Spaceman

Name: Spaceman
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: August 19, 2016
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 35

2016

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Orion Pictures | Release Date: August 19, 2016 | R

Summary: Spaceman is the mostly-true story of former all-star MLB pitcher Bill 'Spaceman' Lee. In the twilight of a long career as one of baseball’s all-time great eccentrics, Lee (Josh Duhamel) is cut from the Montreal Expos in 1982. Though Lee finds himself blackballed by the rest of the league for his outspoken politics (his views beingSpaceman is the mostly-true story of former all-star MLB pitcher Bill 'Spaceman' Lee. In the twilight of a long career as one of baseball’s all-time great eccentrics, Lee (Josh Duhamel) is cut from the Montreal Expos in 1982. Though Lee finds himself blackballed by the rest of the league for his outspoken politics (his views being “somewhere to left of Che Guevara”) and notoriously enthusiastic drug use, he refuses to quit the game. As of 2016, he still hasn’t.… Expand

Director: Brett Rapkin

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 90 min

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The Playlist Michael Garmonsway

Aug 25, 2016

There seems like there could have been quite the stylish biopic in Rapkin’s version of events, but the telling is underwhelming, making this film a continuous stream of possibilities that are never opened or explored. Read full review

Mark Feeney

Aug 18, 2016

Overall the results are amiable, if also slack and talky. Read full review

Michael Rechtshaffen

Aug 18, 2016

While a fictionalized account of Lee’s career certainly held some sex, drugs & rock ’n’ roll potential, the blandly pedestrian film Spaceman seldom delivers despite an engagingly game lead performance by Josh Duhamel. Read full review

Neil Genzlinger

Aug 18, 2016

The effort is commendable, but the execution is rocky. Read full review

April Wolfe

Aug 18, 2016

Throughout the film, the wrong characters are in focus, inexplicable close-ups abound, and Rapkin’s got the camera on rails, moving and panning for seemingly no reason. Read full review

John DeFore

Aug 22, 2016

The film is as shapeless as a real life — amusing in an extremely mild way on occasion, but no more goal-oriented than a protagonist who, time and again, shows that all he really cares about is getting high and tossing a ball around. Read full review

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Ralfbergs

Jan 8, 2017

I am not the one for baseball movies, but I thought I'll give this a chance - really boring and without anything interesting happening in it. Maybe if you know the real life guy it is a bit more interesting for someone, but if you don't then it's just a random movie without anythingI am not the one for baseball movies, but I thought I'll give this a chance - really boring and without anything interesting happening in it. Maybe if you know the real life guy it is a bit more interesting for someone, but if you don't then it's just a random movie without anything happening really.… Expand

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