The Space Between Us
STX Entertainment | Release Date: February 3, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
33
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
15
Negative:
16
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerFeb 2, 2017
A shameless pastiche of Starman’s alien-on-Earth sci-fi, The Boy in the Plastic Bubble’s medical pathos and any number of young-lovers-on-the-run stories, The Space Between Us may set back the Earth-Mars relationship light years. Read full review
38
USA TodayBrian TruittFeb 2, 2017
There’s fish-out-of-water hijinks as the Martian boy looks for the dad he never knew, but the whole sci-fi narrative collapses into a mess of illogical story beats and groan-inducing quasi-tragic bits right out of "Love Story." Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireFeb 2, 2017
The whole thing ultimately collapses in a heap of unintentionally hilarious melodrama. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineKenji FujishimaFeb 2, 2017
The Space Between Us is simply disappointing when it isn’t trying to browbeat its audience into emotional submission. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreFeb 2, 2017
The science is sloppy, the sentimentality is sloppier in “The Space Between Us,” a sci-fi romance pairing up agreeable leads in a cut-and-paste script. Read full review
33
The PlaylistKimber MyersFeb 3, 2017
This is a saccharine science fiction romance that doesn’t actually concern itself with science fiction or romance; instead, it’s the equivalent of astronaut ice cream, lacking in substance and crumbling to bits at the slightest pressure. Read full review
30
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternFeb 2, 2017
The story plays out on two planets, Mars and Earth, while the production follows its own orbit in a state of zero gravity, zero nuance and subzero sense. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckFeb 2, 2017
Combining its adventure and romantic plotlines in painfully hokey fashion, The Space Between Us (the title is a pun, get it?) is so ludicrous that only a cinematic stylist might have been able to pull it off. Read full review
25
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallFeb 7, 2017
The Space Between Us is romantic science fiction with zero gravity and less to recommend. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Feb 2, 2017
Chelsom applies the middle-school-dance sentimentality with a ladle, leaning heavily on the tinkle of an overbearing score and a soundtrack of generic, cost-efficient pop cues. Read full review
25
ConsequenceClint WorthingtonFeb 2, 2017
As with Collateral Beauty, Loeb piles on the ridiculous narrative twists to eye-rolling effect. The last twenty minutes of The Space Between Us are a rollercoaster ride of changing motivations, baffling character reveals, and overblown dramatic gestures that completely defy belief. Read full review
25
The Seattle TimesSoren AndersenFeb 2, 2017
The nonstop silliness of this picture leaves one choking on stifled laughter. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenFeb 8, 2017
There is a certain sweetness to this teen romance and Gardner’s naive fascination in the newly discovered wonders of Earth. But there is so much that is dopey, on both a scientific and emotional level, that The Space Between Us strikes with the impact of a crash landing. Read full review
20
Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangFeb 3, 2017
The pacing of the individual scenes and the direction of the actors feel so clunky and amateurish, you may wonder after a while if “The Space Between Us” is meant to indicate the yawning emotional chasm between the actors, struggling to connect across a galaxy’s worth of wretched dialogue. Read full review
20
VarietyPeter DebrugeFeb 2, 2017
If romance-seeking audiences know what’s best for them, they’ll put some space between themselves and this movie. Read full review
20
TheWrapAlonso DuraldeFeb 2, 2017
It’s hard not to engage in eye-rolling over what already promises to be one of 2017’s worst movies: The Space Between Us spends so much time piling one daffy, laughable plot beat upon another that it never bothers to nail down the characters. Read full review
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