Bland hokum

Rating: 5/10 (27 October 2017)

Chris Pratt is out of his depth next to the always brilliant Jennifer Lawrence, who lifts every film she's in. The film turns on Chris Pratt's character waking Jennifer Lawrence from cryogenic sleep, and the ultimate love story at the film's heart leaves a disturbing possibility: it would be easy to read this film as a tract encouraging women to stay with abusive partners, given that Chris Pratt effectively murders Lawrence's character and she stays with him at the end. I'm prepared - just - to think better of it because Lawrence is an intelligent and powerful actress, but the film is ultimately ordinary with a bitter aftertaste. There are much better, and more thought-provoking, sci-fi love films out there.