arrival of computers led creators to believe that they no longer needed to write stories to accompany the moving images they produced. Films could not spark the imaginations of filmgoers, leading to progressive degeneration of people's cognitive ability. Our only hope was to set up a lunar base, and one on Mars, so that we could send a mission to Neptune in order to possibly get an extraterrestrial intelligence to send help before it was too late.


But it was too late. Roy McBride went to space at the end of the 21 century to deal with his daddy issues and save the mission sent out to find extraterrestrial intelligence. He got psychological evaluations every five minutes, as the creative black hole that consumed our planet left him in a state of psychological disarray.


By the time the aliens arrived at our planet they found billions of whining dumbed down ape-like creatures that entertain themselves creating and watching pointless movies on small screens manufactured by ancient automated robots that nobody understands anymore.… Expand
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rose_rdSep 19, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Once again, I am shocked at the degree of corruption among movie reviewers - it's quite evident that these people are either extremely purchasable or hopelessly pretentious. Ad Astra is the worst space movie to come out in recent times. Terrible writing overall, with shallow, one-dimensional characters who are about as memorable as the cold rice porridge I had this morning. Brad Pitt spends most of the movie rambling to himself about his daddy issues, and it all comes off as terribly pretentious - I don't even know what theme they were trying to explore with this movie, but it just fails. I don't even remember the character's name, despite the movie being very focused on the character's relationship with his father.

The science in this movie is bad enough that it was impossible to suspend any disbelief. Like Mr. TorinHill said, I could not help but gasp due to the sheer mediocrity of the scene where the main character grabs a thin metal shield and just...floats through the rings of Neptune, which are depicted as being an asteroid field a la Star Wars, about maybe a few hundred meters thick. It's a goddamn travesty and all of it is rather pointless and stupid, and contrasts with this movie's failed attempts at portraying itself as a science fiction movie with gravitas. Light speed and other factors are also completely ignored.

There is no main plotline. Through the course of the movie, the focus is either on resolving a generic world-ending crisis caused by an ' electrical surge' caused by an antimatter leak in a spacecraft in Neptune, which is the worst excuse for a fictional existential threat that I've ever seen, due to the exposition being pathetically weak overall - nobody ever explains why the spacecraft ever had any anti-matter at all. The protagonist's father spends decades either travelling to Neptune or doing research there, nothing is ever made clear. What's evident is that the character can just zip over to Neptune in a few months, which makes the other plotline, involving investigating his father's disappearance over Neptune (a decade after the fact) weak and pointless. Someone would have done it already. Anyway, there is no coherent plotline to speak off. It all ends stupidly and without meaningful resolution.

Disgusting. Weakest performance by Brad Pitt in decades, as someone else said. I want two hours of my life back.

One point for the Moon and Neptune visuals.… Expand
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donelsonSep 20, 2019
Ad Astra
A pitiful reworking of Heart of Darkness up the river to Neptune. Dullest movie of the year so far, with an uninterrupted 45 mins of Brad Pitt closeups thinking meagre and whiny thoughts out loud. Terrible. Also, the mostAd Astra
A pitiful reworking of Heart of Darkness up the river to Neptune. Dullest movie of the year so far, with an uninterrupted 45 mins of Brad Pitt closeups thinking meagre and whiny thoughts out loud. Terrible. Also, the most cringeworthy, stupid space physics and "science" I've ever seen in a modern sci-fi film.… Expand
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TorinHillSep 19, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Terrible writing. The fact that this has an 80 calls these critics' credibility into question. My dude flew through the rings of Neptune, free-solo, using aluminum siding as a shield. I guffawed loudly.
He then collides with an orbiting ship going who-knows-how-fast, and arrests the impact with his... his hands.

An amazing budget squandered on grade school father issue|s.

Our collective intelligence has been insulted.… Expand
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abtothestractSep 21, 2019
Slow-moving and heavy-handed, repeatedly violates the "show don't tell" dictum with repetitive narration
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jackronnerSep 20, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Spoiler Alert: if don't want to spoil your evening, avoid "Ad Astra" movie. Besides being slow, wooden in writing and acting and its plot making no sense, not since T-Rump has science been so utterly ignored. E.g., Within minutes of sending it, Pitt asks if they've received a response to his radio message to Neptune; it would take 8 hours at light speed before the msg was answered. And, 89 days to go 2.5 billion miles? A million miles an hour on average? The acceleration values would have splattered them over the bulkheads. They keep suddenly falling in space when there is no inciting force or gravity to account for it, etc. (same problem in the inaptly named "Gravity" with George Clooney). I'll bet the MIT message boards are exploding in laughter. Can't they ask someone with a smidge of knowledge before they produce this dreck? Did I mention it was boring? Astonished at the gushing professional reviews once again, especially since the writing was as subtle as a two-by-four to the head.… Expand
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GreatMartinSep 20, 2019
Being as nice as I can, and a Brad Pitt fan, I would not call this the worst movie of the year, though it is certainly a contender, let's just call it the worst Brad Pitt movie ever!

Instead of making a large, long list of negatives like itBeing as nice as I can, and a Brad Pitt fan, I would not call this the worst movie of the year, though it is certainly a contender, let's just call it the worst Brad Pitt movie ever!

Instead of making a large, long list of negatives like it is one of the longest 2 hour movies I have ever seen let me just tell you not to see it!… Expand
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grimsfieldDec 8, 2019
Let me just say this movie made no sense. The ending of the movie didn't make sense. The way the security agency handled the threat in this movie made no sense. And the events that occurred throughout the movie made no sense. This movie was aLet me just say this movie made no sense. The ending of the movie didn't make sense. The way the security agency handled the threat in this movie made no sense. And the events that occurred throughout the movie made no sense. This movie was a headache to watch and I regret that I won't be able to get those two hours back.… Expand
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JackProctorDec 14, 2019
How in the hell did critics think this movie was good? I know it’s a space movie but it’s just so unbelievable...the guy has no fuel to get home so he rides a nuclear blast all the way from Neptune to Earth, Jesus that’s dumb. I could writeHow in the hell did critics think this movie was good? I know it’s a space movie but it’s just so unbelievable...the guy has no fuel to get home so he rides a nuclear blast all the way from Neptune to Earth, Jesus that’s dumb. I could write ten more things but I don’t care enough. Just a bad movie. Worst miss by meta critic since BlackKlansman. Both really poor movies.… Expand
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UomovisoDec 24, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Do you even science bro?

Ad Astra is set in the near future, but anchors itself in the technological aesthetics of the present. Spacesuits look pretty much the same as they do now, spaceships are still launched with rockets, and air locks are still a thing. In other words, it looks like it's based on real science. No Klingons here.

But apparently the film's $100 million budget didn't extend to hiring an astrophysicist to sound the alarm whenever its already tenuous connection to the truth snapped like a space elevator made from chewing gum. So what follows is an indignant review of its six most shockingly awful violations of scientific principles.

There are plenty of spoilers, but don't worry, you're not going to see the film anyway.

1. Gravity on the Moon ain't what it used to be

The scene: Brad Pitt and Donald Sutherland arrive on the Moon. Travel bags over their shoulders, they ascend an escalator and saunter through the spaceport.

The science: gravity on Earth is 9.8m/s2, but gravity on the Moon is just 1.6m/s2. Unless Brad and Donald are both super comfortable suddenly weighing 16% of their usual weight, they would bounce their way straight into the spaceport ceiling and an unhealthy dose of brain damage.

The fix: install some handrails, Moon government.

2. You can't skid to a smoking stop in space

The scene: Brad hitches a ride on a cargo spaceship travelling from the Moon to Mars. Halfway there, the ship's captain receives a mayday call from another spaceship orbiting a nearby asteroid.

