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LorendilMay 3, 2021

This is an abomination of a film. Tremendously stupid, miscast, and all together bad, Prometheus level bad. No one will ever give me back the time I lost watching this. Netflix, please - stop making Sci-Fi movies, you people suck at that.

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PAW11Apr 30, 2021

The "stowaway" plot is so ridiculous and unexplained that after 40 min., I stopped the movie due to loosing too many brain cells. I could tell it would continue to be be a brainless "soap opera" style movie.

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anomaly7May 4, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Well, if you don't mind your science fiction filled with gaping holes in the plot, like, how did the stowaway get on board? And, if you don't mind a bit of science fiction thrown into a story that you are supposed to find believable, then maybe you'll like this movie. I did not. Even my wife hated" it for its lack of a sensical storyline. I must admit, I hated it too. It would have been so easy for them to fill in the plot holes and use some real dangerous events that could occur in space, instead of inventing a fantasy scenario. Have I spoiled the plot? I think the plot was already spoiled. I thought all of the actors were up to par and more than carried their own except for Anna Kendrick who seemed miscast.… Expand

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GreatGatsby1May 15, 2021

Plot is cringy, huge gaping plot-holes. The perfect fit for Netflix's recent movies. You know how hard it is for a buff male to life an oxygen tank, yet Kendrick is able to do it without issue? Absurd movie, don't waste your time. Also,Plot is cringy, huge gaping plot-holes. The perfect fit for Netflix's recent movies. You know how hard it is for a buff male to life an oxygen tank, yet Kendrick is able to do it without issue? Absurd movie, don't waste your time. Also, what's up with 0 white male in the whole cast? SJW to the max.… Expand

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IbdreamyMay 3, 2021

BAD WRITING - GREAT ACTORS!
Toni Collette how could you do this to me?! The only good things I can say about Stowaway was that the acting was good, the CGI was good and the set was believable but the story was just bad and the pace wasBAD WRITING - GREAT ACTORS!
Toni Collette how could you do this to me?! The only good things I can say about Stowaway was that the acting was good, the CGI was good and the set was believable but the story was just bad and the pace was extremely slow and just boring. I think the actors actually did a good job with what they had to work with! Especially Anna Kendrick! She basically saved this movie from being a total embarrassment. Kinda. I have no clue why any of these actors agreed to these roles.. it must of been a Big payday? Something. You'll spend most the movie waiting for something to happen! Anything! But it never fully gets off the ground..then towards the end you can already guess what's gonna happen next. Somethings gonna go wrong. Then it does. The end. I also hate sad endings and this one was not just sad but also nonclimactic. … Expand

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CrimsonaroJun 3, 2021

Terrible ending and slow. Endings like that always ruin my movie experience. Want that time back.

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BarfJonesApr 24, 2021

Awful. It’s the lowest-rent “Gravity” conceivable. Imagine if Gravity was dinner theater with only 4 actors. How the stowaway came to be where they were escapes even a casual inspection of logic. The purpose of the mission appears to be toAwful. It’s the lowest-rent “Gravity” conceivable. Imagine if Gravity was dinner theater with only 4 actors. How the stowaway came to be where they were escapes even a casual inspection of logic. The purpose of the mission appears to be to take two algae cultures to Mars... that’s it. Nothing about the science adds up and the human drama component was so hollow, it was laughable.… Expand

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pcbflareApr 24, 2021

This is a movie that probably could have been good. The cast is good, the set is great, the CGI is compenent, but those are the three points i'm giving it. Unfortunately, it doesn't work at all, because the premise is completely demented, andThis is a movie that probably could have been good. The cast is good, the set is great, the CGI is compenent, but those are the three points i'm giving it. Unfortunately, it doesn't work at all, because the premise is completely demented, and the movie gets a lot wrong about how space programs work. The filmmakers consulted Scott Manley to get the physics/space right, but it doesn't really seem they listened. Right from the beginning of the movie tears of cringe will fill the eyes of everyone who's at least a littlebit interested in the space programs/physics. One has to wonder how much worse would it be without Scott's input. The whole premise is completely ridiculous. Without anyone realizing, some dude gets stuck behind a SCREWED IN(!!!!) panel of a rocket, and the crew finds him only after they're already on a way to Mars. They can't get back to Earth, their CO2 scrubber dies, and they don't have enough oxygen either. The rest of the movie is KINDA about the morality of one vs four, and KINDA about trying to come up with a plan to save the stowaway/rest of the crew. The main problem is, that the movie doesn't respect the genre. Either you can have a SF movie with nonsensical macguffins, or you can have hard-SF with plausible or semi-plausible technology. Stowaway tries to do the latter, it's near future, more or less existing technology. Yet the technology spectacularly fails (and there are no backup systems), only as a result of the demented plot, and the characters have to mount a nonsensical rescue mission. The whole movie i wanted to shout at the screen "IT DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT" or "APOLLO 13 CREW COULD IMPROVISE CO2 SCRUBBERS AND THAT WAS 1970". The characters are super 2D, certain actions of theirs come out of nowhere, the whole thing is just coming apart at the seams. I really, really didn't like it. Poor cast (as in:i feel sorry for them, not that they're bad in what they do, they're not, they just had to work with what they've been given, which wasn't much). Baaad screenwriters!… Expand

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professor_scootApr 24, 2021

This movie is an insult to the Sci-Fi genre. With the cast and outstanding special effects I expected so much more. Stowaway falls flat on its face. Anna kendricks is a miscast, her character takes the form of her role in pitch perfect. TheThis movie is an insult to the Sci-Fi genre. With the cast and outstanding special effects I expected so much more. Stowaway falls flat on its face. Anna kendricks is a miscast, her character takes the form of her role in pitch perfect. The horrible writing makes the moral dilemmas very platitudinal.… Expand

