Too much Schmaltz

Rating: 6/10 (20 May 2019)

I had high hopes for this movie but was a little disappointed. The acting was all pretty good but Tom Hanks really carries the film as well as Ed Harris and Clint Howard. The script was very solid in the dialogue but had the usual quips and cool guy phrases. Basically if you take out EVERYTHING with the wife and especially the grandma this would be a much better film. Now don't get me wrong I am all for schmaltz but it just didn't work for this movie especially because we know exactly what happens. Also I was bummed they spent the whole time in the space ship having purposely avoided knowing what happened in the mission (as it was 37 years before I was born) either way it was a good watch and pretty suspenseful overall. The set design and special effects were out of this world (pun intended) check it out you might like it more than me but for now it gets a big giant "EH"