The science: since space is a vacuum, the only way a spaceship can slow down is to fire its rockets in the opposite direction of its travel. Brad's ride is well into its journey when the mayday call arrives, so it's going very, very fast. It would therefore be impossible to stop in time to help out without turning Brad and the ship's crew into meat paste.

The fix: ignore the mayday, captain.

3. We have a stowaway

The scene: Brad is on Mars but wants to go to Neptune to see Tommy Lee Jones. Unfortunately, Space Command doesn't want him to go. So Brad dives through a lake at the base of the spaceship that Command is preparing to launch to Neptune, climbs up the side of the ship as its rockets are firing and breaks in moments before it launches.

The science: the Martian permafrost is between 3.5-8km deep, which means there are no liquid lakes anywhere on the surface of Mars.

Bonus science: Climbing up inside the launch tube of a spaceship as its rockets are firing = instant and fiery death.

The fix: I can't even.

4. Life's pretty fine in Neptune orbit

The scene: Tommy is living in a small spaceship orbiting Neptune, which he has called home from the past twenty years. There is no gravity on the spaceship.

The science: in zero gravity, Tommy's bones should lose 12% of their density per year. As he has lived in zero gravity for twenty years, his bone density should be negative 140%. This would make Tommy a roughly human shaped sack of jelly.

The fix: design your ship to spin along its axis, Tommy, and use centrifugal force to create the impression of gravity. Duh.

5. Surfing the rings

The scene: Brad needs to get back to his spaceship after visiting Tommy's. Unfortunately, he forgot where he put his EVA shuttle. So he rips off a sheet of metal from Tommy's ship and jumps off it. Brad's jump is a good one, but the rings of Neptune stand between him and his ship. He uses his sheet of metal as a shield to protect him from harm.

The science: Brad's ship is 3-4km from Tommy's. Even assuming Brad has a superhuman jumping power that lends him incredible strength and accuracy, he still has to deal with the pesky rocks in Neptune's rings. The metal shield might stop the rocks from killing him, but each of the many impacts would still retard or deflect his path of travel, leaving him stranded to die.

The fix: don't lose your shuttle next time, Brad.

6. Everything can be solved with a nuclear bomb The scene: Brad makes it back to his spaceship, but doesn't have enough fuel for the return journey to Earth. Fortunately, he left a nuclear bomb on Tommy's spaceship so eyeballs the direction back to Earth, waits for the bomb to explode and rides its pressure wave all the way back home. The science: sweet baby Jesus, where do I start? First, space is a vacuum so a nuclear explosion does not create any form of pressure wave at all. Second, even assuming this isn't true, Neptune is 4.4 billion kilometres from Earth and Brad lines up his position between the explosion and Earth by eye. If Brad is even 0.1 degree out, he would miss Earth by 7.5 million kilometres, which is around twenty times the distance from the Earth to the Moon. The fix: don't fly to Neptune unless you've got the juice to get back home, Brad. I give this shockingly awful, steaming mess of a film zero stars and ask: who the hell keeps giving James Gray money? Definitely do not see it.… Expand
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GerNFeb 26, 2020
Ad Astra is an overly long mood piece, two hours of techno-malaise with occasional brief violence. There are so many scientific howlers that the movie has no credibility as science fiction, but fantasy should have some fun. Maybe as aAd Astra is an overly long mood piece, two hours of techno-malaise with occasional brief violence. There are so many scientific howlers that the movie has no credibility as science fiction, but fantasy should have some fun. Maybe as a drinking game: a sip of booze whenever somebody spots an error.… Expand
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zacharyhasDec 26, 2019
Brad Pitt is the only good thing about this movie, what wasted potential. First act starts out promising but it becomes both a bore and a mess.
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jonnyrockDec 5, 2019
Was really excited to see this. What an incredible disappointment. So so bad.
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PrimalPrimeMar 28, 2020
I honestly can't see what so many other did in this film. I hear terms like "thematic depth" and "nuanced performance" tossed around in the countless 10/10 reviews this film has gotten, but no one cares to elaborate on these features,I honestly can't see what so many other did in this film. I hear terms like "thematic depth" and "nuanced performance" tossed around in the countless 10/10 reviews this film has gotten, but no one cares to elaborate on these features, seemingly confident that the film speaks for itself. For me it didn't.

Brad Pitt's performance felt more wooden than nuanced, though I'm not sure how much of that is his fault given how frustratingly vague the script is. The movie is drenched in sci-fi clichés and tropes, which is not necessarily a bad thing, but it seems that every chance it has to play with these tropes is thrown away in favour of playing by them, letting them drive the plot and character development. The result is a movie that feels like it has little of its own to say. Lines of the script unashamedly foreshadow, to the point of spoiling, the single moment they will be relevant later. Design tropes are used to help us identify characters, even when it would have been more thematically appropriate to play with our expectations a bit. Major questions are left unanswered and predictable beats are played like dramatic twists. From start to finish, this movie failed to impress.

That's not to say there was nothing the movie did well. The shots were well put-together and beautiful, though much like the character design they sometimes seemed to work against the themes they were meant to support. Based on my admittedly cursory knowledge of space physics, nothing seemed egregiously wrong, though many characters seemed so stupid and helpless I questioned how they became astronauts in the first place. The designs of vehicles, buildings and technology were possibly the most well thought out and believable parts of the movie, so you may find some value there, but as I mentioned earlier this is often tempered by how they seem to confuse what the movie is apparently using them to say.

