Spaceman

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Spaceman

R

Released Aug 19, 2016

1h 30m

Drama

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

Neil Genzlinger

New York Times

The effort is commendable, but the execution is rocky.

Aug 18, 2016

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Michael Rechtshaffen

Los Angeles Times

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.

Aug 18, 2016

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Mark Feeney

Boston Globe

Overall the results are amiable, if also slack and talky.

Rated: 2/4

Aug 18, 2016

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Brian Orndorf

Blu-ray.com

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.

Rated: C

Aug 25, 2016

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Michael Garmonsway

The Playlist

There seems like there could have been quite the stylish biopic in Rapkin's version of events, but the telling is underwhelming.

Rated: C

Aug 21, 2016

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Frank Lovece

Film Journal International

Spaceman never goes below the surface to who [Bill] Lee really is, despite copious interior monologues presumably taken from Lee's own book.

Aug 18, 2016

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Anyone who doesn't like this movie is part of the cancer.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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A personal hero of mine

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Audience Member

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!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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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.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Stoners and sports fans alike will love this film. Worth a viewing for Duhamel's performance alone!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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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, Sports Studio, Podium Pictures
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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