35
Metascore
6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50Boston GlobeMark FeeneyBoston GlobeMark FeeneyOverall the results are amiable, if also slack and talky.
- 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.
- 40Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenLos Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenWhile 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.
- 40The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe effort is commendable, but the execution is rocky.
- 30Village VoiceApril WolfeVillage VoiceApril WolfeThroughout 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.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe 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.