Lots of close-ups of Brad Pitt's face, though. If that's what you're looking for, then 10/10.… Expand
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GalazarDec 8, 2019
One the dullest and most boring films I've had the displeasure of watching.
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MFCOct 6, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Can't believe this movie is getting any good reviews. Linear, superficial, soppy and dull.… Expand
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EFRAMDec 25, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As a Sci-fi fan I was looking forward to Ad Astra. However, as a Sci-Fi fan I found the film to be pedantic, dreary, boring and contrived. The voice over narration was at times both annoying and obsequious, but the biggest problem for me was the concept of the "Surge". This is the basic premise holding the film together, and when all was said and done, the "Surge" was not only not adequately explained, it was totally glossed over. Careless Sci-Fi-fi is the worst kind of film making duplicity because it's easy to "create" a sci-fi-fi narrative that has no real basis in actual facts. Such was the case here. A waste of 88 million dollars and a lot of good PD efforts.… Expand
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valrondApr 20, 2020
Booooring.
I love space movies. I have read some things of Brad Pitt saying this movie was about toxic masculinity, so I skipped it on the cinema. And thank God I did, cause this movie is awfully boring. The boringest movie I've seen (well, IBooooring.
I love space movies. I have read some things of Brad Pitt saying this movie was about toxic masculinity, so I skipped it on the cinema. And thank God I did, cause this movie is awfully boring. The boringest movie I've seen (well, I watched just half, it was unberable) in a long time. I rarely don't finish movies, but this was just, well, slow, and most of the time just Brad Pitt wraping his head around his father and other stupid things. Just skip it and save two hours of your life.… Expand
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alenkaczJun 14, 2020
I must have watched a different Ad Astra than the ones giving this a positive review. The one I viewed was a confusing mess with a ridiculous plot and completely inaccurate science. A antenna repairman battles moon pirates and space monkeys.I must have watched a different Ad Astra than the ones giving this a positive review. The one I viewed was a confusing mess with a ridiculous plot and completely inaccurate science. A antenna repairman battles moon pirates and space monkeys. Hijacks the ship kills the crew and bonds with old dad at Neptune. Returns to earth then hooks up with his ex-wife in a diner.
This is accomplished in two hours of poor acting, rambling dialog and dreary space music.
Save your time and money, watch 2001 A space Oddessy instead.… Expand
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heloheSep 29, 2019
I am a physicist, but I can enjoy some good sci-fi movie from time to time. I also don't mind some scientific inaccuracies if the movie is enjoyable. But this one is just bad. Literally everything about the movie is bad. Boring plot. BoringI am a physicist, but I can enjoy some good sci-fi movie from time to time. I also don't mind some scientific inaccuracies if the movie is enjoyable. But this one is just bad. Literally everything about the movie is bad. Boring plot. Boring ending. Bad science. Nonsensical message. Bad acting. I don't really understand why this movie even exists.
I have to say the sets and camera work is quite nice though.… Expand
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JudgeSmailsDec 19, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I can't give this a zero because visually this was a very nice movie. The moon rover sequence was especially good visually (although pretty stupid plot wise). But man was the plot dumb overall. Basically, the heroe's Dad goes rogue, murders his crew, and threatens to eradicate humanity. His unemotional son gets recruited to talk some sense into him. That doesn't work, so the son goes rogue, hijacks a ship, murders it's crew, and heads to Neptune to murder his father. After a very strange encounter, he tries to save his father, but his father essentially commits suicide and jumps off into space. The son says "screw it", and then nukes his father and rides the nuclear explosion back to Earth- no idea how he decelerates at the end of his journey. When he gets back to Earth, they apparently forget about how he murdered the crew and stole a multi billion dollar spaceship and nuked the legacy spaceship near Neptune without permission. But by far the dumbest thing in any recent sci fi movie is when Brad Pitt uses a panel off of a space ship to shield him as he "jumps" his way all the way through Neptune's rings. In real life, they are thousands and thousands of miles wide, but in the movie, only about 50 yards. If you watch this movie, do it on an airplane without the headphones in and work on a crossword puzzle at the same time.… Expand
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TrapKing101Nov 27, 2019
Straight up garbage. RATHER WATCH LITERALLY ANYTHING ELSE. No wonder I have heard nothing about this film lol.
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xerifeSep 21, 2019
Slow, boring and silly movie... a waste of time...I wanted to leave the theater but waited and waited to see if something extraordinary would happen towards the end and turn a bad movie into something worth it. didn't happen...
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jwcritic123Sep 22, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This review contains spoilers, but really, is it possible to spoil dreck? What I find even more offensive than the existence of this God-awful, pretentiously-titled, horribly contrived, and plodding movie is the fact that prominent film critics are pretending to adore it. It’s as if a child with muddy sneakers walked around on a blank canvas and the experts proclaimed “Brilliant!”, “Marvelous!”, “A Master Work!”. Even the highly over-rated and ludicrous Gravity had a single redeeming feature: it was truly visually stunning. In contrast, many of the effects in Ad Astra are almost Buck Rogers amateurish, while at best the film breaks zero new ground in the CGI department. It’s rare that I watch a big budget feature movie and can’t find ANYTHING to praise. Plot, nope. The number of plot holes and suspension-of-beliefisms are far too numerous to track. The laws of physics be damned, your average Marvel comics flick is more scientifically plausible. Objects and astronauts hurtle toward each other at breakneck speeds only to magically slow down at the last second and thus avoid catastrophe. Buildings and ships in the vacuum of space have no apparent airlocks or failsafe devices, and all docking systems are universal no matter their age or origin. Let’s not even bother to place Brad in suspended animation as he travels to the outskirts of the solar system in a few weeks when a simple nap will do. Crazed carnivorous giant baboons as experimental space station test subjects, sure why not, what could possibly go wrong? Anonymous fearless moon pirates who attack 60’s-era government rovers for absolutely no evident reason, and cannot be successfully defended against even when said assaults are totally anticipated, go for it. And how about designing a manned exploratory mission in which the research vessel happens to contain a cosmic ray gadget that can somehow be programmed to obliterate the entire universe by a heroically unstable rogue commander (coincidentally, Brad Pitt’s erstwhile absentee daddy Tommy Lee Jones who grows a beard during a 29 year span but otherwise fails to age). Sets, nope. Imagine the human colonizers of Mars having the foresight to create an outlandishly textured giant room for the seemingly sole purpose of having Brad Pitt speak plaintively into a microphone while they monitor him from behind an incongruously low-tech metal grate. Character development, nope. Most of the participants barely attain two-dimensional status. The talents of actors such as Donald Sutherland, Liv Tyler, and Natasha Lyonne are totally squandered in roles too insubstantial to be even considered cameos. This is Brad’s biggest acting debacle since the dismal World War Z, and there’s not much to be said about poor Tommy Lee in this movie other than he must have needed the paycheck. Dialogue, God no! Stilted boring droning Pitt-narrations, and unrealistic sappy prose designed to jerk a tear from every duct (me and my family: frequent eye rolling and occasional incredulous hiccups of laughter). Pace, holy crap! Undoubtedly the worst aspect of this movie is that it is beyond glacially slow. However, unlike other overly long space epics, such as its slightly tedious venerable predecessor Silent Running, Ad Astra is definitely not worth the mind-numbing two hours and three very long minutes voyage.… Expand
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DhSantaFeSep 22, 2019
I’m a sci-fi fan and was looking forward to this film. It was one of the worst sci-fi films I have ever seen. Correction: it was one of the worst films I’ve ever seen. Clearly, the producers thought that casting Pitt would excuse allI’m a sci-fi fan and was looking forward to this film. It was one of the worst sci-fi films I have ever seen. Correction: it was one of the worst films I’ve ever seen. Clearly, the producers thought that casting Pitt would excuse all shortcuts and low-budget cost-cutting that was needed.

With a budget of $85 million, reported, they clearly decided they could not afford to hire a reputable physicist-consultant. The abject disregard of physics made this film laughable. And pathetic. Want to see a film that actually thinks the laws of physics are real? Watch “The Expanse”, or better yet, read it, I was embarrassed to spend money seeing this film. I will lie if someone asks me if I’ve seen it.… Expand
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inopinatusSep 28, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Excruciating, nails-down-the-blackboard stuff for anyone with a science education or familiarity with the works of Joseph Conrad or human behaviour. This hairdo edition of Heart of Darkness violates basic physics in practically every scene, and the storyline, far from reaching for the stars as the title might suggest, never gets past reaching for the mood stabiliser pills.

The narrative construction is ridiculous from start to finish, whether it's the confected "power surge" crisis, the moon pirates, the decades-long but oddly mundane exploratory mission, the Murderous Space Baboon (no, really), or the gross misunderstanding of Project Orion-style propulsion, and everything in between.

Brad Pitt's flat affect is ideal for portraying a man with a flat affect and unresolved issues with his father, but there's little depth of hidden feeling here.

The director intended for the film to feature "the most realistic depiction of space travel that's been put in a movie". Well, it ain't. It's one of the least realistic. The rocketry is drivel from start to finish. Konstantin Tsiolkovsky is turning in his grave. The depiction of orbital mechanics is not merely flawed; major plot elements of the film depend on them being radically different to real world physics.

There are three scenes with aerodynamic significance. In the first, where aerodynamics are used to create a false sense of danger, there isn't any real danger, and in the second and third, the director seems to be entirely unaware that in the real world the maneuvers depicted would be sensationally difficult, dangerous, and probably fatal.

The idea that a spaceship on interplanetary transfer can make a quick "stop" to board another one is as absurd as the (impossibly) brief transfer they were already making. Basically the director has assumed that humans can survive G-forces that would turn real people into smeared pulp.

The energy physics of the confected "crisis" involving "antimatter surges" is just invented babble.

The idea of traveling to Mars, in person just to radio Neptune is drivel. We already have bidirectional radios and relay stations reaching further.

The psychology of every crew depicted has more in common with schlocky sci-fi-horror video games than with real-world hiring practices. Basically it's your choice between steely-eyed-missile-men, or hopeless flakes that in a highly regulated society (such as that depicted) would never have been in a cockpit at all.

