The Space Between Us (2017)

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Gary Oldman's acting was superb, Asa Butterfield and Britt Robertson were sure NOT disappointing. I'm quite surprised this movie didn't do well in the box office. Maybe not enough marketing, because i saw its trailer several times, but I didn't know when it hit the theater. I can tolerate the plot holes like: how Gardner chatted to one person, and if he gained access to internet, why he was so surprised when he saw a horse. Detail of the story is too weak for science fiction fans, but okay for young adult movie goers. And... I just think that Britt Robertson looked too old for Tulsa.

16 year old Gardner finally gets to visit Earth, having been born on Mars. He has two things in sight: finding his father, and meeting up with Tulsa, a secret internet friend who thinks he is housebound in New York. But Gardner's heart may not be able to stand up to Earth's gravity.I have to start by saying that this film is rather obvious. The science fiction, the teen romance, the search for his father, the suspense over Gardner's health - this is all stuff we have seen before and, to that extent, the film holds no real surprises. There are some welcome plot wrinkles which are not signalled in the trailer, but they are not especially surprising.This doesn't really matter, though. The story is a mixture of fish-out-of-water humour, teen romance, and mild suspense, set in a science fiction/real life scenario, and featuring engaging performances from Britt Robertson and the always watchable Asa Butterfield. There is excellent support from Gary Oldman and Carla Gugino.The film is also attractive to look at - there is some beautiful cinematography, and the effects are first rate - Mars is as visually stunning (and believable) as the Earthbound locations.The script is entertaining, with full and workable backstories where relevant and necessary: fleshing out the characters adds immensely to the emotional heft of the film. There is a single huge factual goof whereby internet and video communication with Mars is instantaneous rather than subject to delays, but perhaps technology has moved on, eh?The important thing is that these two young individuals become people we care about. We want to see them falling in love even though we know that this will lead, inevitably, to great sadness whatever the outcome, yet we hope against hope that the story will pull some sort of last-minute reprieve out of a magician's hat. It's not my place to say whether that happens or not.I can only say that I very much enjoyed the telling of an obvious story, and there were a number of moments when my eyes filled, soppy old sod that I am.

Not everyone can see that and they think is about sci-fi but is actually an romance. Good for who wants see something lovely with a little touch of science. Dont be stupid thinking it was a big film about science and you are not an astronaut not even a scientist.

A great premise with a some charming aspects of performance from Asa butterfield but otherwise a plot that needs a lot of contrived coinidences to make sense. Convenient that the kid has some sort of magnetic tracker in his chest that also happens to override the door locks, not just on mars but also in earth's nasa headquarters. Also convenient that the apparent child genius on mars turns into a mr bean socially incapable idiot on earth. And when did nasa decide that the best content of a training module on "human sexuality" should be a clip from a 1950s movie?Some entertainment and some charm but overall just too contrived to keep me on board.