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Spaceman Movie Review: A rewarding sci-fi film with a unique take on lonely astronaut syndrome
Early in director Johan Renck’s Spaceman, a little girl asks Adam Sandler’s astronaut Jakub whether he is the loneliest man in the world. Sandler hesitates slightly before letting the girl know that he is not lonely and that he will come back to his family after completing his mission. But his hesitation tells a different story entirely. Jakub is on Jupiter to find out the origins of the particles that constitute the Chopra Cloud. He is light years away from home. His pregnant wife Lenka, played by Carey Mulligan, is eagerly waiting for his comeback, and he too is counting the clock down.
Director: Johan Renck
Cast: Adam Sandler, Paul Dano, Carey Mulligan, Isabella Rossellini, Kunal Nayyar
It does not take long for director Renck to thrust the audience into the spinning space vessel of Jakub and explore the isolation and loneliness that envelop his mind. Of course, you expect nothing else from the man who helmed Chernobyl before this.