There isn't a single scene that stands up to a moment's scientific scrutiny. Comparisons with 2001, Gravity, or even Interstellar are just bunk.

There isn't a single scene of literary significance, either. Comparisons with Heart of Darkness are fair, but unlike Coppola's work, only negative ones. All the allegorical significance is clobbered by the effort to portray a character rather than a society.

In the end, it turns out that Ruth Negga's turn as a burned-out Martian is the only good thing in this film, and her outfit rocks.… Expand
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SeussMyTubOct 2, 2019
Brad Pitt as an astronaut who is sent on a mission to contact his father (Tommy Lee Jones as another astronaut) who supposedly went missing almost 30 years ago. It's got big ideas, but it falls totally flat. I didnt like the world buildingBrad Pitt as an astronaut who is sent on a mission to contact his father (Tommy Lee Jones as another astronaut) who supposedly went missing almost 30 years ago. It's got big ideas, but it falls totally flat. I didnt like the world building and the huge plot holes didnt help either. I have no idea why critics would even like this movie.… Expand
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imthenoobJun 10, 2020
Pitt carries this movie beyond its predictable plot and various subplots that are touched upon but never truly explored. Couple that with a crippling slow pace and you have a pretty mediocre movie. I really don't get the praise of this one.Pitt carries this movie beyond its predictable plot and various subplots that are touched upon but never truly explored. Couple that with a crippling slow pace and you have a pretty mediocre movie. I really don't get the praise of this one. There was so much they could have axed out to quicken things up and not miss a beat, would have made for a better movie too.… Expand
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cinecineDec 14, 2019
It is a "product" of mixed head. There is no final decision about being art or popular one. There are lots of redundant scenes even parts! Maybe it could be a good short film, maybe...
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TrunkisOct 8, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Saw the reviews for this and was really excited for it. But this was dreadful. The story just doesn't make sense. Obviously radio waves just don't exist in this universe! If they did this story wouldn't have been necessary. A guy needs travel all the way to mars to send a voice message to Neptune?? It couldn't have been sent to Mars? Brad Pitt needed to be in a sound proof room to record a message?? He's able to board a rocket as it launches? Obviously G forces don't exist either or Newton's laws of motion for that matter. When is this set?? They had better Luna buggy's in 1970's! A wave capable of power surges billions of miles through space but doesn't effect the source in any way! Ridiculous character reactions ruin the acting too! The most important mission in human history and they pack pitt off on a commercial flight for secrecy?? With a geriatric?? My god. I was actually laughing every few minutes. If this was fantasy sci-fi fine, but this seemed to want to be "realistic". Baah. Space 1999 was more realistic than this. By the end you have to ask what was the point and how are you not up for 3 counts of manslaughter? It gets 1 star for the visuals only.… Expand
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TreasuresamericOct 11, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. People have compared this to Interstellar and Contact. There is no comparison, as those two movies were immeasurably better.

This movie was advertised to have a “realistic” depiction of space travel. Nope. There was nothing realistic (whatsoever).

In essence, the entire movie can be summed up as: Brad Pitt, a quirky guy, misses dad. Brad Pitt undergoes unrealistic, boring experiences. Brad Pitt finds his dad. Brad Pitt loses his dad. Brad Pitt comes home. Roll end credits.

It’s a boring movie with nothing profound or entertaining about it. No comedy, no action, no compelling imagery, no real story, and nothing reality based about space travel. The other actors the trailer makes seem important are virtually non-existent in the film.

Tommy Lee Jones gets about 6 minutes... 4 of which are repeated videos from decades ago playing on his futuristic iPad. Liv Tyler hets about 2 minutes, all as flashbacks from the past. Donald Sutherland gets 5 minutes, but has a heart attack in the beginning of the movie and doesn’t die... so..(?)

Now, the solitary reason it gets even one star from me (instead of zero) is that, given the character that poor Brad Pitt was given to play, he played it well. The character is ridiculous, but is played well.

Spaceballs and Howard the Duck were better films.… Expand
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francisjohnherbDec 6, 2019
A completely self conscious bore fest that makes perfect use of Brad Pitt's ability to seem incapable of genuine emotion. Sadly I wasted 40 minutes waiting for the story to interest me. A perfect illustration of turgidity I pity those whoA completely self conscious bore fest that makes perfect use of Brad Pitt's ability to seem incapable of genuine emotion. Sadly I wasted 40 minutes waiting for the story to interest me. A perfect illustration of turgidity I pity those who paid to see it.… Expand
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lostkid0Oct 23, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A meandering movie that does nothing interesting. It tries to come off as artistic but in the end is just a two hour long ode to someone's desire to punch their absentee father. The physics make no sense, and neither does the plot. Forgettable, unrealistic, pointless. You are better off skipping this film. A waste of Brad Pitt and Tommy Lee jones.… Expand
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dafrakDec 4, 2019
It is a intellectual and scientific movie that can not get even the elementary school physics right.
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LodrianMar 25, 2020
It's a religious ****
Not scfi, not et life, not nothing... Only saints and angels.
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JEsFsFApr 4, 2020
Bad Astra.

I'm am still getting grief from family and friends for subjecting them to this film. My response is "I did due diligence. I check the Metacritic critic score: it was fine!" This movie is the Pearl Harbor of outer space. But atBad Astra.

I'm am still getting grief from family and friends for subjecting them to this film. My response is "I did due diligence. I check the Metacritic critic score: it was fine!" This movie is the Pearl Harbor of outer space. But at least that film had a theme (A Japanese sneak attack on an American Love Triangle).

This looked like a film whose individual scenes were submitted filmed and spliced together by random people with only a cursory attempt to knit a story. "Does the timeline seem to go forward? Good enough." Well not random people: writers without an iota of science understanding. I found more coherence in the random shots of people in a commercial doing those things that the advertise prescription medicine will get them back to doing.

It did have some great looking but nonsensical imagery.

