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Astronaut

Play trailer 1:34 Poster for Astronaut Released Jul 26, 2019 1h 37m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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A lonely widower lies about his age to enter a lottery for a once-in-a-lifetime chance to travel on the first commercial flight to outer space. When his name gets drawn, he soon finds himself preparing for the ultimate adventure of his dreams.
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Astronaut can't quite escape the gravitational pull of its story's sentimental overtones, but Richard Dreyfuss keeps the film in a pleasantly diverting orbit.

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Robbie Collin Daily Telegraph (UK) For a film about the joy and value of expanding your horizons, whatever your age, its outlook is irksomely blinkered. Rated: 2/5 Nov 27, 2020 Full Review Danny Leigh Financial Times Dreyfuss remains as fine-tuned and charming an actor as he did the first time he stared longingly up at the heavens. Rated: 3/5 May 6, 2020 Full Review Mark Kermode Kermode & Mayo's Film Review Ultimately, I believed in this character, whose dreams were so obviously unfulfillable...I thought that worked rather well. May 4, 2020 Full Review Dallas King Flick Feast Richard Dreyfuss certainly proves that at the age of 72, he still has “The Right Stuff” with an out of this world performance that will move you to tears. A heart-warming tale of never given up on your dreams. Rated: 4/5 Nov 10, 2022 Full Review Lindsay Traves Nightmarish Conjurings A sweet story of an old man struggling with the feeling of outliving his own usefulness. Feb 17, 2021 Full Review Richard Crouse Richard Crouse Makes some obvious choices that prevent it from fully taking flight - a dance sequence at the nursing home is particularly awful - but has enough to say about aging and following your dreams to earn it a look for family audiences. Rated: 2.5/5 Jan 31, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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peter m Touching film about second chances. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review llrdsll Olha pessoal, eu na minha insignificância cinéfilica achei esse filme bom, POREM ele demora pra evoluir e quando evolui, não evolui tão legal e acaba. Um filme que você precisa estar em um estado de espírito pacífico e racional. Se tiver brigado com a morena, emocionado ou preocupado não assista, você vai se distrair com facilidade. Pipoquinha pra acompanhar? Acho que não vira, no máximo uma coquinha. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 12/24/22 Full Review Devils A Not a great movie, too many plot holes, the film is so sentimental that I had to give it at least *3* star review!!! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 12/07/22 Full Review Audience Member LOL, the greatest Richard Dreyfuss movie ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member A charming movie, with an emotive story and a great performance from Richard Dreyfuss. Well done to Shelagh McLeod, the director. Loved it. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member A descent movie. Nothing to write rave reviews but Dreyfuss does it well and really makes it seem believable. Good job Richard!! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A lonely widower lies about his age to enter a lottery for a once-in-a-lifetime chance to travel on the first commercial flight to outer space. When his name gets drawn, he soon finds himself preparing for the ultimate adventure of his dreams.
Director
Shelagh McLeod
Producer
Jessica Adams, Sean Buckley
Screenwriter
Shelagh McLeod, Carolyn Saunders, Maureen Dorey
Distributor
Quiver Distribution
Production Co
Buck Productions, Eggplant Pictures
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 26, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 26, 2019
Runtime
1h 37m
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