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

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
New York Daily NewsAllen SalkinFeb 3, 2017
At a certain point, the film gains atmosphere and is rescued by the sincerity and sweetness of the young actors. Better, the plot finally hits a groove in the final quarter, and a soaring soundtrack twangs the right emotional notes. Read full review
58
MTV NewsAmy NicholsonFeb 2, 2017
The Space Between Us has admirable ambition, even though none of it works. Sure, the romance is a bust and the script is a howl. Yet every so often, Butterfield becomes infatuated with a new earth treasure...and for a moment, the film reminds us that there are things on this planet worth risking your life for. Read full review
50
New York PostSara StewartFeb 13, 2017
Director Peter Chelsom (“Hannah Montana: The Movie”) and screenwriter Allan Loeb (“Collateral Beauty”) squander countless opportunities to make this fish-out-of-water story intellectually curious or even much fun. Read full review
50
Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyFeb 3, 2017
The Space Between Us attempts to take young love to literally new heights before crash-landing into an earthbound hash of schmaltzy clichés and romantic absurdities. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleFeb 3, 2017
It presents a compelling situation, genuinely touching moments and pockets of strong acting ... and dialogue that has people in the audience turning to each other and laughing because it’s so absurd. Read full review
50
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergFeb 2, 2017
The movie is consistently tougher to resist than it might seem. Read full review
50
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliFeb 2, 2017
The Space between Us is what it looks like when a promising premise is betrayed by a dumbed-down, hackneyed screenplay. Read full review
50
The Film StageChelsey GrassoFeb 2, 2017
It’s a sci-fi-teen-rom-actioner, if you will, and I mean that in the worst way possible. This is a film that doesn’t stick with any genre, but instead clumsily navigates between all three, ultimately leaving the viewer feeling shortchanged in every area. Read full review
50
IndieWireDavid EhrlichFeb 2, 2017
The film is undone by the wobbly dynamic between its romantic leads. Read full review
50
We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoFeb 2, 2017
The Space Between Us is not without bright spots (celestial production design dazzles, Butterfield’s niceties are refreshing in today’s day and age), but it’s ultimately more a slog than serendipitous romance. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeTy BurrFeb 2, 2017
Older moviegoers may also recognize The Space Between Us as a dress-up variation on the old Jeff Bridges/Karen Allen movie “Starman” (1984), and by far the best parts have to do with Gardner’s often comic adjustments to life on Earth. Read full review
50
TimeStephanie ZacharekFeb 2, 2017
If you dare to keep track, the dumb stuff in The Space Between Us piles up quickly.... But it's not as easy to make fun of the mild sweetness at the heart of the movie. Read full review
40
EmpireJonathan PileFeb 13, 2017
An interesting premise fails to ignite amid an underwritten central romance and some clichéd plotting. An often eye-rolling ride. Read full review
40
Time Out LondonTom HuddlestonFeb 8, 2017
The Space Between Us is mostly harmless. But it won’t come close to troubling your heartstrings, let alone the space between your ears. Read full review
40
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzFeb 2, 2017
It seems unfinished, choppy, the storytelling almost of the after-school special variety. Read full review
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