Bad Astra.… Expand
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PetexianFeb 2, 2020
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A mess of a plot and poor research. I enjoy science fiction and am willing to suspend belief but the science behind many scenes is too flawed. For example: Sometimes theirs gravity sometimes there isn’t.… Expand
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madagascar68Dec 5, 2019
An immature School boys failed school project, Sorry Mr.Director. I know its harsh. But you tortured us.
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hovtekFeb 14, 2020
I’ve never been so riled up about a movie being so bad. I love space. I love dirt. This is more boring than the cats trailer If you stretched it out over 2 hours. It’s not deep, their are NO TWISTS AT ALL, the writing contains every tropeI’ve never been so riled up about a movie being so bad. I love space. I love dirt. This is more boring than the cats trailer If you stretched it out over 2 hours. It’s not deep, their are NO TWISTS AT ALL, the writing contains every trope ever said, and I’m literally mad I spent Valentine’s Day watching this. Even acid couldn’t make this movie compelling.… Expand
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MalikiaMar 13, 2020
I can only blame the director James Gray, for allowing this chunky soft turd to escape from his butt in the form of this horrible movie. Brad Pitt does his best to carry his role Tommy Lee Jones does his best to carry his role, but nothing inI can only blame the director James Gray, for allowing this chunky soft turd to escape from his butt in the form of this horrible movie. Brad Pitt does his best to carry his role Tommy Lee Jones does his best to carry his role, but nothing in the movie adheres to any scientific principles of space travel that can be found in any 4th grade elementary book. When you leave the Earth for extended. Of time and you come back, everyone else in the earth it should have aged by default drastically more than you have. It should not be waiting you will return with open arms and lipstick Jujubes. All of the quote unquote easy things… Expand
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OuchPotatoOct 17, 2020
Boring boring boring. Dull movie that leaves you wondering why you watched it. I have no idea why half the characters are in it and even the random insertion of three "action" scenes that have nothing to do with the story arc can't liven upBoring boring boring. Dull movie that leaves you wondering why you watched it. I have no idea why half the characters are in it and even the random insertion of three "action" scenes that have nothing to do with the story arc can't liven up this dreary mess. Do not fall for any nonsense that it's about some sort of father/son emotional journey, it really isn't. It's like watching paint dry.… Expand
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jibajabberJan 12, 2021
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Im a big brad pit fan and a huge sci fi fan. What could go wrong **** everything. The most boring movie I have ever seen. The most interesting part of this movie is vergin air lines has a space ship. Soundtrack is ass and the set design is copied straight out of a lil nas x music video. Nothing happens in the plot he spends the whole movie looking for his father caps him and is now a hero. WOAH big development. DONT WATCH… Expand
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WX8Sep 20, 2019
BORING, wast of your time to watch. Like others said, should have just filmed a daddy issue movie on earth, of no science fiction value. Love Brad Pitt but forget this one. Terrible...Watch something at home that you like and have seen beforeBORING, wast of your time to watch. Like others said, should have just filmed a daddy issue movie on earth, of no science fiction value. Love Brad Pitt but forget this one. Terrible...Watch something at home that you like and have seen before and save the time and money. I wouldn't recommend it for free on cable to anyone.… Expand
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hellomikeySep 22, 2019
Nothing happenes in this movie. It’s the weakest story. Brad accepts a role where the character’s superpower is they he shows no emotion. This is the opposite of good acting.
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IgeraidiSep 21, 2019
Gravity in the Moon and Mars equal to Earth. Enter in a rocket during launch from behind the engines. Time of radio comunication instantaneous through out space . everything in this movie is ridiculous.
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JadoaustinSep 20, 2019
This movie was an emotionless 2.5 hour movie without meaning or thrill. It takes you through space watching emotionless charters that you end up feeling no connections to. This movie over all was as life changing and entertaining as staringThis movie was an emotionless 2.5 hour movie without meaning or thrill. It takes you through space watching emotionless charters that you end up feeling no connections to. This movie over all was as life changing and entertaining as staring at wall for 3 hours!… Expand
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YogurtSep 21, 2019
I fell asleep twice. Absolutely boring and uninteresting plot. Few events in the film.
The result: wasted time.
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Cyruss77Oct 5, 2019
honestly are we watching the same film here? no story to speak of an absolute flat line of a movie great actors talents wasted completely i want my 2 hours life back please!!
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NakorenSep 28, 2019
I didn't actually know what film I am going to watch and after film I understood that I lost my money. I would say seriously nearly 6 people in cinema laughed, I also wanted to cry.
Film don't has bad picture. But it has very stupid plot. II didn't actually know what film I am going to watch and after film I understood that I lost my money. I would say seriously nearly 6 people in cinema laughed, I also wanted to cry.
Film don't has bad picture. But it has very stupid plot. I really don't know who think that it is good idea to sneak. Into the rocket in 5 minutes before launch and then kill all people inside ple inside… Expand
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jimlockSep 26, 2019
The movie is terrible. Its one of the worst sci fi worlds put on screen. The setting is anything but realistic. 70s like rockets and old school moon rovers and suits simply to remind us of 1969 while humanity has dug immense tunnels bellow Mars...
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FloridaMommaSep 20, 2019
Plain boring. Waste of 2 hours! Huge waste this is what they chose to put on Dolby screen.
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Seadog2019Sep 24, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bad Astra; worst sci-fi movie of all time?


Basically this film steals from multiple movies to create the most terribly disjointed and inane plot that I've ever had the misfortune to see. From Last Man it steals it's depiction of Neal Armstrong and renames that character Roy McBride. From 2001 it steals the apes... (yes, there are apes in the film...) and the lunar transit scenes and from Guardians of the Galaxy it steals space pirates... (yeah, space pirates!) from Gravity it steals the space ships, space suits and tether lines. From Alien it steals the distress call... (see apes above). From Interstellar it steals the music and from Stars Wars it steals the son must kill father to destroy the deadly space station plot line. From the Red Green show, it steals the duct tape...(yes, really!) From Soylent Green it steals Saul's final moments (AKA "calming rooms") and from Blade Runner 2049 it steals the Baseline Psych Test... From 2010 it steals the shock-wave and from Independence Day it steals the bomb... Donald Sutherland simply reprises his role from JFK while Liv Tyler's scenes were just ripped off from LOTR. This movie is an insult to the intelligence of the audience and reveals just how much contempt Gray and/or the producers have for their audience. Basically this movie is a Voight-Kampff Test that ferrets out Replicant critics when they write glowing reviews for terrible movies. I gave the film a 0 out of 10 which I'm happy to do because on most review sites I can't give it a zero. If you watch it, treat it as a comedy and you'll have great fun. My wife and I compared notes after the movie and both realized that we were afraid during the movie that we somehow missed something that caused the critics to give it good reviews... then we laughed so hard that it was hard to stop because it really was terrible and it was the critics who were afraid to say so.… Expand
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PrleOct 4, 2019
Aside from casting one of the biggest names in Hollywood this movie is awful. No plot nor suspense, failed to to show the structure and good script writing. Pitt seems to have lost interest in making good-quality performances or movies forAside from casting one of the biggest names in Hollywood this movie is awful. No plot nor suspense, failed to to show the structure and good script writing. Pitt seems to have lost interest in making good-quality performances or movies for that matter. Visual effects are below average as well. Just terrible.… Expand
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cpnscarletOct 4, 2019
It is a stupid, pretentious movie with a story that tries to be too smart by half. The final reveal is an interesting concept, but it is so wrapped up and almost totally buried in a "Daddy doesn't love me anymore" story, that you just won'tIt is a stupid, pretentious movie with a story that tries to be too smart by half. The final reveal is an interesting concept, but it is so wrapped up and almost totally buried in a "Daddy doesn't love me anymore" story, that you just won't care. The space tech is just a tiny bit interesting toward the start of the movie, but that charm is rapidly lost in interior insipid monologues.… Expand
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energystormSep 22, 2019
Rambo está mucho mejor que está peli ,prueba que los críticos solo complacen a quien pague con la cartera
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fumarioSep 20, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Only bad is falling short. The argument could have been great, but it has been left in an empty, slow, boring, without beginning or end. The primates scene made no sense in the middle of the plot, except to animate something boring. the only thing worth mentioning is the interpretation of bradd pit.… Expand
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BroyaxDec 8, 2019
Brad Pitre se fait vieux, même qu'il est devenu sérieux avec l'âge et peut-être moins mauvais acteur qu'avant ou bien plus supportable... c'est assez dingue de le dire mais c'est lui qui s'en sort le mieux dans ce psychodrame de l'espace à unBrad Pitre se fait vieux, même qu'il est devenu sérieux avec l'âge et peut-être moins mauvais acteur qu'avant ou bien plus supportable... c'est assez dingue de le dire mais c'est lui qui s'en sort le mieux dans ce psychodrame de l'espace à un demi-dollar (un demi-dollar, c'est ce que vaut le scénario comparé aux dizaines de millions -au bas mot je suppose- qu'ont dû coûter les effets spéciaux !).

L'âge, c'est aussi le troisième et bientôt le quatrième avec Jones et Sutherland... qu'on envoit en fusées dans l'espace, loin, très loin... mais depuis quand envoit-on des Mathusalem en série dans cette putain de galaxie ?!...

Tout ça pour guetter les **** hommes verts ou gris, il paraît... puis la psychologie reprend le dessus ou ce qui rend l'humain si vulnérable : les tourments de sa propre psyché... certes, il est intéressant de mettre en avant ces introspections de tous les instants, surtout lorsqu'on est dans des boîtes de conserve ou des stations claustrophobiques mais tout de même, pourquoi est-ce aussi mal fait et à peine au niveau des Feux de l'amour ou de Santa Barbara ?