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Brent_MarchantApr 23, 2021

When making a film with a taut dramatic premise, the picture requires an equally taut treatment to be effective. Unfortunately, writer-director Joe Penna's space-based, molasses-paced morality play is a tirelessly tedious slog padded withWhen making a film with a taut dramatic premise, the picture requires an equally taut treatment to be effective. Unfortunately, writer-director Joe Penna's space-based, molasses-paced morality play is a tirelessly tedious slog padded with lots of filler and more than a few incredibly dull sequences. The chief culprit here is the script, which is rife with easily spotted plot holes and whose very title doesn't even accurately reflect the story's central scenario. The result is indeed unfortunate in light of the fine ensemble cast and the picture's stellar visual effects, attributes that are sorely undermined by the shortcomings surrounding them. Don't waste your time with this one.… Expand

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MovieManDaveApr 24, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I like SF movies. And if they are set in an arena of space travel that we already know a lot about, then I kinda expect it to be factually correct. But a short way into the movie I realised this is not one of them. These are the highlights that ruined it for me: A stowaway behind a screwed down panel with no decent explanation on how he got there in the first place. 12 hours into the journey where they could travel 5 months to Mars but not abort mission. Seriously?

A spacewalk , to retrieve an oxygen cylinder, where the astronauts are over exerting themselves on an ascent because of gravity effects...in space. Then in the next scene, gliding along the anchor wire, but this time completely free hand and no safety rope or wire. And then returning with a life saving oxygen tank in hand, which by the way is not secured to any part of her body or suite, only to be lost anyway because she could not brake on descent. Yes you read it correctly...could not brake on descent ...in space. I doubt real astronauts would suffer any of those mistakes. I think this was done just to heighten the drama with no real regard for credibility or viewer intelligence. I stopped watching at that point.… Expand

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GerfinchApr 25, 2021

It had a lot of opportunities for be a very interesting movie. Unfortunately the ambiguity around the titular stowaway ruins a lot of the tension. The general incompetence of the characters in their space endeavors (cw the martian) soaks awayIt had a lot of opportunities for be a very interesting movie. Unfortunately the ambiguity around the titular stowaway ruins a lot of the tension. The general incompetence of the characters in their space endeavors (cw the martian) soaks away any credibility which is a shame as the overall premise is excellent… Expand

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FyilApr 22, 2021

Shocked that Antonia Collete accept this part. Such a great premise, amazingly boring script. None of the problems presented in the movie engage the viewer. The characters are mostly forced and uninteresting. 2 for the cgi, looks kinda cool.

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odekApr 22, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Zzz sleep, aburrida. Las peores actuaciones en cuanto al uso de la gravedad 0 por todos los actores. Los movimientos del set deben emular una cierta lentitud o torpeza al moverse, aquí pueden escalan, corren, caminan, se saludan, y se abrazan como si estuvieran en su casa y no en el espacio. Quizá nadie sabe nadar, por eso desconocen los movimientos lentos.… Expand

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MetacriticOnurJul 14, 2021

bad
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adjective, worse, worst;(Slang) bad·der, bad·dest for 36.
not good in any manner or degree.

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PhilMarksJun 5, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Why do they make these ridiculous plot space movies with no concept of the science required? When a catastrophic failure is discovered why not just turn around? So many flaws …… Expand

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CoolmoweeAug 27, 2021

This was not a good movie except the visuals which made me believe I was spinning with them. Unbelievable situations suddenly "popping up" and while it was cool to see old LOST actor here, I was not convinced by the on board doctor...

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Saratosa75Jan 22, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Starts out as to get ready for adventure sort of sci-fi, and then it gets very technical and then trying to be very scientific. Eventually it ends up being boring, and then the stowaway is found and there is a bunch of nothing happens. Then the whole scientific part is thrown away with inconsistencies and illogical stuff. The ship has several compartments, maybe 5 or 6 , but the CO2 scrubber is built into only one and there are no backups. You'd think NASA or whatever the space agency would have learned already from Apollo 13 to always have backups on board of life sustaining , which is oxygen/water/food/temperature. The other big no is, ship is built for 2 but they "squeezed in 3". It's the other way. If there are 3, then the ship is usually built for at least 4 or 5. Always extra room for error, especially air/water/food. Especially for a space mission that lasts 2 YEARS (for crying out loud). So, I'm watching this and I am aware of these issues already - as these problems reveal themselves not until the mid-way into the movie. The person behind a wall panel is just completely unrealistic, so while I already given up watching this a real-life scientific movie, the movie turns more illogical to a point, when I am just hoping, that this must be just some nightmare of one of the crews and soon he or she will wake up, this can't be real. Then I'm hoping the stowaway person has either ulterior motives or he isn't what he makes him out to be, just to see some sort of a twist or turn from measuring mushroom growth of the botanic guy. But no. And then the ending. If I wasn't already depressed /bored enough already , the doctor goes on a suicide mission during a solar storm to bring 1 tank of oxygen from the mid section of the ship, suspended on the other end of the whole spinning assembly. Just a reminder: The oxygen is still not enough. They supposed to have 2 brought back for all of them to live, so the suicide mission only produces only one, so there is still someone else who needs to die. At the sad and depressing ending, I didn't even want to over-think it much since the whole movie is just a long running tediousness with illogical and unrealistic ideas.… Expand