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Baseball pitcher Bill Lee (Josh Duhamel) deals with his release from the Montreal Expos.

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Critics Reviews

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Neil Genzlinger New York Times 08/18/2016
The effort is commendable, but the execution is rocky. Go to Full Review
Michael Rechtshaffen Los Angeles Times 08/18/2016
While 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. Go to Full Review
Mark Feeney Boston Globe 08/18/2016
2/4
Overall the results are amiable, if also slack and talky. Go to Full Review
Brian Orndorf Blu-ray.com 08/25/2016
C
Unfortunately, Duhamel's bright performance ends up the highlight of the feature, which only provides a vague idea of Lee's life and love for belligerent behavior. Go to Full Review
Michael Garmonsway The Playlist 08/21/2016
C
There seems like there could have been quite the stylish biopic in Rapkin's version of events, but the telling is underwhelming. Go to Full Review
Frank Lovece Film Journal International 08/18/2016
Spaceman never goes below the surface to who [Bill] Lee really is, despite copious interior monologues presumably taken from Lee's own book. Go to Full Review
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06/05/2017 Anyone who doesn't like this movie is part of the cancer. See more 12/26/2016 A personal hero of mine See more 09/15/2016 The best thing about this docu-drama on Bill "Spaceman" Lee is the font on the title. Josh Duhamel is fine in the lead role, but there's nothing to this movie. Bill Lee is one of the oddest people to ever play baseball and we get a boring story of him "still pitching" for some beer league in who-the-hell-cares Canada?? The look of the film is just above amateur and most of the actors are terrible. A really poor effort on what should have been a really interesting subject. See more 08/25/2016 A fun movie about Bill the Spaceman Lee! For the love of baseball this movie was great! Love Josh Duhamel who plays the lovable stoner baseball player that can't give up the game! See more 08/24/2016 I really, really enjoyed Spaceman! It was very entertaining, the acting was great, and it was funny. A sleeper movie that probably won't get the audience and the credit it deserves. I highly recommend it. See more 08/23/2016 Stoners and sports fans alike will love this film. Worth a viewing for Duhamel's performance alone! See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Baseball pitcher Bill Lee (Josh Duhamel) deals with his release from the Montreal Expos.
Director
Brett Rapkin
Producer
Stephen Nemeth, Brett Rapkin
Screenwriter
Brett Rapkin
Distributor
FilmBuff
Production Co
Rhino Films, Podium Pictures, Sports Studio
Rating
R (Language Throughout|Drug Use)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 19, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 22, 2016
Runtime
1h 30m
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