Dans ce scénario aberrant qui part déjà d'une histoire à la Petite Maison dans la Prairie, il ne se passe de toute façon quasiment rien. Même la réalisation n'est pas sans défauts et souvent agitée dans ses rares scènes d'action. Evalutation psy : comment vous sentez-vous après avoir vu "Ad Astra" ? réponse : je me sens énervé et endormi, abruti et floué. Et très déçu. Et vindicatif aussi.

Ad purgatum donc ! (vers la poubelle en latin).… Expand
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drjumpSep 22, 2019
Brad Pitt does a fine job acting and Tommy Lee Jones is - well - TLJ. The special effects are good as well. That's all the positives that I can offer. First, the science is awful all the way around. Also, the story is full of plot holes,Brad Pitt does a fine job acting and Tommy Lee Jones is - well - TLJ. The special effects are good as well. That's all the positives that I can offer. First, the science is awful all the way around. Also, the story is full of plot holes, filled with the usual ploy of moving the story along by having supposedly smart people doing really stupid things, and some parts of the story that simply don't seem to have any rhyme or reason for being there. I don't want to give any spoiler regarding the last point, but I was waiting for one incident that occurs during the story to be linked somehow to the conclusion (and it could have been with a little screen writing) - but that never happened. Why this movie is generally well-rated is beyond me - even if you don't know a thing about basic physics, interplanetary distances, psychology, and the like.… Expand
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KenGiveMeABreakSep 23, 2019
What a waste of two hours. Time constantly “filled” with the barrage of Mr. Pitt’s character being required to submit to a biological and mental health evaluation for almost every “door” that Mr. Pitt travels through. As for cinematography.What a waste of two hours. Time constantly “filled” with the barrage of Mr. Pitt’s character being required to submit to a biological and mental health evaluation for almost every “door” that Mr. Pitt travels through. As for cinematography. Give me a break. The scenes of our solar system are free on thousands of internet sites and various television broadcast channels. Simply a Three-Name draw for most adults over 50 and a Single-Name draw for those less than 30. Save your money. PS: the “space-buggy” scene on the New Mexico stage Moon’s surface was hilarious.… Expand
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DumplebugSep 24, 2019
I don't want to make a in depth review as not to waste more of my time being involved with this movie. Firstly, I am a sci-fi enthusiast. I saw the original Star Wars in the theater in 1977 over 30 times as a kid. Critics are different thanI don't want to make a in depth review as not to waste more of my time being involved with this movie. Firstly, I am a sci-fi enthusiast. I saw the original Star Wars in the theater in 1977 over 30 times as a kid. Critics are different than moviegoers. We are interested in being entertained. This movie was horrible. Snail paced and boring from the first scene to the last. Don't waste your time. Don't listen to critics. Just don't go.… Expand
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Popcorn55Sep 23, 2019
Instead of soaring through the cosmos, it was SNORING through the cosmos! How do you say "the great yawning" in Latin? OMG that should have been the title. It's like they took the slowest, most boring, and talky parts of "2001", "FirstInstead of soaring through the cosmos, it was SNORING through the cosmos! How do you say "the great yawning" in Latin? OMG that should have been the title. It's like they took the slowest, most boring, and talky parts of "2001", "First Man", "Interstellar", "The Martian", and "Gravity", and spliced them together with slow, sad kind of background music: result, the ultimate space snoozer ever made! Even the rocket launches that should at least have some awe and thunder... are often silent with tinkly sad keyboard music. Whaaat?? And the constant self-analytical voice-overs explaining his feelings?? omiGAWD people -- this is sposed to be a sci-fi ADVENTURE DRAMA and instead it's like... monks marching sadly to their doom. That's basically the feeling of it. Rent this one at Redbox, do NOT spend $20 to see it!!… Expand
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ShibaboySep 21, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ad Astra is a new low for post-truth anti-science propaganda which bear hugs a dystopian fascist future. Avoid this movie!… Expand
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AlterIISep 21, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Nothing even close to interstellar and Martian. This film should be prescribed to people with acute bouts of insomnia. Heroes - dummies, involvement in action - 0. Experiences for the heroes - 0, because you do not know them. Musical accompaniment (everyone remembered interstellar) - I'm not sure what the music was at all. Disclosure of characters - there is no such thing. Bottom line: "sterile." Grab a pillow. I didn’t think that you could make a film so badly with such actors.… Expand
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DirtyshoesSep 21, 2019
This movie is painfully slow. The characters are boring. Scenes meander and go no where. There are sequences that contribute nothing to the characters. The movie crutches on the pretense of being an artwork or philosophical piece. Oh it's aThis movie is painfully slow. The characters are boring. Scenes meander and go no where. There are sequences that contribute nothing to the characters. The movie crutches on the pretense of being an artwork or philosophical piece. Oh it's a piece alright. What did I learn at the end of the movie? I should have walked out and asked Brad Pitt personally to reimburse me.such a waste. So many special effects and nothing to say. I hated this movie so much I created an account to warn others.… Expand
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InstantkrmaSep 24, 2019
This movie is boring and dumb on so many levels. Apparently the guy who directed this has no idea what makes movies like 2001 soo great. He basically cut and pasted themes from movies like Interstellar and 2001 with little meaning and skill.This movie is boring and dumb on so many levels. Apparently the guy who directed this has no idea what makes movies like 2001 soo great. He basically cut and pasted themes from movies like Interstellar and 2001 with little meaning and skill. So this is my take away from this movie! 1. Space is lonely, cold, devoid of human interactions so pretty much don't leave earth. WTF 2. Reality in space is whatever the director needs it to be. 3. NASA needs a two hour commercial for some reason. 4. Men in future have soo much toxic masculinity that they are bad,future man bad! 5. That Brad Pitt can have a stupid freaking look on face for two hours. Two hours of my life I will never get back!!! Don't see unless you are a sadist!… Expand
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BarnyJan 1, 2022
Two things are really stunning in this movie: the photography, the music. The rest is filled with more holes than a sponge. For instance, it is understandable that people sent in space have to be mentally stable, but to the point of repeatingTwo things are really stunning in this movie: the photography, the music. The rest is filled with more holes than a sponge. For instance, it is understandable that people sent in space have to be mentally stable, but to the point of repeating "psychological evaluations" at every turn seems an overstretch.

The fundamental background elements of the story are wrong, the physics is wrong, the time aspects are wrong (8 light hours separate mars to neptune, expecting an answer in less than 30 seconds is what?). The premise that we would be better equipped to detect alien life at this distance from earth is ridiculous and with high res pictures of those planets too (why, oh why?). No speaking of space monkeys exploding in vacuum (this one was hilarious) or having the capability to destroy a vacuum rated visor repaired magically with duct tape (why?). Going through a debris filled space with a simple shield after jumping from a rotating antenna (with precision to reach and land perfectly on a ship. The nuclear explosion used as a mechanism to propel a ship (think of a dumbed down 2010). I forgot about the space pirates and a lot of other nonsense. 79 days from Mars to Neptune, at a constant speed would represent, give or take 0.2% the speed of light (during which there is no "surge"). Let's forget the acceleration or decceleration, the amount of fuel required, the required size of the spacecraft, etc. The movie is utterly nihilistic as the message is clearly: "there is no Earth 2, we are alone, any endeavour to leave earth is futile and dangerous".

This movie deserves a zero given the plot holes, inconsistencies, and the utter nonsense it carries.… Expand
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BitashJul 26, 2020
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I was so hopeful, as movie went on it got worse and worse, I stopped watching and hour and half into it, didn’t really care how it ended. It was THAT bad! This movie failed on so many levels... 1. Brad Pitt not believable= worse performance ever, constant boohoo me was killing me as the plot was heavily focused on his daddy issues.. enough already...his constant whining throughout the movies was nauseating ....and On top of that he just wasn’t believable 2. Writing was the worse= the concept of the movie was the Surge, writers didn’t expand on that instead focused on Brads father issues...Lack of real science = writers didn’t consult with NASA or MIT scientist before writing this awful script ,
A. Brads dad somehow magically survives in space for a decade! How he gets water and food we don’t know....

B. ...they send a message to his dad in Neptune from Mars, he responds right away...it takes way longer than couple of minutes for message to get transmitted..

C. The Cargo space ship responds to mayday, how on earth does space ship just stop in the middle of traveling ? You can’t just stop it when ever you want! D. ...the scene of him flying through Neptune ..with a shield!!!! E.Brad claims the side of the rocket while it is firing, he magically gets into the spaceship before it launches! He would be smoked from heat gasses of the rocket! F.....and he rides a nuclear blast all the way from Neptune to Earth landing just right!!!!!!!! A joke..., so many holes scientifically that it’s redicilous, any scientist watching this would have laughed.… Expand
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jtmason3Jan 29, 2020
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is one of those times where I just can't understand how the critics score was so high and it causes one to wonder if a price was paid to get those ratings. The audience ratings seem to be more aligned with reality this time. This was an unbelievably bad movie. The acting was bland, the pacing was off, and the story was riddled with so many plot holes and inconsistencies, it's obvious something went haywire in the entire script to production process. It almost appears that a full script was written for an engaging space epic, so big time talent was then attached. Then somewhere half-way through production, budget was severely cut, the script was gutted, and powers that be went in for just a quick money grab based on the attached talent. The lawn chairs on the space rovers should have been our warning to quit and save ourselves another hour of agony. The critics seemed to be impressed enough with the visuals to carry the movie, but it just doesn’t. I’ve seen better visuals Syfy channel movies. Brad Pitts acting wasn’t horrible, but the critics again grossly overstated the quality of the performance. He read his lines accurately, often in a “literal” sense off his script it seems… that was it, nothing earth shattering. Performances from other big time talent were just woefully underused and underserved. Again it seems to be the case where critics and audiences are watching two very different movies, and I just don’t understand how this can be, other than some sort of under the table bribing. As crass and ridiculous as that sounds, it’s a more logical and sensible story than that of Ad Astra itself.… Expand
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GuilhermeCursiOct 20, 2019
Nem mesmo o talento de Brad Pitt pode salvar Ad Astra filme cansativo, com um direção ruim e filme só se destaca em seus efeitos visuais
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bryanjSep 21, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A very boring film, with a stupid ending. why would you park your spaceship on the wrong side of Neptune's rings? how can you then jump from one spaceship to another passing through the rings with a piece of metal in front of you then ride a nuclear blast home?… Expand
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cfergojrSep 21, 2019
This movie is terrible, don't waste your time and money. Interstellar is way better!
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RmelsonjrSep 22, 2019
As beautiful and well acted as it was STUPID. Rewatch Interstellar if you are looking for a space odyssey.
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Just_DoSep 22, 2019
Borefest. The most boring **** ever. WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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kirkenderOct 10, 2019
Science Fiction is meant to be inquisitive, thoughtful, expansive and imaginative. Ad Astra is cynical, conservative, boring, and shallow. There is a sense that its meant to be 'realistic' but its lazy and mean. Toxic masculinity: A SpaceScience Fiction is meant to be inquisitive, thoughtful, expansive and imaginative. Ad Astra is cynical, conservative, boring, and shallow. There is a sense that its meant to be 'realistic' but its lazy and mean. Toxic masculinity: A Space Opera. Plot holes are plentiful. There are meandering, meaningless voice overs that do nothing to further the plot or 'emotional' journey. Also; there are 2 black people in the movie and they are brutally killed on screen. All the white people get dignified or off screen deaths. WTF.… Expand
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BondanhoOct 2, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I don’t understand why I have gone to this film because it doesn’t show anything new in the industry if it only contradicts to the all physics laws and uses Brad Pitt’s name to PR but in fact it is just second-rate film with no humor, breathtaking actor’s play and logic. 1 point only for the special effects and beautiful landscapes.… Expand
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DimassSep 25, 2019
**** waste of money. All the movie expecting an explanation, something giving sense to all happened before... but nothing there. I like slow movies but not empty ones.
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OlivierPielDec 4, 2019
Hollywood, you cannot have your cake and eat it too. Trying to pretend to be high-brow and (very poorly) copy Solaris, Kubrick's 2001 or Apocalypse Now all at the same time...while having a stupid car chase on the moon and space monkeys forHollywood, you cannot have your cake and eat it too. Trying to pretend to be high-brow and (very poorly) copy Solaris, Kubrick's 2001 or Apocalypse Now all at the same time...while having a stupid car chase on the moon and space monkeys for "entertainment". And those annoying voice overs and lazy psycho mumbojumbo. They even copied Gravity for the opening scene. 2 points for some nice cinematography and decors here and there.

Seriously: It would be more interesting watching to have a documentary on this film and how the moonchase was OKed by the producers. That would make for hilarious viewing!… Expand
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NerdsinriSep 27, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie starts... Amazing.... By the end I was angry that I wasted my time watching this. With a huge budget, great cast I had high hopes. Could this be another Martian type movie? Nope. Chew on some broken glass instead of seeing this movie. It will be more productive… Expand
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Gabby1Sep 24, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I found this movie very unconvincing. The story was way too small for all of the craft that went into it. Oh dear, a man is conflicted following in his absent father's footsteps and unable to express himself emotionally, has an epiphany and comes home to the still-available woman he treated heartlessly. All of this hoo-ha for something that could have been treated by a good therapist. Wasted talent.… Expand
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RgboomerSep 22, 2019
character motivation is not clear, takes it self too seriously without providing a clear moral message, and technology does not make sense based on current theories on space travel.
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Ope1Sep 21, 2019
What a piece of garbage. Do not waste 2+ hours of your life on this borrrrrring trash.
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GarciaSmithSep 21, 2019
MUUUUUY MUUUUY MALA , nada que ver con otras películas del espacio. Está habla de soledad y en un modo super aburrido exageradamente aburrido ni triste ni doloroso solo aburrido , QUE DESPERDICIÓ DE TALENTO , me gustan mucho las películas deMUUUUUY MUUUUY MALA , nada que ver con otras películas del espacio. Está habla de soledad y en un modo super aburrido exageradamente aburrido ni triste ni doloroso solo aburrido , QUE DESPERDICIÓ DE TALENTO , me gustan mucho las películas de ciencia ficción , está honestamente es la peor que e visto en 10 años, obio tiene algunas Tomás buenas, pero sin más es una perdida de tiempo , RESUMEN DE LA PELICULA: viajó al espacio busco a mi papá lo encuentro y me vengo , así LITERAL UNA PUTA MIERDA! No sucede casi nada interesante en un viaje tan laaaargo.… Expand
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Dirk_McDirtSep 23, 2019
The movie was very slow and boring. The plot was very weak. The action sequences seemed like they were tacked on - probably because the film studio execs told the director that the movie was too boring and needed some action scenes. A filmThe movie was very slow and boring. The plot was very weak. The action sequences seemed like they were tacked on - probably because the film studio execs told the director that the movie was too boring and needed some action scenes. A film student could've written a less disappointing story. Wait until it comes out on TV. That way you can change the channel after 15 minutes when you discover how dull it is.… Expand
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thebagginsSep 27, 2019
You wont be challenged by this movie, there's no science fiction here, but go and see it if you like Brad Pitt, dramas and a story of a guy with latent daddy issues. So mind-numbing. 1 point for out of focus space scenes.
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KlebartSep 27, 2019
Poor science. No special effects. Tries to be something deep and meaningful but fails. Boring. I went in expecting little and I was still disappointed. Left the movie before the end. Too boring.
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MetaTimmehSep 25, 2019
This movie is an incredibly slow paced, mediocre at best sci-fi Snore fest.The total quiet scenes were so drab, that the pop corn chewing from people two rows ahead and two rows behind offered some kind solace in a time of solitude as I satThis movie is an incredibly slow paced, mediocre at best sci-fi Snore fest.The total quiet scenes were so drab, that the pop corn chewing from people two rows ahead and two rows behind offered some kind solace in a time of solitude as I sat there wondering where this story was headed. the story seemed set to a infinite backdrop of intergalactic vacuum of hope and despair coupled with a father son breach of love. an incredibly long journey only to let his(Brad Pit) father die alone in space just minutes before detonating a nuclear devise catapulting his craft back home. the most exciting part of the movie is when he woke up with a beard. this was the sign that the movie was coming to an end. the absolute best comment I heard as an elderly gentleman stood up to leave the theatre was '' I feel like I was on a long journey to Jupiter'' Gigli staring Ben Afleck and Jennifer Lopez (Total Bomb) had a better story than this. I rate this movie 5 on 5 Kakamojis and bag of tears!… Expand
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chi7891Sep 28, 2019
It’s a bad movie that had the potential to be decent but had a horrible editor. The editing was just so bad... the movie was an hour too long.
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caioniloSep 29, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. lfcvvcfhdhdhdhdbdbxbxbdbdbdbdbddbhdhdhxchchcggcvyvyvyvtvtvttvtvtvtvtvtvtvtv… Expand
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namelessOct 3, 2019
Save your money, it works better when you have the opportunity to fast forward. The users are correct, ignore the professionals. Brad Pitt holds this movie together but it is hard to say this is a movie, it is really a novel brought to theSave your money, it works better when you have the opportunity to fast forward. The users are correct, ignore the professionals. Brad Pitt holds this movie together but it is hard to say this is a movie, it is really a novel brought to the screen. Very little action. Mostly Brad Pitt narrating his thoughts as he moves from point A to point B to point C... Our thoughts are the strength of a novel but not a movie. I think the only reason this got released to the theaters inside of direct to DVD is Brad Pitt.… Expand
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CivilizationAceFeb 6, 2021
A what can go wrong will go wrong mess that doesn't sell its characterisation efforts. It's instantly forgettable, with only one good performance, by Liv Tyler, but sadly she's only on screen for a few minutes. Pitt's performance is bipolar,A what can go wrong will go wrong mess that doesn't sell its characterisation efforts. It's instantly forgettable, with only one good performance, by Liv Tyler, but sadly she's only on screen for a few minutes. Pitt's performance is bipolar, non-existent most of the time and then hammed horribly. This is time I wish I hadn't wasted.… Expand
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PanchogulAug 3, 2020
Que decepción, asumo que cuando se trata de películas ambientadas en el espacio mis espectativas se elevan muchísimo, pero creo que aquí aún sin tenerlas tan altas, no me gustó.
Se siente eterna considerando que no supera las dos horas deQue decepción, asumo que cuando se trata de películas ambientadas en el espacio mis espectativas se elevan muchísimo, pero creo que aquí aún sin tenerlas tan altas, no me gustó.
Se siente eterna considerando que no supera las dos horas de duración, la historia es bastante precaria y tiene el mismo rango sentimental de una piedra, o sea, no transmite nada, las actuaciones son buenas, pero nada que se pueda destacar, de no ser porque la protagoniza Brad Pitt hubiese sido un completo desastre.… Expand
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bojan1080Feb 2, 2020
The **** movie I have ever seen and believe you me I have seen a lot of **** movies
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Amano81Oct 4, 2019
Most boring movie ever, I want my time and money back. The movie industry completely run out of imagination and creativity it’s almost impossible to watch a good movie nowadays. Also the ratings and critics in sites like this one failMost boring movie ever, I want my time and money back. The movie industry completely run out of imagination and creativity it’s almost impossible to watch a good movie nowadays. Also the ratings and critics in sites like this one fail completely to distinguish what is worth watching.. all seem fake and sponsor by lobbies - somehow this movie is highly rated here (by some virtual reviewers) yet every real person I talk to has the same opinion as me that this was the most boring movie they have ever watched!… Expand
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marconaOct 9, 2019
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Another bloated, over-produced let down in an era of bloated, over produced letdowns. This movie wants to be everything, but winds up being a muddled pile of nothing.

Brad Pitt is a fine actor and he does his best, but the story is ungodly awful. I realize this is sci-fi and we are suspending belief, but they have asked an awful lot of us here.

The main premise is that a guy who has been traveling space for almost 30 years (unheard from for 16 years, supposedly dead) is parked outside Neptune and is firing life-ending energy blasts at Earth. This guy is Brad Pitt's dad and they recruit him to get kill/retrieve/stop him. Okay, cute premise.

Brad then needs to go to the moon (flew commercial, terrible scene), then Mars (3 days trip, goofy side story), then to Neptune. The trip to Neptune takes 63 days, if I recall. So, a madman is out there on Neptune, we can go get him in 2 months, and they wait 16 years? Granted, the energy surges just started, but still... wouldn't you want to follow up?

Sorry for being glib, but the movie itself is glib. It is filled with empty emotion, meaningless action sequences, and long stretches of nothing. It has no identity. It desperately wants to be Apocalypse Now, but it falls woefully short. Wait for the streaming release.… Expand
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Captain-JimSep 24, 2019
This movie moves so slowly. Long periods of boredom followed by more boredom. No exciting moments! Nothing to really put you on the edge of your seat! Some 'big name' actors in this film but certainly not challenged by the character partsThis movie moves so slowly. Long periods of boredom followed by more boredom. No exciting moments! Nothing to really put you on the edge of your seat! Some 'big name' actors in this film but certainly not challenged by the character parts they portrayed. If you need a couple hours of sleep, this movie will help you dose off. … Expand
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ShepppySep 24, 2019
Great effects but how can space travel be so boring another soul searching in space that costs me 2hrs of my life. First time of seen so many people walk out of a movie before.
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T4NKESep 28, 2019
Hacía tiempo que no veía nada tan aburrido. Te pasas todo el tiempo esperando que pase algo, hasta que al final... sigue sin pasar nada.
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Faszfej70Sep 21, 2019
As boring as that other two were some time ago.The Gravity and the Interstaller.
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cm5milroySep 23, 2019
This movie is beautiful, no doubt about it. But there is no great payoff, nothing to keep you in your seat for the whole movie.Everything that has the potential to elicit any kind of emotion is never explained or built up well. I was moreThis movie is beautiful, no doubt about it. But there is no great payoff, nothing to keep you in your seat for the whole movie.Everything that has the potential to elicit any kind of emotion is never explained or built up well. I was more entertained by the Rams v Patriots Super Bowl… Expand
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p2skaSep 23, 2019
Got the ticket for free and thought this could be interesting as Pitt is always fine and i really like sci-fi.. But alas, this is far from Sunshine, not even Solaris (2012) in terms of storytelling. Ok, CGI and acting are fine, but that's itGot the ticket for free and thought this could be interesting as Pitt is always fine and i really like sci-fi.. But alas, this is far from Sunshine, not even Solaris (2012) in terms of storytelling. Ok, CGI and acting are fine, but that's it - plot is ridiculous and boring and without any surprises or plot twists, only long monotonous monologues by mr. Pitt accompanied by melancholic score, there is no logic behind physics displayed, not even trying - especially everything that happens after arriving on Mars - it's terrible to behold :)

User score seems kinda generous (5.8 atm), don't know what crictics see in it (8.0).… Expand
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